Well done. Overlapping seasons is a sports fan's dream come true. In October, we've got college football and basketball, NFL, NHL, and NBA. And, by the way, the MLB playoffs and world series take place in October. And people on the West Coast, like me, can literally watch games from morning until night. When the narrator said that the March Madness games start at 12:00 noon. That's Eastern Time. I can start watching March Madness at 9:00 a.m.

@Ooohyeah024

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Agreed October is the best sports month of the year

@psymar

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@@Ooohyeah024 For me, it's April, because the Cubs are playing baseball but they haven't been eliminated from playoff contention yet. Well, usually. There was that 1997 season where we started 0-14, at which point they were already 9 games behind 11-7 Houston.

The early rounds of March Madness are pure chaos. There are like 6 games going on at any given time and there are always insane upsets that you could never predict. There is nothing like watching some small school beat a highly ranked team and then flipping the channel to see an overtime thriller and then flipping the channel again to catch a dramatic buzzer beater. It’s just an awesome time. Since games are played during the day on weekdays you usually see people watching games during school/work and it’s amazing “water cooler talk”.

There are so many sports that it’s inevitable parts of seasons coincide in time. Not enough time in the college year (which is generally 9 months of school year) to completely separate the sport seasons. But basketball starts late enough that football has ended by the time the meaty part of the basketball season gets serious in January to March.

@BritishGuy22

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True, I didn't account for the fact that the school year isn't really 12 months long! It's tough being a fan of multiple sports 😂

@mcrinney6659

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@britishguy69994 also keep in mind football games are once a week, basketball is any day. So they won't scheduele a basketball game on a Football day (which is usually Saturday and college)

There is actually a channel on KZread dedicated to March Madness. It is officially sanctioned by the NCAA so there is no chance of any game highlights being pulled for copyright. The channel is called March Madness of course, and last year I believe that they put every single game in its entirety on the channel over the weeks and months following the tournament. And most if not all the games also had a 10-to-15-minute video showing the highlights of every game. They also cover the Women's basketball tournament and during the regular season they have videos discussing top teams and their rankings.

There is really nothing like college sports. The passion of the players and fans is unmatched. Playing for pride is a real thing. Of course you hope for your team, but if you get eliminated you hope for fellow conference teams (unless their a bitter rival, then you want them to lose to, lol).

@danielficarra2557

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Agreed, I’m a ucla alumni and fan so I won’t root for sc or Arizona. But the other I’m ok with

@jona.scholt4362

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College sports are a million times better than pro sports. Nothing like the passion of a student section, college football stadium on Saturday, the tailgating, the marching bands. Everything is better.

Fun idea: Pick 1 team to support from each of the 4 regions. But the team you pick is your favorite mascot from each region. Doesn't matter what seed they are. Just your favorite mascot from each region

@YHWHsam

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Good idea

March Madness is televised by 4 Channels. CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV. Most of the past Champions are "Blue Bloods." The "Blue Blood" schools are Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, Indiana, UCLA, & North Carolins. They are called "Blue Bloods" because of how successfully they have been in the Sport. Kentucky has the Best Win Percentage, Kansas currently has the most wins, UCLA has the most NCAA championship wins. Duke, North Carolina, & Indiana has a combined 16 National Championships

The Kansas Jayhawks would be an excellent pick. They won the tournament last year and could repeat this year. They have the most wins in college basketball history. They also play in the Allen Field House ( the oldest college basketball Gym. This school is dripping with history and tradition. Take the time to do a reaction on Kansas Jayhawks basketball. Your channel quickly moved up to my number two most watched channel.

@patriciab8876

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Was hoping someone covered KU & you did a good job of it. You're spot on about the history & tradition of KU - hope he does just what you suggest.

@spmarei

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Facts...Rock Chalk

@SRone45

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​@@spmarei doesn't look so good. 🤘

By the way, Kentucky is recognized as the most successful college basketball program in history. They have 8 championships with 5 different coaches (no other school has more than 3 coaches with titles) and are either 1st or 2nd in nearly every other category in history.

The reason the selections and brackets are announced on a Sunday is that some of the power conferences like the ACC and Big Ten have their tournament championship game on Saturday. It is very suspenseful because if a team that would not otherwise be considered for an at-large bid wins their conference tournament it will eliminate an at-large bid another good team hoped to get.

