March Mammal Madness
News Coverage
- Students escape the NCAA bracket blues with March Mammal Madness, a new approach to the classic bracketASU State Press - April 2, 2017
- A New Kind Of March Madness Hits SchoolsNPR Morning Edition: March 29, 2017
- Mammals 'Battle' for Greatness in March Madness for Science NerdsGizmodo - March 24, 2017
- In March Mammal Madness, Our Money's On The Giant Pouched RatNPR: Goats and Soda - March 16, 2017
- March Mammal Madness: The cure for b-ball boredomNon Doc - March 15, 2017
- Meet the Professor Using March (Mammal) Madness to Draw Students to ScienceThe Chronicle of Higher Education - March 10, 2017
- March Mammal Madness, Science Communication’s “Big Dance,” Is BackAmerican Scientist - March 6, 2017
- March Mammal Madness tournament shows the power of ‘performance science’The Conversation - 2017
- Get your brackets ready for March Mammal Madness 2017.ASU Center for Evolution & Medicine - March 3, 2017
- Marsupial misconceptions: weird mammals, placentas and pouchesWildlife SNPits - March 4, 2017
- Get Ready For March Mammal Madness 2017Earth UnFiltered - March 3, 2017
- TWIS LiveThis Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - episode 608 - March 1, 2017
- March Mammal Madness Is The Only Bracket You Need2017 - Deadspin
- Have a Weasel in Your Bracket? Fans Go Mad for Mammals2016-Wall Street Journal
- Mammals face off in Twitter battles for supremacy2016 - Nature News
- Annual March Mammal Madness2016 - ASU News
- Mammal March Madness is beloved animal version of NCAA championship2015 - Chicago Tribune
2017 Bracket
- Downloadable 2017MMM bracket-pdfDownload and print off your own bracket to play!
- Mammal March Madness BackroundProfiles of all the contenders in the 2017 bracket -created by an amazing group of 9th graders at Friends Academy in New York!
Full Schedule
Tournament begins March 6, 2017! All battles at 6:30 PM MST/8:30 PM EST, except Wild Card
Week One
3/6/2017 Wild Card: 5:00 PM MST/7:00 PM EST
3/8/2017 Round 1: Adjective
3/9/2017 Round 1: Desert
Week Two
3/13/2017 Round 1: Coulda Shoulda
3/14/2017 Round 1: Two/One
3/16/2017 Round 2: Adjective & Desert
Week Three
3/20/2017 Round 2: C/S & Two/One
3/21/2017 Sweet Sixteen All Divisions
3/23/2017 Elite Trait
Week Four
3/27/2017 Final Roar
3/29/2017 CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
Results:
Wild Card: Red Giant Flying Squirrel Advance!
Adjective Mammals, Round 1: Spectacled Bear, Spotted Skunk, White-Headed Capuchin, Screaming Hairy Armadillo, Pouched Rat, Maned Wolf ,Banded Linsang, Clouded Leopard
Desert Adapted, Round 1: Honey Badger, Guanaco, Aardwolf, Tibetan Sand Fox, South American Gray Fox, Ringtail, Saiga, Gila Monster
Coulda-Shoulda, Round 1: Sabertooth Cat, Short Faced Bear, Giraffe, Leopard Seal, Tiger, Neandertal Hunting Party, Greek Sphinx, Pegasus
2 Animals-1 Mammal Winners- Bear Cat, Hog Badger, Spider Monkey, Bear Cuscus, Hog Deer, Antelope Squirrel, Leopard Cat, Tiger Quoll
Round 2
Adjective & Desert: Spectacled Bear, WH Capuchin, Saiga, Guanaco, Clouded Leopard, Maned Wolf, Aardwolf, and Honey Badger
Coulda-Shoulda & 2 animals-1 mammal: Spider Monkey, Bear Cat, Neanderthals, Hog Deer, Hog Badger, Leopard Seal, SF Bear, and Greek Sphinx
Sweet Sixteen: Neanderthal Hunting Party, Short Faced Bear, Spider Monkey, Clouded Leopard, Guanaco, Hog Deer, Honey Badger, and Spectacled Bear
Elite Trait: Short-Faced Bear, Spider Monkey, Honey Badger, and Spectacled Bear
Final Roar: Short-Faced Bear vs. Honey Badger!
Championship: SHORT-FACED BEAR WINS!
Battle Recaps
- