The National Collegiate Sports Association (NCAA) men’s basketball Division 1 tournament, known as ‘March Madness’, begins on the 20th (Korean time).
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Division 1 Tournament is a tournament in which 68 universities from across the United States participate and the winner is determined through a single-game match.
In the 2017 World Sports Brand Value Rankings selected by the American economic magazine Forbes,
the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division 1 Final Four ranked 5th, including 1st place NFL Super Bowl,
2nd place Summer Olympics, 3rd place Winter Olympics, and 4th place International.
This ranking follows the FIFA World Cup. 카지노사이트킹
It is a global sporting event that ranks higher than the 7th place UEFA Champions League and the 10th place American Professional Baseball Major League World Series.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama, who was famous for being a ‘basketball fanatic,’
made predictions for the round of 64 every year during his presidency,
and a survey showed that the amount of betting on this tournament in the U.S. last year amounted to $15.5 billion (about 20.6 trillion won).
A thrilling match took place in the Ivy League finals between Yale University and Brown University held in New York, USA on the 18th (Korean time).
Yale University, which was behind by one point, won 62-61 with Matt Norling’s buzzer-beater just before the end of the second half and successfully advanced to the tournament.
The Ivy League is a league comprised of some of the most prestigious universities in the United States,
including Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell, in addition to Yale and Brown University.
As a result, Yale University received the 13th seed in the Eastern District and will play the 4th seed, Auburn University, in the first round.
According to the tournament bracket decided on this day, last year’s winner,
the University of Connecticut, received the overall top seed, and the University of Houston,
the University of North Carolina, and Purdue University were assigned to the first seeds in each district.
Gonzaga University, which Jun-seok Yeo attends,
received the 5th seed in the Midwest Division and will face 12th seed McNeese University in the first round.
Yeo Jun-seok appeared in 23 games this season, scoring 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds.