UpdatedMon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:57 am ET
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Oregon State's Jarod Lucas (right) celebrates with teammates after defeating Colorado in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday in the championship of the Pac-12 men's tournament in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
The 68 teams whose names popped up in the March Madness bracket thought it was time to celebrate. But the next four or five days figure to be the most nerve-wracking part of their seasons.
Welcome to Bubble Ball — the NCAA Tournament is being played in a pandemic, where no player can show up for the games in Indianapolis without seven negative COVID tests, and no team is really "in" the tournament until the ball is tipped off.