2021 March Madness
Alex Brown '21 Sports Editor
This year's March Madness was filled with upsets, With Oral Roberts shocking every team they came across, Loyola beating the number one seed Illinois, all the way to Baylor beating Gonzaga in the National championship game 86-70. Making brackets and challenging friends is always a fun time especially at Howard – pride, bragging rights and even money can be on the line. This year especially with so many surprising and exciting games, the Howard High community was on the edge of their seats.
I was able to talk to a Howard Alum Matt Dukes about his love for basketball and especially the Florida Gators: “ I couldn't believe it, who even is Oral Roberts, the game was rigged from the start. Everyone knows Florida is the best.” In my time at Howard I've never seen someone root as hard for a team as Dukes does with Florida, so when the practically unknown Oral Roberts team beat the Gators I made sure I talked to him first. Current student Adam Asifo has made a bracket every year since 8th grade and gave his opinion on this year's tournament. “ I usually always make 2 brackets,” he says. “One is the logical choices based on teams records and standings and the other is an upset where I take more chances, to my surprise both of my brackets went terribly, I had Michigan winning the whole thing on both and they lost to UCLA in the Elite 8.” Asifo talked more about the tradition of making brackets with his friends. “Every year me and a couple of my close friends put 20 dollars into a jar and whoever had the closest predictions gets all of it, I’ve won the past 2 years but my luck ran out this time,” says Asifo. The student body isn't the only group invested in March Madness. Mr. McGoun speaks on his experience with the tournament: “This year actually went really well for me personally, I had a pretty accurate bracket, It was crazy to see so many upsets though. Gonzaga's team was undefeated all season right up until the end, you usually don't see that happen deep into the tournament, or a team that looks truly unbeatable, but as they say anything can happen on any given day.” With all the commotion about March madness starting to settle down I, along with college basketball fans around the world, am excited for what is to come in the next year as fans will be allowed in full attendance in all college arenas. |
2016 March Madness Louisville Alex Brown/ LionsTale
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