Everyone loves March Madness

In every sport, there are tourneys to determine the true champion. For baseball, there's the World Series. Football has the Super Bowl and soccer has the World Cup. Men's and women's college basketball has the best set up by far. A whole month dedicated to dreams, luck and the anticipation that anything can happen. This tournament, to determine the champion, we know as March Madness.

Throughout NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball, there are over 150 teams competing for 65 spots. The teams that get into the tournament are then ranked based on their record, strength of schedule, and key victories. Once each team receives their ranking (1-16) they play the opposite ranked opponent (1 vs 16, 2 vs 15). Once the tournament bracket is complete, the Madness begins.

One aspect about March Madness that makes it unique is any one can win. There is no possible way to predict a perfect bracket. At any time, a one seed can lose to the 16 seed. Granted it has never happened before, but then again, the Boston Red Sox's were the first team to come back in a seven game series being down 3-0 a few years back.

Non-sports fans tune into March Madness for the Cinderella stories. To watch the classic David verses Goliath battle where the underdog, who would lose that game nine out of 10 times, won't lose on that day. Last year, we got to witness George Mason, a Mid-Major school, get to the Final Four. With all the online pools submitted to CBS Sportsline (15 million), only one hundred of them predicted George Mason in the Final Four.

There is not a sports fan out there that can say they don't watch March Madness. Here, basketball is played for the love of the game. These young men and women don't have million dollar contracts, shoe deals or any other endorsements. They play to win the game. To be part of a fraternity, an elite club, to be forever revered as a champion, which no one can ever take away.

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