The last weeks of winter end in something called March Madness or the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament. So if your coworkers are wearing their college sweatshirts, running around with sheets of papers and calling long distance, this is why. In the early 1980's, the field of teams expanded, soon fixing on 64 teams. While the eventual winner tends to come from traditional basketball powers, the NCAA's is the best sporting event in America. Because unlike the much hyped and promoted Super Bowl, the tourney can sneak up on you and kick you in the ass.
Small teams can play well and go far enough to matter.
Talent usually wins out in the end, but some of the best basketball you will ever see will take place in the next three weeks. It's the kind of thing you only get in baseball, the long shot team playing their heart out. You can't see that in football, too many teams are evenly matched these days, even in college. Work in basketball shows. A Southwest Missouri State isn't going to a bowl game.