@calvinklumpp1218

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Big ten plays on Sunday…

@emsolo

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@@calvinklumpp1218 Yikes! I think you're right. Maybe ACC does also. Upsets can make big problems for the panel.

Growing up in a city that was full of HUGE college basketball fans and numerous teams was insane. Some of my teachers in school would put the games on the TV (or projector when they became common) during class instead of teaching for a few days. March Madness would take over literally every bit of news and conversation for a few weeks.

@thesacredwematanye

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Just gonna guess, you grew up in Louisville?

A REMINDER for you. The Daytona 500 is next Sunday, February 19th at 1:30pm on the East Coast. So, I think that's 6:30pm for you. I real hope you choose to watch it, to get a better idea of what most of the races is like. It's not a wreckfest on 195 of the 200 laps. One lap takes between 50-55 seconds to complete. But, when there are caution flags, it slows the cars down for 3-5 laps. Looking forward to your opinion.

@BritishGuy22

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Noted, I'll check it out!

@tyjaifoster1112

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@@BritishGuy22 since you are a Tennessee Guy root 4 the volunteers root for the tar heels while You're at it

@mattias3312

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@@BritishGuy22 FYI, Daytona and talladega (and now, Atlanta) are unique because it involves pack racing. The majority of the races are not like that

@darrinlindsey

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@@mattias3312 @britishguy69994 That is the exact opposite of the reason I think you need to watch this race. You have an opinion that the pack racing is just a race full of big wrecks. This guy is directing you away from the exact thing you need to see, to change your opinion of NASCAR. You need to see a race where "pack racing" is happening, to prove to you that the big wrecks only happen on 2-3 laps of a 200 lap race.

@mattias3312

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@@darrinlindsey I’m not directing him anywhere lol a lot of people who don’t watch nascar much see the big wrecks and assume Daytona is how a lot of the races are, which isn’t true.

Brackets are so fun, especially with a few buddies betting a tenner on it. There is no rhyme or reason to it, your gf picking based off of which team has a cuter mascot is just as likely to do well as someone who watched 1000 hours of college basketball that season

All conference tournament games are full-length. And yes, that means to win the tourney some teams may have to win 4 or 5 games in as many days. Which, while rare, has happened a few times.

9:03 Cultural and practical. Back in the day and still, somewhat today, Saturdays were for gathering with family, friends, dating, hanging out at bars, going to movies hanging out, and even working, etc. THE sporting event was CAF. The NFL felt it couldn't compete with CAF and Sundays were available.

American Sports are played in (mostly) different seasons. Football - Autumn & winter Basketball - winter & spring Baseball - Spring & summer We grow up playing/watching by the season.

College basketball is considered a "Fall Sport" by the NCAA. I'm sure it could start in January instead of November, but it's always started in October/November as far back as I can remember. It may be because high school basketball also starts around the same time in the U.S.

The Big 12 and Big 10 have changed members a lot over the years. That's why their numbers are off lol. The Big 12 used to be the Big 8 until they changed their name. When they lost 2 schools to other conferences, they didn't want to change their name again.

Television coverage, especially the 1979 National College Championship Game with Larry Bird (Indiana State) versus Magic Johnson (Michigan State), CHANGED Everything - RECORD Viewership for College Basketball Game. Both Players entered NBA and revitalized professional basketball.

You can honestly fill out as many brackets as you want! Lots of people will build a few "sensible" brackets where they make realistic picks, and then they'll just do some funny ones. Like maybe they choose the winners strictly based on the mascots, or they build a bracket full of unlikely upsets. I've never been a big fan of college basketball but those first few days where there are literally 50 games, the atmosphere around the whole country is really quite cool. If there's an unexpected upset or crazy ending, you're gonna hear about it.

A big difference between college Basketball and Football as well is there is almost 3 times as many Division 1 Basketball teams then then Division 1 Football Teams! Will see a lot of schools you have never heard of!

Another great video. Not boring at all. In fact, it's gotten me even more hyped for MM, and I hope you do check it out. Like he said, that first Thursday and Friday of the tournament is unlike any other in sports. At any given time you have 4 games going on at once, and you're constantly flipping between them to keep up with the momentum changes. BTW, did you know that Basketball is the only sport that originated in the US as a completely original game? (Football evolved from soccer and rugby, baseball evolved from cricket, hockey originated in Canada) It was created by James Naismith in 1891. While an instructor at the YMCA, he wanted to create another activity for the guys, so he took two bushel baskets, cut out the bottoms, and mounted them at either end of the gym. He made a few rudimentary rules, and the game was born!

