March Madness Bracket Names 2024

Introduction

Millions of Americans are going to fail as they fill out their March Madness brackets over the coming days. It's nothing to be embarrassed about, as college basketball's massive single-elimination structure allows for unexpected upsets that can disrupt the predictions of even the most seasoned college basketball fan. However, with just a few minutes of effort, any new game selection should be able to figure out one component: the group name. The NCAA tournament is interesting because most bracket pickers obviously don't spend those few minutes.

To make the NCAA Tournament more entertaining, supporters come up with humorous March Madness bracket titles each year. Even though college basketball is changing, creating a bracket is still one of the sport's most enduring rituals.

Millions of copies are created yearly as supporters attempt to select the most accurate candidates. Some make more rational choices, while others make a well-informed estimate about the upcoming Cinderella tale. The fun also includes coming up with creative March Madness bracket titles. The NCAA Tournament is finally here in 2024; on Selection Sunday, March 17, we will learn which colleges will compete for the championship. The first events of the first round are scheduled to start on March 19 and 20 after that, which will kick off the action.

The competition will continue into April after the rest of March. The NCAA championship contest will occur on April 8.

What (and when) is Selection Sunday?

Every year, March Madness begins on Selection Sunday. The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee unveils the 68-team bracket for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament during a nationally broadcast event, which normally takes place in mid-March, on the Sunday before the tournament starts.

There are 68 teams in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament; the selection committee chooses 36 teams to receive at-large bids, while the other 32 teams earn automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments.

As a result, the announcement of the teams chosen for tournament berths takes place on Selection Sunday. The 2024 Men’s March Madness Selection Sunday is March 17.

When is this year's March Madness men's tournament?

The 2024 March Madness tournament began on Selection Sunday, March 17, 2024, followed by the First Four event on March 19 and 20. The event will conclude with the NCAA championship game, which will take place on April 8, 2024, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Origins of Bracket Names

Since at least 1939, when the term first appeared in an article by Henry Porter, an Illinois high school athletics administrator, basketball contests have been referred to as March Madness. Unsurprisingly, eight teams competed in the inaugural NCAA men's collegiate basketball championship in 1939; however, it would take close to another 50 years for the event to become known as March Madness.

Before becoming popular elsewhere in the Midwest, March Madness was first used for Illinois basketball championships in the 1940s.

The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament then started to be known as March Madness in the 1980s. Many attribute its widespread use to announcer Brent Musburger, who used it to describe especially wild games during the NCAA tournament coverage and was familiar with the phrase from covering the Illinois state championships.

The word "March Madness" was ultimately trademarked by the NCAA. It is now used to refer to and advertise the tournament, which is renowned for its numerous, frequently thrilling games (67 between 68 teams), such as certain buzzer-beating, bracket-busting upsets. Even though the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament is occasionally called March Madness, the NCAA does not use this moniker for formal marketing purposes.

Funniest March Madness bracket names 2024

Picking one team to win it all and using that as the basis for your bracket moniker is one idea to consider. This team could be your college institution, a favorite, or just any group. The March Madness bracket names for the 2023–24 season are as follows:

Alabama Crimson Tide

• Sears Of Joy

• Tidal Wave

• Single Pringle

• Even Stevenson

• Spears Fishing

Arizona Wildcats

• Karma Is A (Wild) cat

• We Are The Champions

• Cooking Up A Winner/Cooked To Perfection

• What Team? Wildcats!

• In The 'Zona

• Love At First Sight/For The Love Of The Game

• Ballo So Hard

• Kylan ‘Em Softly

Auburn Tigers

• Feel The Auburn

• Eye of the Tiger

• The Moore The Merrier

• Bring Out The Broomes

• It's A Trapp!

• Pearly Whites

Baylor Bears

• Bad News Bears

• Building Bridges/Burning Bridges

• Nunn But Winning

• Feeling The Love

• Sacks The QB

• Dennis The Menace

• A Little Goes A Long Way

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love

• Bear With Me

BYU Cougars

• Oh Baby A Tripple

• I Need Water, Man

• Is The Pope Catholic?

• A Baker's Dozen

• The Talk Of The Townsend

• Hall Monitor

• Trey Ball

Charleston Cougars

• A Legg Up

• Adam's Corner Three

• London On Da Track

Colgate Raiders

• Colgate Toothpaste

• Broken Records

• A Baker's Dozen

Creighton Bluejays

• Omaha, Omaha!

• Virtues and Vices

• Knox-ing On The Door

• Night On The Town(ley)

• Law(son) And Order

• King Of My City/King Of The Castle/Fit For A King

• Irish Spring Green/Green Bean

• Connect The Dotz(ler)

Dayton Flyers

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Grant Me Three Wishes

• Tongue In Cheek

• Dick(ey) Of The Litter/plenty more puns with Dickey

Drake Bulldogs

• Drake?!

