"MARCH MADNESS"

This is one of my favorite time's of the year. Thursday is the opening day for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the beginning of "March Madness." My co-workers and I have an office pool for the tournament every year. It's not a big deal, but it is a lot of fun. Everyone puts in $5 dollars and the winner gets to take home the money and the bragging rights until the following year. The best part is that almost everyone from the managers all the way down to the part-time employees participate.

Another one of the great things about the NCAA tournament is that you don't have to be a fan of a certain team or any team for that matter. Truthfully you don't even have to be a fan of college basketball to fill out a bracket and test you luck in your office pool. There are even sites that can help you decide who to pick if you don't follow college basketball. It is almost like playing the lottery except that your odds of winning are probably better in the office pool.

There are also a lot of free giveaways. All you have to do is get on the websites and enter for your chance to win prizes like $10,000 at both yahoo and espn or a new car at cbsports. Fox sports even gives a chance to win $1,000,000. Good luck to all that decide to play. If you don't win there is always next year.