Traditionally Friday is for high school games, Saturday for college games, and Sunday for pro games, as for football. The NFL also plays a few games on Monday and Thursday nights. Football teams only play one game each week. Usually basketball teams play two to three games a week, and baseball teams play up to 6 games a week. The reason they wait to Sunday to make the college basketball brackets is for all the conferences to have a winner conference playoff winner.

I have a lot of great memories wit march madness. We would watch it in our lunchroom every year, and if you had a coach, you either had a short class and watched or you just watched.

I’m glad you are reacting to a Zealand video on this since he is a football manager youtuber so it really helps you with him making the examples great video

16 games each 1st Thursday/Friday round 1 - 32 teams remain 8 games each on Saturday/Sunday. Round 2 is over and you have the sweet 16 left The next Thursday/Friday is 4 games each and after round 3 you have the elite 8 Saturday/Sunday are 2 games each day to determine the final four. The next Saturday are the national semifinals and the winners play on Monday for the title at 8:30 or 9pm.

College Football, historically ended around Thanksgiving (end of November). Then the “Bowl Games” in southern USA (California/Florida) for better weather at End of Year. Until Jet Airline travel beginning in 1960s … trains or buses (days) were used for team to travel to game site.

Overlapping sports seasons is just a thing here because Americans follow so many different major sports. I remember at least one November weekend in college where I went to a hockey game Friday night, football Saturday afternoon, hockey Saturday night, and basketball Sunday afternoon. My voice was absolutely gone by Monday. Regarding the seeding: 12 seeds are usually good enough to at least give the 5s a scare, and at least one of them wins most years. Anyone further down than that advancing is a pretty major upset. Typical is about one 13 or 14 advancing every year, and a 15 every five years or so. Only one 16 seed has ever made it past the first round.

Typical college year runs from September to early June, so 3 full sport seasons have to be crammed into 9 months rather than 12. College Football ends in time to focus on NCAA Basketball Conference play, and NCAA baseball (and other spring sports) is/are just getting started. You still have some time to get acquainted with some teams with the time left and the Conference tournaments that precede the big bracket. This year's Selection Sunday is *March 12th*

Games are 20 minute halves College football is early September to November with Bowl games around the holidays and New Years. No one really pays attention to college basketball until January or February. November and December is pretty much to pad the resume out of conference and go to challenges. The FA Cup and Europe is during the regular season during league play, this is post season. A lot of the magic comes from 4-13, 3-14, and even 2-15 games where a good team goes down to a school most haven't heard of. We're not at ping pong randomness.

If you keep up with it this year, I promise you will never forget it. Seeing your first Cinderella story, your first national title game, your first bit of seeing young players ball out. It is a month long festival of basketball

There are more college basketball teams than college football. For example, I live in Wisconsin and while we have 4 basketball teams, we only have 1 football team: the Wisconsin Badgers. Football teams are harder to assemble and provide equipment and fields for

What he failed to mention, his team Virginia, is the only ever 1 seed to loose to a 16 seed😂😂

You can find teams/players to root for as the tournament goes on. It’s always fun to root for the underdogs that win the 1st game

12:23 Despite those two teams being considered "the worst" based on their 16th seeds, the Wright State-Bryant game was one of the most anticipated First Four match-ups in NCAA history because Wright State University was playing 12 miles away from their home and played at the University of Dayton Arena, which hosts the First Four. It was a big deal for Dayton citizens and fans of Wright State and the Dayton Flyers in particular because that was the first time that Wright State had played in the UD Arena since December 13th, 1997. There used to be a crosstown rivalry between the Wright State Raiders and the Dayton Flyers known as the Gem City Jam. It was a big deal in the 90's. However, due to policy changes at UD, the Gem City Jam has not occurred since 1997, and fans from both sides hope to see the rivalry game return, especially Wright State fans.

