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#ICYMI: March Madness 2018: Bracketology

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🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Can you sense that? It’s the madness descending upon us once more. It’s time for the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball tournament, a.k.a. March Madness. Join in as we gear up for the games with hosts Gary O’Reilly, Chuck Nice, and bracketologist Chris Dobbertean. (Updated for 2018!) Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Please subscribe to our channels on: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 TuneIn: tunein.com/playingwithscience GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/march-madness-2018/ Credit: NCAA.

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0:00.0

I'm Gary Aurelie and I'm Sia Gnise.

0:12.0

This is playing with science.

0:14.3

Today I think we'll go just a little crazy and join in with March Madness and why not?

0:20.2

It's the sports event that will turn your office upside down, lower national productivity

0:24.8

and make someone an awful lot of money.

0:27.7

Just maybe not those who do their brackets.

0:30.0

That's so true.

0:31.0

So now you know March Madness is already in full swing.

0:34.5

We're a little late to the party but that makes it even more exciting because for three

0:38.3

weeks America just eats drinks and sleeps.

0:42.5

College basketball cheering on the giant killers, giving it up for the Cinderella's and hoping

0:47.0

that their college gets that fairy tale ending in his crown NCAA basketball champions.

0:53.1

Yeah, right.

0:54.1

But none of this can take place so it seems without a bracket and to help us through to our

0:58.4

final four is Bracatologist Chris Doberteen from blogging the bracket and keeping ear

1:04.0

open as we just might be airing one of your questions throughout the show.

1:09.8

And now I'm new to this.

1:12.0

I'm new to the whole thing.

1:13.0

I knew it existed but I've never been around while it's happening and I get it.

1:18.6

I get the whole thing to build up the how college's structure schedule so as they can

1:23.5

set themselves up to a better run in to get invited to the big show.

1:27.4

Absolutely.

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