March Madness, the NCAA Division I men’s basketball single-elimination tournament, is one of the most anticipated and watched events in all of sports. From mid-March into April, coverage is nonstop. The appeal of the tournament is its unpredictability — high-see vs. low-seed matchups happen all the time. It's a fun and welcome source of disruption and excitement each spring.
For the past few years, March Madness takes me back to the unwelcomeddisruption caused by COVID-19 in March 2020 and the onset of the pandemic. Predictability was out the window. Disruption was the name of the game. That season spurred many changes … some good, some not so good.