Also every year at the end of the tournament a highlight reel comes out set to the song "one shining moment" (it's the same song every year). I recommend searching for that and watching a few of those to get a sense of the excitement and passion for march madness

The big 12 and big 10 started with 12 and 10 teams and it made sense when they started. but teams occasionally decide to go to a different conference for money or prestige reasons. They don't change the names because they have all the copyrights and trademarks to those names and it would be hard to get new ones if they changed names all the time.

2:17- that about 350 is actually a fair bit lower than the actual number of college teams in America. That map only shows Division 1 teams that have the ability/opportunity to compete in March Madness, but there are two divisions *below* that that also can field basketball teams. It's kind of like the British soccer system--D1 can offer the most money in college scholarships, D2 can offer a little less, D3 can't offer *any* (that's where my college--Albion--is). 5:51- Also, nope. Conference championships play *full games* Tuesday-Saturday. 2 20 minute halves *in every game for five straight days.*

Every game is on TV. They have like 5 channels all showing different games at the same time for the first round, all day long. It's a wild two days of sports. Upsets galore. Tiny schools knocking off a goliath school. It's a ton of fun.

A typical American university's academic calendar runs from late August to the first week of May. Sports seasons are condensed to try to coincide with the three calendar seasons of the academic year, thus sports tend to be lumped together under seasonal categories like "fall sports" (e.g. football & soccer), "winter sports" (like basketball & hockey), and "spring sports" (among them baseball, softball, and outdoor track & field). If a player is on two sports whose seasons overlap, the coaches of each sport typically try to reach an agreement on when the player is due to prioritize which; for example, a football player who also plays basketball would likely miss the first month of basketball season as that's the final month of the football regular season, but be allowed to participate in December workouts and games for basketball as long as they don't coincide with any postseason obligations for football. Some things not noted in this video: the "March Madness" branding is now used across all four television networks presenting the men's tournament as well as all four presenting the women's tournament. In order to accommodate that much televised basketball at once, each game is scheduled to start roughly 15 minutes following the start of another, so fans at home can feasibly catch moments of each active game. Additionally, the same committee that selects teams for the March Madness tournament also determines who the remaining 32 best teams are and puts them in a secondary "National Invitational Tournament"; the winner of that tournament isn't considered any kind of national champion, but it gives those teams more exposure and a few extra games to play. Also, I recommend reacting to highlights from the UMBC vs Virginia game from 2018. It's the only time in March Madness history that a 16-seed beat a 1-seed. Virginia was the top team in the country and expected to win the entire tournament, only to lose its first game.

The conferences with numbers in their names, to put it simply, originally had that number teams . For example, the Big Ten, who now have 13 teams, didn't have Rutgers, Maryland, or Nebraska until fairly recently. Over the past couple decades, teams have been leaving smaller conferences to join more prestigious ones. Basically, to chase dollars. It's going to get even more crazy now, with the NIL rules which allows players to get paid for their popularity. The bigger leagues will attract the better players, so all the schools will want to move into the "power leagues".

So with College Football, we have a few different leagues in CFB, and which the top league is kind of broken up in to two leagues at the same time. You have the following leagues. Division 1 FBS of 133 teams (This is where your Georgia's and Ohio State's are.) Division 1 FCS of 125 teams (This is like a sub league for the FBS. Often times good players in FCS, or even FBS schools will transfer schools to a usually better school. They also occasionally play FBS teams, as most FBS teams will play one FCS team per year.) Division 2 of 169 teams (I know little about this tbf, I don't know if they ever play DIII or DI schools at all.) Division 3 of 250 teams (This is damn near the bottom.) Sometimes schools will move levels, most notably when they go up from one level to the next. There are two FCS teams that are doing it this offseason (Jacksonville State and Sam Houston.) Division 1 is split up in to two sub leagues which do in fact compete against each other. These are called the Power 5 and the Group of 5. The 5 in both of them indicate how many conferences they have. Power 5 conferences are: The Big 10 (14 schools, soon to be 16 with the addition of USC and UCLA) The Big 12 (10 schools, soon to be 14 with the addition of Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, and UCF, however the following year will be back down to 12 with the departure of Texas and Oklahoma) The SEC (14 schools, soon to be 16 with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma) The Pac 12 (12 schools, soon to be 10 with the departure of USC and UCLA. There are rumors of them bringing up Fresno State and San Diego State from the Mountain West conference.) The ACC (14 schools, and there are no changes incoming. They have a deal with the only Power 5 Independent school, which is Notre Dame, saying that Notre Dame can not join any conference other than the ACC until 2032.) 1 Independent, the previously noted Notre Dame. Group of 5 conferences are: The AAC (11 schools, soon to be 14 with the departure of UCF, Cinci, and Houston to the Big 12, and addition of 6 schools from CUSA.) The Mountain West (12 schools) The Sun Belt Conference: (14 schools) The MAC: (12 schools) Conference USA: (9 schools with the departure of 6 schools to the AAC, and addition of 2 Independent schools and 2 former FCS schools) 3 Independents, which are Army, UMass, and UConn.

