March 1, 2024
March Madness: What You Need to Know
March Madness is coming around the corner. We should check and see how these college teams are doing.What is March Madness?March Madness is the yearly college basketball tournament held by the NCAA that spans from mid-March to early April. The tournament began with eight teams playing against one another in 1939, where Oregon beat Ohio State to take home the first tournament title. Over the years, it grew from an eight-team event to 16 in 1951. In 1975, it doubled to 32 before doubling again to 64 in 1985. Currently, 68 teams make it into the tournament with eight teams participating in play-in games to make the official first-round field of 64. (Play-in games are games you must win to get to the tournament and have to keep winning to move on. If a team loses two in a row, they’re out of the running) Learn more about the history of March Madness here. College Sports Scores For the Big Ten Conference (includes Madison)Wed, Feb 7th– Michigan beat Wisconsin 72 – 68– Northwestern beat Nebraska 80 – 68Thu, Feb 8th– Penn State beat Iowa 89 – 79
Sat, Feb 10th– Purdue beat Indiana 79 – 59– Michigan State beat Illinois 88 – 80– Rutgers beat Wisconsin 78 – 56– Ohio State beat Maryland in double overtime 79 – 75– Nebraska beat Michigan 79 – 59Sun, Feb 11th– Iowa beat Minnesota 90 – 85– Northwestern beat Penn State 68 – 63Tue, Feb 13th– Michigan beat Illinois. 97 – 68– Wisconsin beat Ohio State 62 – 54Wed, Feb 14th– Maryland beat Iowa. 78 – 66– Michigan State beat Penn State 80 – 72Thu, Feb 15th– Purdue beat Minnesota 84 – 76– Rutgers beat Northwestern 63 – 60How Teams Qualify for March MadnessCollege basketball teams can qualify for the March Madness Tournament by earning the automatic qualifying bid that is given to each conference. The winner of the conference tournament earns a right to the NCAA Tournament. After all the automatic bids are handed out, a selection committee fills out the rest of the field with deserving teams. After 32 teams earn automatic spots by winning conference tournaments, the NCAA Tournament selection committee convenes on Selection Sunday to decide on 36 teams that will earn at- large berths to round out the field of 68.2024 March Madness Predictions for Big Ten TeamsThe Purdue Boilermakers are locked to reach the NCAA Tournament and could wind up with the No. 1 overall seed. The No. 2-ranked Boilermakers have a 23-3 record, including 12-3 in Big Ten play. The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Wisconsin Badgers also appear to be locks to reach March Madness. The No. 14-ranked Fighting Illini are 19-6 and 10-4 in conference play, while the No. 20-ranked Badgers are 17-9 and 9-6 in Big Ten play. While the Michigan State Spartans have not entered the AP Top 25 Poll since November, they should once again reach the postseason, as they are 17-9 and 9-6 in the conference. The Northwestern Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers also seem highly likely to qualify for March Madness. While both teams are 18-8, the Wildcats are 9-6 in Big Ten Play, while the Cornhuskers are 8-7.To see more scores and updates on the Big Ten, click here.
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Even though our campus library has closed, students are still able to access library services–and you won’t have to drive to the Green Bay campus to do so. Here’s a brief list of what you can get through the UWGB library:
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Fustian? Is that another one of those literary subgenres? A kind of psychological trope, maybe?” I am here to tell you in a very fustian manner that you are wrong about the meaning of “fustian.” Fustian means a fewstian things, but firstian things first: We’re here to discuss wordplay.
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It’s that time of the semester when we lose the motivation to do our schoolwork and study; all we want to do is lie in bed or stay in and do anything but schoolwork. This video gives us college students tips on how to study better.
I find it helpful when studying to listen to music without lyrics, so I don’t get distracted by the words coming from the artists I am listening to. This playlist is full of instrumental music to help students study better.
Set yourself up for success and plan for your detox by picking a reasonable timeframe for the cleanse. Then, try the following activities to take your mind off your gadgets:
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Award-winning actress Halle Berry of X-Men fame plays a revived graphic designer-turned-literal Catwoman who’s … clearly meant to be the supposed DC Comics antihero. Probably in the same way Frankenstein-ing some two to three crosscuts in five seconds flat is supposed to be “fast-paced,” or that handwriting analysis is supposed to predict your personality. It’s almost captivating to watch a movie trip over itself at every opportunity, at every idea—all in service of a “creative vision” that should never be left five feet within a woman nor a pleather catsuit ever again.
Given these superheroes’ history of lackluster film adaptions, Tim Story’s was certainly no different. Its characterization-first approach and rather pitch-perfect cast softens the bare-bones plot, allowing a poignant look into othering and disability via the Thing; otherwise, the film struggles to innovate outside just fulfilling an archetypal superhero origins story. Expect a circa-2005 approximation of human interaction, Chris Evans’s most punchable performance known to man, and a whole lot of cheese.
Back in the early 2000s, Hollywood finally decided to give women a shot at starring in a superhero film. Having had my fill of various Superman and Batman incarnations, I eagerly anticipated Elektra, starring Jennifer Garner. At the time, Garner was the up-and-coming star of the popular Alias TV show, playing spy and mistress-of-disguise Sydney Bristow. With biceps even Angela Basset might envy and a flair for elegantly lethal fight choreography, Garner seemed like the perfect person to show that women could headline a blockbuster action franchise.