Milwauki – My twin brother Ben has been permanent in each NCAA Tournament During my life
I remember that I was in my grandmother’s basement at Kansas’s Vikta in the first March madness. I camped there with my brothers and cousins ​​at the spring break, equipped with junk food and a paper bracket. We lived with every worry and died because it is unprecedented for a 10 -year -old to win $ 100 in the family bracket pool.
I saw the recent NCAA tournament from the Oklahoma State campus. In 2022, Ram did not appreciate the noise level in the patchy hall when North Carolina blew up a second half of the 25 -point lead against No. 1 Beller, just to win in the overtime. We Only In a complex interimorial softball field, the number 2 on the phone was caught at the end of the number 2 Ohio State at the end of the 2021 win.
In all my memories of March madness, a match -up tournament that has gained fame through its unexpected ability, I always have the same twin bean. Broadly, the 2025 NCAA tournament is no different.
In September 2024, I became the Oli Miss Bat reporter of Clearon Liger. Ben found a job covering Iowa State for the Quad City Times a few days later. We moved 11 hours away. It was strange. Ben was my roommate, my partner in every game and 50 % stakeholder in our first car. Although graduating from college from first grade, we had only one class separate. I think I got messed up in my latest year’s schedule in OSU.
No. 6 Oli Miss (23-11) will be contested on Sunday (6:45 pm, TRUTV) with No. 3 Iowa State in the Fizro Forum. A bracket full of turns, twists and upsets when we were separated to chase our shared dream Anyhow Our march tradition kept alive – in our first years, our heartbeat, no less.
The game itself can go in any way. Like the winning team, a twin will turn to Atlanta. Another will go home. The game, though, is the only piece that has made the week so memorable.
Spending a week together in Milwaukee, well, felt normal. It may be expected. We talk a lot every day. A part of the curse of being the same twin cannot enjoy doing something or listening to some entertainment until you tell your brother.
The best part of the march is meeting Ben’s friends. We have spent all our lives. Meeting with Ben working with Ben on Iowa State Beat, and immediately accepting it was surprising. When I wandered on Stein’s Tour and Girl with a Iowa State contingent on Thursday night, it felt as if everyone knew me already. I think they did in a way.
The introduction of the Oli Miss delegation is invaluable. Its being. Because a selection committee that none of us knows, send our teams to Melvaki, and the two teams have moved forward in the second phase, it is surprising.
This year the NCAA tournament lacks chaos. For the first time since 2008, four number 1, No. 2 and No. 3 and No. 4 seeds proceeded in the second phase. When I am sitting on the side of the court, I play the team when I look at the team, I will never doubt the madness of March.
Sam Hutchus covered the Oli Miss for Clearon Ledger. Email it at Shutchins @Gannett.com or get on X on X @sam_huchens_ on X.