• Take A Bath

• Fried Pickles/etc.

• The Cold Northweather

• Wrights And Wrongs

Duke Blue Devils

• Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

• Forever Young

• Hubba Bubba Gum

• Stewart Little

• Power Trip/I've Got The Power

• Dance With The Devils/Deal With The Devils

Florida Gators

• Pullin From Deep

• We Sleep In May

Gonzaga Bulldogs

• Mike And Ike

• Huffin And Puffin

• Few And Far Between

• Another One Bites The Dusty

• Nolan In The Deep

• Going, Going, Gonzaga

• Zags To Riches

Houston Cougars

• Houston, We Have A Winner

• Looking Sharp/Sharpest Picks In The Bracket

• Don't Be A Cryer

• McFarland, USA

• O Come, O Come Emanuel

• Sharpest Tools In The Shead

• Tug-A-War

• What More Do J'Want?

Illinois Fighting Illini

• Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood

• Too Goode To Be True/As Goode As It Gets

• Maximize My Winnings

• Hansberry The Hatchet

• Hawkins National Laboratory

• Reddy, Set, Go!

Iowa State

• Omaha, Omaha!

• Rock Star/Rocking Out

• King of the Castle/A King's Ransom/King Of My City

• Go Fish!

James Madison Dukes

• The Dukes of Hazzard

Kansas Jayhawks

• Self Made/Did It By My-Self

• Crossed Up My Opponents

• Best Bracket Evers

• Hunting Season

• Pick A Wilder Winner Than Me

Kentucky Wildcats

• Oh, Canada!

• Hart To Hart

• Honk The Horn

• Sheppard's Sheep/Sheppard's Pie/The Good Sheppard

• Ugonna Win It All

Longwood Lancers

• Burns To The Ground

• Christmas In March

Marquette Golden Eagles

• Going For The Gold

• Say It Ain’t Oso

• Smartest Picks Of The Year

• You Kam Do It!

• The Chase Is On

McNeese Cowboys

• Many Mann

• Fields Of Dreams

• We Sleep In May

• Ride 'Em Cowboys

Montana State Bobcats

• Burn To Ash

• Sleep Walking To The Final

• Miles Ahead Of The Competition

Morehead State Eagles

• 8 Miles

• Surfing The Webb

Nevada Wolf Pack

• Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

• Hunter And Gatherers

• Jazz Hands

• Spring Gardners

• Tyler Roli'n The Deep

• The Big Bad Wolf Pack

North Carolina Tar Heels

• High And Mighty

• Farris Wheel

Oakland Golden Grizzlies

• The Banks Is Open

• Talk Of The Townsend

• The Price Is Right

• Watts Up With My Bracket

Oklahoma Sooners

• Sooners Rather Than Later

Purdue Boilermakers

• Purdue Chicken Nuggets

• Boiling Hot Bracket

• Furst Place Bracket

• A King's Ransom/King Of The Castle/Fit For A King

• And He Waddell-ed Away

• All You Can Edey

• Go Hard In The Painter

• This Is How We Purdue It

• Spoilermakers

• Sir Lancealot The Great

Saint Mary's Gaels

• First Aidan Kit

• Forbes' Best Brackets

Samford Bulldogs

• Achor The Anchor

• Bring The Love, Today

• Leopards and Cougars

• To The Window, To The Wall

South Carolina Gamecocks

• Spark Plug/Make Sparks Fly

• Gray's Anatomy

• I Call Dibbas

• Mack Attack

• Herro Ball/Be My Herro

• Make The Wright Play

South Dakota State Jackrabbits

• Easley The Best Bracket

• Kraft The Winning Bracket

Stetson Hatters

• Mad Hatters

Tennessee Volunteers

• Knecht The Dots

• Get Out Me Carr

• Coyne Flip

• No Pain, No Gainey

• We Can Aidoo It

TCU Horned Frogs

• Frog-ettaboutit

Texas Tech Red Raiders

• Pop Goes The Weasel/Pop Rocks

• Take A Chance On Me/Chance The Rapper

• Tomb Red Raiders

UConn Huskies

• Uconn Win It All

• King Of The Castle

• Clingan To Victory

• Youssouf Sing-along

• Solomon Ball Don't Lie

Utah State Aggies

• Grant Me Three Wishes

• The Great One

• Maximize Your Winnings

• Land-on Two Feet

• We Sleep In May, Son

• My Body Is A Templin

Wagner Seahawks

• The Moore The Merrier/Moore Life

• What Can Brown Do For You

• Out Of Bounds

Washington State Cougars

• Well, Well, Wells

• Watts The Problem

• Don't Worry Darling