Dancing the Month Away

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The big dance is here, but before you get out your dancing heels get out your basketball shoes, because ladies I’m not talking about the Spring Fling dance; I’m talking about March Madness, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 Championship tournament. 

The month of March becomes a month full of bubbles, brackets and dances. Doesn’t that sound like a Cinderella story waiting to happen?

So ladies let me break it down for you, and let you know how the dance works in a guy’s world.

The Big Dance is the NCAA Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness which is the season-ending tournament divided up into four regions and 65 college teams.

Selection Sunday is known as the day when the NCAA Official Selection Committee announces the 65 teams that get to go to the NCAA Championship tournament. The selection committee consists of ten Division I athletic directors or conference commissioners from around the country. 31 teams out of the 65 are given automatic bids depending on their Conference Title.

The bubbles or bubble teams refer to those teams that are not guaranteed a spot in the tournament. Those teams are “on the bubble” because their dreams of being in the tournament may be popped depending on the outcome of the first game during the series or the committee’s thoughts on the team.

The team’s status’s are followed during the month by the use of brackets. The brackets are an outline of the divisions made between the four regions: East, West, Midwest and South. There are 16 teams in each region and each team is given a ranking from #1-16, from the best to worst also known as seeds.

Finally, "The Dance" is the road leading up to the Final Four, which consist of the best teams from each region. Sometimes, there is a Cinderella team, which is the team that no one thought would make it, but despite ranking that team surprises everyone and dances to the top.

So there you have it ladies! The low down of the big dance! So for this month leave your evening gown at home, and air out the mesh of those jerseys and root your favorite team onto victory.

Source:
Stiletto Sports Magazine
NCAA.com