The Big Ten hasn’t had ten members since 1990 when Penn State joined as the 11th member of the conference. It is now 14 universities with the additions of Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland in the 2010s, and will further expand to 16 universities in 2024 when UCLA and USC join the Big Ten. The numbers for the variety of conferences represent the ORIGINAL number of members before they moved around and joined other conferences, usually for better shares of TV revenue and other financial incentives, which is the reason why UCLA and USC are leaving the PAC 12 and going to the Big Ten. It’s pretty insane how the game behind the game is played. That’s why even at the university level, sports entertainment is a BUSINESS. This is why men’s basketball coaches are paid so much…they’re banking on the coach to recruit the talent to make it (and hopefully win) the NCAA tournament, which earns them more money from the TV deals that the networks have with the NCAA, which is the governing body for university sports in the US. Also wanted to provide the reason why college football and college basketball seasons overlap. That is because they need to make sure they fit in three seasons of sports within a 9 month period, which is the school year. Therefore, the fall, winter and spring seasons have to overlap a bit. As far as teams to follow, my childhood team is the University of Illinois, which is always more of an underdog choice. One of my alma maters, the University of Connecticut (UConn) historically has done well, but they’re more known for their women’s team than their men’s team. So there ya go! Hope that helps!

my teacher was my basketball coach in high school (real cool dude) and he’d have a tv on during class with games and then i was able to go in there during a bunch of useless classes and watch them…. march in high school was a vibe

There was a college baskeball game at the O2 in December. Marist vs Maine and Kentucky vs. Michigan

Last year, I was 29/32 in the first round. I was one of the few that picked St Peter's Peacocks to win against Kentucky. I remember one year I lost like 75% of the games in the first round so it was nice to get some right for once 😂

There have probably been athletes who have played both football and basketball, but it is interesting that some college basketball players found success in pro football as in Julius Peppers on the Defensive Line and Antonio Gates as a Tight End. I know when Anthony Gates was dominating as a Tight End, recruiting college basketball players for pro football was rampant, everyone wanted to find the next Antonio Gates.

the conference tournaments *do not* shorten the games -- the ACC champion will have won between three and five games in as many days. The higher seeds get a bye or two, however, so it's usually just three. I only know of one case where a team won five games in five days to win their conference tournament, although I don't remember which team it was. Sometimes the games even go to overtime. Or multiple overtimes -- famously, in 2009, a Big East quarterfinal between Syracuse and UConn (Connecticut) went to *six* overtimes. This is quite a strain on the players, however, you're right about that. Even the NBA doesn't allow teams to play on more than two days in a row. It helps if you have a deep bench, or if you can win a game in a blowout and take out your starters for a while -- since teams typically have at least 10 players on the roster and only 5 play at a time, and also substitutions are unlimited, you can actually have the entire starting lineup sit down once the game is in hand. The reason seasons overlap is that you can't avoid it with all the sports in the US. The NFL has a four-month regular season, the NBA has a four-month regular season, MLB has a six-month regular season, and I'm not sure how long hockey's is but I"m guessing 4 like the NBA. I'd add that the NCAA basketball selection process is generally less controversial than the football one, because with so many teams getting in, the chance that a team with any chance to actually win the championship gets left out is pretty small, whereas in football there's only a four-team playoff (though there's plans to expand to 12 soon.)

NE Cornhuskers, I am just throwing that out there. When the games are on, the city becomes the largest city in ALL of NE. Fun fact. They are hardcore fans.

I used to work in a Vegas casino and the first week of March Madness was crazy. A ballroom was set up for viewing with multiple screens, a couple of temporary sport books and table games. It was pack all day. I believe the gaming intake for the first week exceeds the Superbowl.

