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March Madness

(basketball, US) The NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(basketball, US) The NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.

Origin: From the month of March, during which most of the tournament matches take place. The "madness" part is probably an allusion to the phrase mad as a March hare. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Henri Veesaar 2026 NCAA tournament highlights https://www.rawchili.com/nba/727094/ Watch full March Madness highlights from junior Henri Veesaar during North Carolina‘s run in the 2026 NCAA men’s…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It *should* be a winter sports, since it's indoors. (Shivering in the high school gym!) But the March Madness playoffs always wreck the start of spring. It's the standing joke that as soon as the playoffs start, we're going to have snow, bitter temps, and ice storms.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “In case you somehow missed it, here's your reminder that TWG won the women’s sport’s podcasts March Madness bracket 😏🏆 Thank you Welcome to the Party for the epic prize! 💪”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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