Want to pick your March Madness bracket based on each team's mascot? We've got you covered. ... Tracing the NCAA bracket from 1851 London, through 1977 Staten Island, to today.

The NCAA tournament boasts a variety of mascots: Hoosiers, Boilermakers, ... mascots are often used to make bracket picks — especially for those of us not as sports-savvy.

The NCAA tournament boasts a variety of mascots: Hoosiers, Boilermakers, birds of all types and more. Here's a look at all of them.

The NCAA men's and women's tournaments are meant to be experienced viscerally—whether through your team's participation, neutral observation, or the simple joy of filling out a bracket.

Cats vs. Birds: The Whimsical Way to Fill Out Your NCAA Tournament Bracket Historic NCAA tournament data shows which mascots and jersey colors fare best in March Madness. Adrienne Tong/WSJ.

March Madness isn't just about college basketball. For the third consecutive year, High School on SI will run an NCAA Tournament-style bracket to crown the best high school mascot in the country.

Over the next several weeks we'll pit those teams against one another in a traditional NCAA Tournament-style bracket, complete with 64 overall seeds and a five-team play-in game.

Let me know which team wins your mascot bracket. I hope you had a good time reading this. If not, I hope it opened your eyes to just how many schools’ mascots are a tiger, bulldog or wildcat.

Sports Illustrated released its list of the top mascots in the 2025 NCAA tournament. Michigan State's Sparty mascot was created in 1955. The University of Michigan has never had an official mascot ...

The NCAA tournament boasts a variety of mascots: Hoosiers, Boilermakers, ... NCAA basketball mascots - Men's bracket 2024 Akron mascot: Zippy (Zips) Alabama mascot: Big Al (Crimson Tide) ...