In college (and in high school) there is fall winter and spring season for sports. They all overlap a bit and it’s just something we’re used to in America. U mentioned a shorter game for tournaments, and that is not the case. They play normal full length games no matter what.

Conference "restructuring" still goes on, some Conferences gain membership, some lose members, i think when you fall below six teams, the NCAA won't give the Conference tournament an automatic qualifier bid.The Conferences used to be comprised of regional teams, they are getting more scattered all the time. Travel expenses are no problem for the bigger p-5's who have much more money with TV contracts and selling subscriptions to their games they have on their own Conference networks, etc.

The Super Bowl is on Sunday because the NFL plays (mostly) on Sunday. College football is played on Saturday and high school on Friday.

He was spot on with the Big 12 Big Ten stuff. It’s so weird they don’t have the number of teams their name says

@craigplatel813

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They started out with that many teams but over the years schools change conferences. Many times thinking they'll be more competitive or thinking they get more TV time(more money) etc...

To give yourself some information before making out your bracket, you can go to ESPN , they have many articles coming out about March Madness. The very first thing that occurs for MM will be starting very soon , that's the 32 conference tournaments crowning their Champions and giving to them their AQ , technically, it's the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association ) that awards each Conference Champion their AQ (Automatic qualifier) also known as getting your "ticket punched" for the NCAA Tournament AKA "March Maddness" , or " The Big Dance " , or " going dancing". For example, right now you can start to see the various conference tournaments schedules beginning Mar 1 and ending by March 12 when all 32 conference champions are decided, then the NCAA selection committee can start their task to pick the 36 at-large teams on selection Sunday, It's all very close to starting, the process that is, for 2023's NCAA Tournament to begin on March 14th.

The day after the Super Bowl is ALWAYS the highest days of people calling in sick, across the country.

@BritishGuy22

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I can imagine 😂

Very excited for some content on the big dance.

Picking your teams, it’s great to choose a Power who can go far and the “smaller” schools that can surprise.

love Zealand's content! Do you play FM?

Our routine is get setup at Hooters about 11:30 am and we’re there until the last game is over. It’s a long day, but then we do it again on Friday. Got to pace your drinking though.

When the Big 10 and Big 12 were named... That's how many teams they had. Since then colleges move around for better competition. For instance, Missouri was in the Big 12 but moved to the SEC.

College football is slightly different in that CFB is split up more in competitive levels. Men's College Basketball Division 1 has the 350+ teams. All of Division 1 is together. In College Football, "Division 1" is basically split in half. FBS and FCS. They each have their own post-seasons.

regarding the naming of conferences: I think two things are worth noting. 1 those titles are often based off of the conference football standing. there may be 12 football teams, but only 10 basketball and 15 hockey but they are all (mostly) the same schools so they get the same name. 2 some schools have moved conferences in the last few years for financial reason and it isn't worth the rebrand so some number league are off due to that (the big 10 has 13 schools and will move to 15 next year).

There are other sports going on at other times of the year, track ,golf,soccer, softball(women) ,baseball (men),etc. There are winter sports (including basketbal) , spring sports , and fall sports in collage, nothing in summer because there's no school going on. Weather plays a part in having basketball as a winter sport, as areas in the north can play the sport inside as you know.

You have to fill out a bracket! I always take work off on Thursday and Friday …That way i can toggle between 3-4 games on TV for 12hrs strait …or until i pass out drunk

We put all the TV’s in the living room the first 2 days hahaha so many games all at once

If you are trying to choose a team to cheer for, the Creighton bluejays are a team that was a preseason favorite but went on a losing streak and is now on a huge redemption arc. Their style of play is some of the most fun as well

Yes, the Big 12 still has 10 teams and the Big Ten still has 12 teams. There are some differences in conferences in non-football sports, such as Notre Dame being an ACC team in everything that’s not football, but an independent in football, so they can just play whoever they want in football.

@wolver73

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The Irish play hockey in the Big Ten.

@mbdg6810

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big ten in basketball has 14 teams.

@robbyfrankz

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@@mbdg6810 really? Who do they add?

Let's be honest, the brackets are used for gambling purposes. For many, if not most, people bet on which teams win. There are Vegas odds posted daily and most work places have bet on the brackets. So, it isn't just for the thrill of the game.

