March Radness
Welcome to March Radness, the 64-team, single-elimination tournament that pits the things you love to hate and hate to love about New York City against each other to determine this year’s ultimate quirk to city living.
So today, the real fun begins. From now until the beginning of April, you’ll be able to vote for the winner of each day’s matchups, including the Championship on April 3rd. You can download a printable bracket with every matchup here.
2008 TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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2007 TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS
(updated daily)
April 4: THE L TRAIN IS THE 2007 MARCH RADNESS CHAMPION!
April 3: The L Train and The Rats at Taco Bell are the heading to the championship game. Read the desperate pleas from their fans.
April 2: The Final Four have been decided: The L Train, The Meatpacking District, Cow Bell Man, and The Rats at Taco Bell!
March 31: Over the weekend, we narrowed the field some more, after the Sweet 16 matchups in the Isiah Region and the Bloomberg Region. In the closest match of March Radness so far, Cow Bell Man squeaked by Tiki Barber’s TV Anchoring, 51-49. He will face A-Rod & Jeter Sleepovers, who triumphed over The Knicks in a Fistfight, 56-44. In the Bloomberg Region, the Cinderella story continues for #16 seed The Rats at Taco Bell, who chewed up and spit out The Second Avenue Subway, 61-39. The Bloomberg Region Final will be quite the nailbiter, as the Rats will face The Bridge & Tunnel Crowd, who squashed Chipotle, 59-41.
March 30: Yesterday, the field was narrowed, with matchups in the Markowitz Region and the Wintour Region. The L Train was victorious against Ikea in Red Hook, 64-36, leading to a battle between the Idol of Williamsburg, and the Idols of Park Slope: The Park Slope Moms, who easily beat the F Train, 65-35. In the Wintour Region, it came down to the wire, but #1 seed The Meatpacking District squeaked past Anderson Cooper, 52-48. It will be a battle for nightclub supremacy in that region’s final, as West Chelsea topped Lindsay Lohan’s Rehab Bill, 65-35.
March 29: Yesterday, the Sweet 16 was decided once and for all, as Cinderella Story, the #16 seed in the Bloomberg Region, The Rats at Taco Bell outran the Fat Pedestrians, 60-40. The Rats will go on to face another winner from yesterday, The Second Avenue Subway, in a matchup tomorrow. In the other game, it will be fast-food extraordinaire Chipotle taking on the most unlikely winner in the tournament thus far, The Bridge & Tunnel Crowd, who inexplicably beat Duane Reade Cashiers yesterday in a barnburner, 53-47.
March 28: Yesterday’s winners included The Meatpacking District and Anderson Cooper, both deciding the matches in the Wintour Region that went to overtime. In addition, in the Isiah Region, Cow Bell Man, Tiki Barber’s TV Anchoring, The Knicks in a Fistfight, and Jeter/A-Rod Sleepovers moved on to the Sweet 16.
March 27: Yesterday, it was a cakewalk for both West Chelsea and Lindsay Lohan’s Rehab Bill, who were both victors in their second-round games. BUT, for the first time, we’re going to OVERTIME in two matchups: The Meatpacking District vs. Gawker Stalker and Anderson Cooper vs. Moving to Brooklyn. Voting will be extended by 24 hours.
March 22: Another #1 seed was upset, as Billyburg Hipsters were soundly defeated by Ikea in Red Hook, 62-38. The Hipsters will go home and wallow in self-pity while listening to obscure indie rock. In another upset, #5 seed McCarren Pool dropped their match to The L Train, 64-36. While Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn topped Atlantic Yards in the first round, they were no match for The F Train, who will move on to the Sweet 16 with their 81-19 win. Finally, Park Slope Moms edged East Williamsburg, 60-40.
March 21: Yesterday was a good day for #12 seeds, with two of them - the Brooklyn Nets and The Second Avenue Subway moving on to Round 2. The Second Avenue Subway will face The Line at Trader Joe’s in the next round. Coincidentally, both of these competitors involve inexplicably long waits. In an unsurprising result, East Williamsburg was victorious over West Bushwick. Somewhere, a hipster is crying in the corner of an industrial loft. Other winners: Lindsay Lohan’s Rehab Bill and Tiki Barber’s TV Anchoring.
March 20: No real surprises this day, except in the Markowitz Region, where The F Train reigned supreme with their 68-32 win over The New Coney Island. Brooklyn isn’t ready for a Disney’ed-up Coney Island, and rightly so. The F Train will go on to face underdog Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn in round 2. Elsewhere, Cow Bell Man will give us more cowbell in Round 2, A-Rod & Jeter Sleepovers didn’t choke against all 15 New York Islanders Fans, Fat Pedestrians outpaced Segway Riders, and Anderson Cooper topped The Closing of the Roxy (although he might have bottomed it - we’re not entirely sure).
March 19: Lots of close matches and upsets! I guess people get frustrated with the status quo on Mondays. The power went to the people, as Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn out-protested Atlantic Yards. An influx of voters from a certain non-profit organization’s website seemed to help. Also, it came down to the wire, but the top-seeded Billyburg Hipsters will move on to the next round, barely getting by #16 seed The G Train. In addition, West Chelsea, Hotel Gansevoort Billboard, and The Line at Shake Shack will also move on to the next round.
March 16: It was a tight race over the weekend, but in the battle of the lesser of two evils, someone had to come out on top. And unfortunately, it was the #10 seed, The Bridge and Tunnel Crowd, that outpaced #7 Upper East Side Fratboys, 56-44. I’m guessing there was an influx of kids from Jersey in the weekend voting. In other action, Park Slope Moms soundly defeated the Staten Island Guidos - so one borough has officially been eliminated from the tournament. Other winners: The New Yankee Stadium, The Line at Trader Joe’s, and surprisingly, Mary-Kate’s Toothbrush.
March 15: Today, the inevitable happened. A #1 seed was upset in the first round. Underdog Rats at Taco Bell defeated the top seed in the Bloomberg Region, Trans Fat, 68-32. There were several other upsets, too, including a disappointing loss for the restaurant that’s too good for your Amex Black card, Peter Luger’s, who lost to #13 seed The L Train. And Gawker Stalker had the most lobsided victory of the tournament thus far, topping Socialite Rank by a score of 90-10. Other winners included Tiki Barber’s Shiny Head and Moving to Brooklyn.
March 14: Two #8 seeds were upset: A-Rod’s Tan and Starbucks in Greenpoint. No other upsets, but the biggest blowout of the day came between The Knicks in a Fistfight, who absolutely creamed The Knicks in a Game, 87-13. Other winners included Ikea in Red Hook, McCarren Pool, The Meatpacking District, The Knicks City Dancers, Chipotle, and Duane Reade Cashiers.
March 13: The play-in game wasn’t even close: despite it being the unreliable lifeline to Red Hook, and the savior of many drunk Greenpoint hipsters stuck on Bedford Avenue, The B61 Bus was destroyed by its even less-reliable MTA counterpart, The G Train, by a score of 81-19. So, The G Train advances to take on the #1 seed in the Markowitz Region, Billyburg Hipsters.
