In case you missed it, it’s March, meaning basketball is front-and-center until Baseball kicks-off next month (T-minus 31 days until the Tourists opening day )

In the name of friendly competition, we're hosting our own NCAA March Madness bracket tournament with $100 on the line.

Last night, during the NCAA Selection Show, 36 basketball teams were chosen to compete in the Division 1 Men’s Basketball tournament deemed “March Madness”.

Our claim to fame? UNC Asheville's Athletic Director, Janet Cone, was featured at the New York City event, as one of 10 NCAA committee members. They are responsible for selecting + bracketing the tournament and are expected to be experts on their own conferences.

As a former high school basketball player + as a UNC Asheville alumna, this is the month where my inner sports fanatic comes out. If you follow us on Instagram surely you’ve seen our Bulldog posts + baseline stories.

For the TB,DW (Too Boring, Didn’t Watch):

36 teams were chosen to compete as “at-large” bids
32 teams made it automatically by winning their conference tournament championship

That’s 68 total teams for those of you keeping count...

For the North Carolina natives: The usual’s are back, including Duke, UNC, NC State, Davidson, UNCG, and North Carolina Central.

And for those Bulldog fans, don’t worry, UNCAsheville may not have made it to the NCAA this year but they will compete in the 2018 NIT (National Invitation Tournament). Schedule here.

Now what? You need to join our bracket challenge by clicking the button below.

Here’s what you need to know:

The deadline for submitting brackets is March 15 (Thursday), so sign up and fill out those brackets quick!
We’ll be competing against the likes of our sister brands in Greenville, Columbia + Charleston.
We’re giving away $100 to the best overall bracket + $50 to the best bracket in each of the other three cities.

Click “Join Group”, create an account (or login), enter the secret passwordavltodayrules and then fill out your bracket.

You can log back in at any time to check your score. We'll keep you updated throughout the tournament about who is in the lead. Let the games begin.

Enter here.