Mad About Hoops

Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

It’s that time again…time for the madness that ensues during the NCAA Basketball Championship.  A time when things become a little less productive in the office and at home.

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Poor kid is going to have an aversion to peas.

If you don’t have a nice home theater of your own, you can catch this year’s NCAA tourney at several sports bars in the DMV area. 

Even if your alma mater didn’t make it to any of the tournaments, you can root for several local teams that made the NCAA and NIT/WNIT tournaments.

• -Men’s NCAA tournament: Georgetown, Maryland, Morgan State, Old Dominion, and Richmond.
• -Women’s NCAA tournament: Georgetown, Hampton, James Madison, Liberty, and Virginia.
• -National Invitational Tournament (NIT): Virginia Tech and William & Mary.

-Women’s NIT: American, Maryland, Old Dominion, Richmond, and VCU.

What a difference a couple of years makes among Virginia collegiate sports.

Luckily the Fastest Bartender Contest won’t interfere with many of the games.  Events will be held on numerous dates and venues around Northern Virginia.  The contest raises funds for the Tender Heart Foundation, a non-profit organization that works with families that have children with congenital heart defects.

Speaking of madness…you can still vote for your favorite DC area sports bar in the Bar Madness contest.

And Coke Zero is having its own ‘Bracketville’ contest where fans can vote on the most creative way to enhance the college basketball fan experience.  Some ideas are pretty cool, like a grub gun that shoots food instead of t-shirts at games, a “drink in yo afro” wig cup holder, or the ‘zebracam’ where you can see the bad calls refs make.

If you do decide to watch the games while at work, just don’t be too loud or you’ll be that guy.

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What are you waiting for? Go fill out your bracket!

–Aisha Salazar

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