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March Madness determines the college basketball national champion. Find out how teams get a ticket to the "Big Dance" and how the match-ups are selected. ....

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Illinois Coined "March Madness," NCAA Then Took It

Illinois Coined “March Madness,” NCAA Then Took It
Maybe it s not quite as simple as the headline would indicate, but the truth of the matter is indisputable. Illinois High School athletics first used the term way back in 1939.
I knew absolutely nothing about Illinois connection to March Madness until Monday morning, when Joe Dredge brought up this little nugget of information. He was discussing the Fighting Illini s prospects during the upcoming NCAA tournament when he pointed out
Y know, Illinois first used the term March Madness before it was used to describe the current NCAA tournament.
Well, to be honest about my sports knowledge (or lack thereof), I didn t know that at all. I thought about pretending to know it because I m a guy, and if there s one thing most guys hate to admit it s that they might not know something about sports. Any sports. Doesn t matter if it s the big three of football, baseball, and basketball or if it s something way out there ....

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