March Madness Vs Playoffs Research Paper

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March Madness is much better than the NBA Playoffs. There is many different reasons of why the March Madness exceeds. The tournament brings us fun, dramatic endings, and great competition. There is none of this in the NBA Playoffs. Yes, the NBA is the next step from college, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is better to watch. In the NBA there are super teams that, such as the Warriors, but not in the NCAA, any team could beat any team. To begin, March is a crazy and fun month. March Madness is much better because people can make their brackets, on the other hand, in the NBA there is none of this. March Madness is beginning and brackets are being made. Millions of people make their bracket to win a lot of money. It's the time to get all …show more content…
Every year the tournament has upsets that can screw everyone's brackets. No team should be doubted because how history has shown the underdog can come up on top. A great example of this is in this year's tournament. The Loyola Chicago Ramblers who started this year's tournament as the 11th seed. Usually the 11th wouldn’t make it this far but The Ramblers proved everyone wrong. The Ramblers are the fourth team in history to make it to the final four. It truly is an amazing story. Loyola isn’t the only amazing story of this year's March Madness. The University of Maryland-Baltimore entered as the 16th seed. As of March 15th 2018 a 16th seed has never beaten a 1 seed in the history of March Madness. But UMBC changed history and defeated the Virginia Cavaliers. They didn't just beat them, they crushed them by twenty points. The NBA is where the expected happens. There is no crazy upsets that can be compared to something like UMBC beating Virginia. In the NBA there are “super teams” like the warriors that are very hard to be beat. Their lineup is filled with all stars including Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. The team is expected to win the series most likely comes out on top in the NBA which is not as fun to

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