March Madness Update: The Final Countdown
After the stunning conclusions to both the 2022 Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments this past weekend, the sports editors provide their final update on the Madness and The Student's bracket challenges.
March Madness
Bracket Challenge Update: How Students are Faring After Chaotic First Weekend
March Madness is back. After a wild first weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, the sports editors provide an update on The Student’s bracket pools.
March Madness 2022: (Too) Early Predictions
The managing sports editors introduce a community-wide ESPN Bracket Challenge and present their contenders, pretenders, dark horses, and sleepers. The group name to join is Amherst Student 2022!
March Madness Playing Field Narrows
Men’s Tournament
Over the past four days, the playing field in the NCAA’s March Madness
tournament narrowed from sixteen teams to the Final Four. On March 27, No. 1
seed Baylor University defeated No. 5 seed Villanova 62-51, before punching
their ticket to the Final Four for the
March Madness Preview
The brackets for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball
Tournaments were finalized by their selection committees on March 14 and March
15, respectively. The single-elimination tournaments — colloquially known as
“March Madness,” a testament to the high-energy play and surrounding media
frenzy — whittle down the field