The reason the big12 & Big10 keep their name is because of branding. These conferences names are as big as Coca-Cola or McDonald's in the US so changing the name would hurt the brand.

@G.0.

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Just to add to that, it would probably be rather confusing if for instance the Big 12 became the Big 10 since they actually have 10 teams. If that happened and people referred to the new Big 10 most people would probably be thinking about the old Big 10. Hope that makes sense. But yeah, branding is the biggest reason.

I don’t know if you got an answer on your previous video. UMBC: University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The first 16 seed to upset a 1 seed. The next season, the program it beat, Virginia, was again a 1 seed and won the whole thing.

Think of the first four as the Champions League qualifiers (the last auto bids are like the champions path; the last at-large bids are like the league path).

Also, you need to fill out the WHOLE bracket BEFORE the first games are played. Then you sit and watch games and hope that you have at least 2 of your Final Four make it thru to the Final Four games. The whole March Madness is often called The Big Dance. There is also the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) tournament which is by invitation and teams that don't get in The Big Dance go. There is a bracket for the NIT as well but the NCAa basketball tournament is the big one called March Madness. There are also an NIT and NCAA basketball tournament going on for women's college teams as well.

the big 10 used to have as many teams as the name when it started out but they have expanded to more

Some schools only have college basketball and i will use Marquette as an example. They are part of the Big East conference which was one of the 6 big conferences. They only have basketball amd not football so its ok for them to do this while also drawing in large crowds.

Big 10 has 14 teams currently. (UCLA from the Pac 12 wants to move to that conference to have better opponents for football) Big 12 has 10 teams (Texas and oklahoma have the possibility of moving to the SEC for the same reason UCLA wants to change conferences) Pac 12 actually has 12 (but it may be 11 if UCLA does switch conferences)

What makes this tournament so special compared to football is that rosters are capped at 15 instead of 99. As a result the talent gets much more spread out. Combine that with the variation of shooting a basketball from day-to-day, crazy upsets happen all the time!

the big 12 used to have 12 teams, the big 10 used to have 10. then they expanded. the names didnt change cause of branding and teams moving between conferences has become more common cause of money and competition

You have to pick the Purdue Boilermakers! Really passionate fans and they travel super well! It also helps that the team is insanely good now.

"Brackets" is kinda being thrown out there without any context. The NCAA and selection committee come out with the original tournament bracket. It's from there, every major and small sports network, newspapers, sports bars, restaurants, KZreadrs with their own websites, etc etc will come out with some form of bracket that's printable or interactive for people/fans. Some of these "brackets" are for fun, some for promotional reasons, some for $50 gift card at your local pub, some for banter amongst coworkers, etc etc, and yes, some for real gambling. So when he said hundreds of millions of brackets, that's what he means. Also why on Sunday. Because conferences tournaments don't all start at the same time. So by that party all night Saturday, there'll be several conferences finals being played. Once all are done, then selection committee goes to work. He also didn't mention the Top 25 rankings. Throughout the season the Top 25 teams are announced each week, or the best 25 teams. College football and almost every major college sports also has a weekly Top 25 ranking. Not all are going to win their conferences championship. Many cases multiple teams from the same conference will make the Top 25. So once the final regular season rankings come out, if you're in the Top 25, you'll have like a 99.9% chance to make the tournament. Then like every team, you'll just need to wait until the selection committee is done to see what tournament region and seeding you'll be in.

Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament are the two best days in all of sports. 16 games each day starting at 12pm with a slight 60-90 min break around 6pm or so and the continues as mountain and pacific time zone games start.

Also in college basketball all division 1 teams are on the same level, but vast differences like larger conferences with Big money programs.. then there are smaller schools who are usually get in the big tournament by winning thier conference tournament

It’s like baseball and hockey. Not sure how they came up with this but football starts in the spring and ends in the fall. Basketball starts in fall and ends in April.

