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  • 1.  Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-12-2022 12:35
    Hi all,
    Looking to do some March Madness Bracket programming. Does anybody have a good way of collecting the bracket data? Has anyone done something similar? Any info would be appreciated!

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    Giana Panagiotakos
    Assistant Director UCrossing Operations
    University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Lowell MA
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  • 2.  RE: Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-12-2022 12:43
    Hi Giana - we just use ESPN's Fantasy Games website for that.

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    Filip Pongratz
    Associate Director, SFC Activities & Operations
    He/His/Him

    215.707.4362 (p)
    http://www.temple.edu/sfc
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  • 3.  RE: Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-12-2022 13:31
    That's great thank you!

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    Giana Panagiotakos
    Assistant Director UCrossing Operations
    University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Lowell MA
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  • 4.  RE: Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-14-2022 18:09
    Hi Giana!
    If for sports, I'd definitely take up Filip's suggestion of using ESPN's Fantasy Games.

    If for other things, we use Instagram Stories for deciding movies, best food in the Union, etc. while using our social media analytics as our data. There's always a slide with the updated bracket before the polls.

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    Caleb Eubanks (he/him/his)
    Union Marketing & Communication Manager
    University of Central Missouri
    eubanks@ucmo.edu
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  • 5.  RE: Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-15-2022 15:41
    Hi Giana!

    Here at UH we just did our first Shasta's Ice Cream Showdown! It's basically a bracket where students vote for their favorite flavors during March Madness on social media. We went with a physical print route to collect the initial "fantasy" bracket in a post card that was collected for over a week. We originally planned to have a bracket in the window of our ice cream shop, and every winner is voted on IG stories and will have the winners move through the bracket We gave our prizes for those who were closest to the winning bracket match. We see ourselves moving forward to an online format for fantasy submissions but haven't gotten to the research yet.


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    Abigail Garcia
    Marketing Instructional Assistant
    University of Houston
    Houston TX
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  • 6.  RE: Programming with March Madness Brackets

    Posted 08-16-2022 16:28
    Hi All,

    I just wanted to let everyone know to be cautious in how you use the terms "March Madness", "Sweet Sixteen", "Elite Eight", "Final Four", and other related phrases. These phrases are trademarked by the NCAA. 

    Happy Arrival to everyone starting back up over the next couple of weeks. 
    Susan

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    Susan Lechtanski
    Marketing Director
    Pennsylvania State University University Park
    University Park PA
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