# Who is the least into March Madness? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358 "2008-04-07T18:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/1 "2008-04-07T18:41:47Z")
Until I looked at the sports section this morning, I couldn’t have named either of the teams in the finals. I knew that all 4 of the final 4 were number 1 seeds, but couldn’t have identified any of them other than to guess by naming traditionally strong programs. I understand North Carolina was one of them, because I heard over the weekend that they had gotten killed. No idea who the 4th was. Anyone less into the NCAA tourney than me? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/2 "2008-04-07T18:45:06Z")
I’ve at least got you tied. I heard from my wife and on NPR this morning that that Memphis is in the final four and that it’s a big deal that they are, but other than that I couldn’t tell you squat. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/3 "2008-04-07T18:45:12Z")
What the hell is the NCAA? I win. 😃 Kidding. I do know what the NCAA is. I just don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/4 "2008-04-07T18:52:21Z")
The tourny is still going on? :o ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/5 "2008-04-07T19:26:36Z")
Over the weekend wife mentioned that UCLA had been knocked out – she’s a professor at UCLA so I guess that’s how she found out. Other than that I know zip. I don’t know who the other teams are or how many games remain or anything. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/6 "2008-04-07T21:54:20Z")
I find basketball incredibly boring and never followed it even when I was in college. So I don’t know anything–and I mean anything–about MM. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/7 "2008-04-07T22:15:24Z")
I thought March Madness was supposed to end in March. ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/8 "2008-04-07T22:18:12Z")
I had to go look up what ‘march madness’ was (completely serious). The American fascination with college level sports is … strange to me. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/9 "2008-04-07T22:18:43Z")
I don’t even know what a “seed” is. Is this tournament still going on? I vaguely know that it’s basketball-related and happens in March (er… doesn’t it? It’s April now so maybe I’m wrong about that) but that is the limit of my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/10 "2008-04-07T22:19:30Z")
With a little effort, I could definitely be the least into March Madness. But it’s just not worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/11 "2008-04-07T23:46:25Z")
Well, I was driven rather mad by the March weather. Is that what we are discussing? ---
**Author:** ![Thorium\_Indium\_Potassium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@Thorium\_Indium\_Potassium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thorium_Indium_Potassium)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/12 "2008-04-08T00:36:53Z")
We weren’t until this year. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/13 "2008-04-08T00:40:05Z")
Couldn’t care less, haven’t cared for 15 years or so. Basketball is a pale shadow of what it used to be, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/14 "2008-04-08T00:59:12Z")
I did not even look up march madness, because somebody else in this thread did. Apparently it has something to do with college sports. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/15 "2008-04-08T13:19:13Z")
Wow! Impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/16 "2008-04-08T13:23:17Z")
I used to love watching college basketball when I was a student, but only my school’s team. Once I graduated, I think I followed it for one more season. Now I really couldn’t care less. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/17 "2008-04-08T13:27:26Z")
I’m a pretty big sports guy, love me some baseball and football, hockey is a good one too but I don’t like basketball. At all. And having grown up in the Chicago suburbs where there’s plenty of pro teams to devote time to and having gone to college where they didn’t even have sports teams (I think) I don’t care in the least about college sports either unless it concerns Notre Dame, who have sucked for a really long time too. Put those two things together and presto, I couldn’t care less about college basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/18 "2008-04-08T14:04:23Z")
When I was in college, I was pretty much all over college and pro hoops and football. In college and several years into my career I ran NCAA brackets. But, as my kids grew and interests changed, the sports dropped off one-by-one. Early entry to the pros caused a huge hit to my interest in college sports, as free agency did for the pros. I wonder if I watched a single minute’s worth of football and hoops over the past year. If so, it undoubtedly was at someone else’s house, like on Thanlsgiving. I often find it interesting how much even your strongest interests can change at different stages of your life. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/19 "2008-04-08T14:14:24Z")
I’m a three-sport fan. Basketball is not one of those sports. Also, I don’t follow college sports. When the news announced that all 4 teams were #1 seeds, my first thought was, “There are 4 division?” My second thought was, “Where’s the remote?” ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358/20 "2008-04-08T14:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Until I looked at the sports section this morning, I couldn’t have named either of the teams in the finals. I knew that all 4 of the final 4 were number 1 seeds, but couldn’t have identified any of them other than to guess by naming traditionally strong programs. I understand North Carolina was one of them, because I heard over the weekend that they had gotten killed. No idea who the 4th was. Anyone less into the NCAA tourney than me? [/QUOTE] I know about as much as you do. Back when I was a grad student at UNC, my students used to tell me about it, but now? I can happily ignore the whole thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-into-march-madness/444358.md?page=2)