A total of 64 teams will be playing in the NCAA basketball tournament. Starting on Thursday there will be 32 teams playing, the remainder of the teams will play on Friday. Every year fans all across the country make brackets to predict the winner. We asked some teachers and students about the tournament and making their brackets.

BHS principal Rob McKim

• Who do you think will win?
• “KU”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “I have not filled one out yet”
• What is it based on?
• “When I do fill one out it is usually based on my intelligence”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KU”

BHS History teacher Jason Crowder

• Who do you think will win?
• “Indiana”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “My vast knowledge of college basketball”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KSU”

BHS Spanish teacher Katie Marten

• Who do you think will win?
• “Well I’d like to say KU, but let’s be real. When you want something to happen, it never does, right? So when I filled out my bracket, I had Louisville winning it all.”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “Extensive (5 minutes) internet research and a strong bias in favor of the Big 12 and Kansas teams”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “Is this even a question”

BHS FACS teacher Paul Musselman

• Who do you think will win?
• “Indiana”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “Watching college basketball”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “K-State”

Sophomore Christian Gaylord

• Who do you think will win?
• “KU”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “The season”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KU and Creighton”

Senior Regan LaTessa

• Who do you think will win?
• “Oklahoma State”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Nope”
• What is it based on?
• “My intelligence”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KU”

Sophomore Emily Simpson

• Who do you think will win?
• “Duke”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “I usually pick the team with the higher rank or the team I know the most about. If I know nothing about either team I pick the team with the cooler name.”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KU”

Junior Russell Cloon

• Who do you think will win?
• “KU”
• Do you fill out a bracket?
• “Yes”
• What is it based on?
• “I have one wear KU wins but I have another one where KU doesn’t win and that’s called the ‘disaster bracket”
• Who is your favorite team?
• “KU”

For more thoughts about March Madness watch the attached video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1IYQ00eo7g