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Speak Out: Do You Have March Madness?
March Madness is in full swing as the teams are narrowed to 32 this week; have you filled out your brackets?
As the weekend comes around, there will be 32 teams left remaining in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. The ideal is to get to determine a champion in a season known as March Madness.Β
Sweet Sixteen will come March 28-29. The Final Four is April 6. The championship game is April 8.Β
The tournament is in its 75th year.
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According to an MSN report, more than 50 million articipate in March Madness office pools. Only 14 percent of the respondents said they donβt follow the tournament to any extent during work hours.Β Β
Is your bracket a safe bet? More people are willng to wager money on their brackets this year. MSN reported:
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This year 68 percent said they would spend nothing or up to only $10 in a bracket pool.Β Thatβs twice as many as last year, in which 34 percent said they would limit themselves to $10 if they paid into a money pool at all.Β Meanwhile, while 8 percent of respondents said theyβll spend more than $100 on bracket pools, a whopping 42 percent said they wouldnβt spend even a dime.
Speak out: Do you have March Madness? Did you fill out a bracket?Β
Attached is a video by ESPN on filling out your bracket by the numbers.
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