The big12 originally had 12 teams but sadly got reduced to 8 with 2 teams going to the SEC and 1 to the PAC12 and 1 BIG10

There are occasional schools which, despite their size, have amazing basketball teams. Gonzaga University, in Washington state, only has 7200 students, but they always produce a major team. Other small schools with amazing teams include Villanova University, with 9000 some students. For several years, the University of San Francisco, with 10,500 students, dominated college basketball. But then you've gut the huge schools like Duke University, with 16,500, or Indiana University, with 34,000, or, as I type, the number one team in the country is the University of Houston, with 38,000 students. And then, on top of all of this, there is the women's basketball, which all of the schools also compete in. For years, the number one women's team was the University of Connecticut, with 32,500. Right now, the number one women's school is South Carolina, with 32,000 students. In the very beginning of the college basketball season, there are tournaments of teams from several different conferences. There are tournaments in Hawaii, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, or the US Virgin Islands, among others. President Obama was always big at picking his bracket.

Please, do a stream. As an American who loves college sports I love this type of content.

Another Tournament that he didn't mention is the NIT (National Invitation Tournament) which is similar to the NCAA Tournament that consists of 32 College teams that didn't make the NCAA Tournament but could still compete for a Championship. It starts in late March

@fartfruit1157

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aka the NOT INVITED TOURNAMENT

The big 12 and big 10 started out with that number of teams but recent conference realignment has changed all of that. Ironically as of now the big 12 has 10 teams and the big 10 has 12 teams. But again that changes next year as each conference will add and lose teams,

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Yes. On point. Just to add, the Big 12 will actually have 14 teams come football season in the fall. And then by 2025 with Texas and Oklahoma leaving for the SEC it may be back to 12 teams. That's if they don't add anybody else in the meantime which is possible. Lol. Kinda confusing, especially for an outsider.

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@@G.0. Yeah, that's why I said that will change come next year

Some player play football and basketball -or baseball but it's fairly rare. That's more common in high school.

When the Big12/Big10/Pac12 were all founded they indeed have 12/10/12 but teams move conferences and now they dont have that number.

There are 130 division 1 FBS teams from 10 conference and handful of independent teams . (Football Bowl Series) Around 350 basketball & baseball teams with 30 conference at the top level. Many of these top level basketball/baseball universities have FB teams in the FCS level. Basically division 2 but technically FCS D1 a lower level. (Football Championship Series) they have a full/regular playoff system like the NFL..

6:08 The US is a sports mad country so attending games or multiple games of sports seasons that overlap is common. CAF you'll have 6 home games or you'll add maybe one away game. CB is a longer season, shorter game so you'll probably attend multiple games in a season and don't forget college Ice Hockey going on now also.

College football is August to December and college basketball is November until March

I’ll be honest, this is a shameless plug for my favorite team, but it would be awesome if you chose the San Diego State University Aztecs as one of your teams to root for. Something that’s interesting about SDSU right now is that we’re currently in a mid-major conference (Mountain West) that by all accounts will likely be moving to a major conference (PAC-12) soon. If your interested in rooting for a team that’s in a unique and exciting position in the world of college sports, SDSU is the way to go. Also, consider watching some of the conference tournaments, or maybe even make a video on it. I myself will be at the Mountain West Conference Tournament. Go Aztecs🔴⚫️

Those first 2 days are FUCKING INTENSE. 16 games a day. Because it's "win or go home" small teams can get lucky and take out a goliath. In my mind, the closest soccer (football) equivalent to this is the World Cup. The World cup starts with 211 countries competing and qualifying to make the 32 team tournament. After that any team *could* become Champions.

American Football is my favorite sport but that first weekend of March Madness is the best sporting weekend of the year. It is also cool to see eventual NBA stars play in college. Steph Curry led a Cinderella run at Davidson. Kemba Walker at UCONN. Carmelo Anthony dominating for a year at Syracuse.

What a lot of people do, that don't know anything about the team's going into the tournament, is they go mascot versus mascot. Like if it's the Duke blue devils versus the UMBC retrievers, You're going to go with the devils because a devil would beat a retriever. On a side note, if those 2 teams did meet in real life, Duke would absolutely wipe the floor with them, so pick them regardless 😂 Edit: he ended up literally doing that in the video. We have weird traditions, but honestly, this is my favorite one. And I don't even really watch basketball at any other time.

American sports tournaments are pretty much all seeded Pros and cons to each, but we like to reward regular season play or qualifiers

Its coming up pretty soon. You should get in on this year. Try watching all the games you can. Not just the highlights. Its something you cant really compare to anything else when you see an underdog beat a big time school when its live. Its an adrenaline rush for sure.

The other thing is those first four days are huge gambling days with the added excitement of picking teams not just to e in but cover point soreads