{"id":2591,"date":"2021-03-08T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartlifestyletrends.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2021-03-08T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:14:00","slug":"march-madness-to-commence-next-week-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"March Madness to Commence Next Week in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS- The most exciting month in sports is finally here. After the pandemic forced the cancellation of last year\u2019s NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball national championship tournaments, March Madness means more this year than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exciting, enthralling 68-team men\u2019s tournament will commence next week as the best teams in the country go head to head to determine an overall champion. And with the tournament, of course, comes the bracket pools, competitions, and the quest for perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let\u2019s take a look at some key dates in the tournament this year:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First Four: March 18th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First and Second Rounds: March 19th-22nd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sweet Sixteen: March 27th-28th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elite Eight: March 29th-30th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Semifinals: April 3rd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Championship: April 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament games will be staged almost entirely within the greater Indianapolis area, with the finals taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 5th. Each stadium will make its own decision on whether or not to allow spectators, but Indiana regulations cap the capacity at 25% across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This coming week, we\u2019ll see teams vie for conference championships in the hopes of clinching an automatic bid; others will wait on the selection committee to see if they\u2019ll get invited to the big dance. Power programs looking to defend their legacies will go up against long-shot teams looking to make a run against all odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zack_brackets_ringer.0-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zack_brackets_ringer.0-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zack_brackets_ringer.0-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zack_brackets_ringer.0-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zack_brackets_ringer.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Filling out a bracket before the NCAA basketball tournament makes for an exciting month of March<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s tournament will be different than in years past, but no matter how it is run, the thrill of the chase for a national championship is a feeling that is more than welcome. Set your picks, fill out your bracket, and get ready for a March Madness tournament unlike any other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS- The most exciting month in sports is finally here. After the pandemic forced the cancellation of last year\u2019s NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball national championship tournaments, March Madness means more this year than ever before. The exciting, enthralling 68-team men\u2019s tournament will commence next week as the best teams in the country go head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.betterhomeexperts.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}