MARCH MADNESS! Who you got in your bracket?

[Woochifer]

Actually, Bernd, I was pulling your European leg. Among sports fans over here, you're automatically stereotyped as a soccer hooligan.

The big sporting event going on now is the college basketball national championship single-elimination tournament that starts with 65 teams and ends with the national championship game. It starts with a play-in game to complete the 64 team bracket. The bracket is divided into 4 regions. The four surviving teams from each region come to one site for the two "Final Four" games and the winners play for the championship. It is rather exciting. It's affectionately called March Madness.

Not to mention, it's the biggest gambling event in the U.S. outside of the Super Bowl. IMO, it's the biggest spectacle in American sports because no other event elicits rooting interest from every corner of the country like this one does. And it never fails to deliver compelling games, thrilling finishes (two overtime games and two buzzer-beaters on the first day alone), huge upsets, and epic matchups.

[paul_pci]

Not to mention, it's the biggest gambling event in the U.S. outside of the Super Bowl. IMO, it's the biggest spectacle in American sports because no other event elicits rooting interest from every corner of the country like this one does. And it never fails to deliver compelling games, thrilling finishes (two overtime games and two buzzer-beaters on the first day alone), huge upsets, and epic matchups.

March Madness definitely provides the most compelling games. I was a grad student when Wisconsin got into the final four a few years ago and man, I can't adequately describe the excitement and adreneline, and I'm not even a big sports fan.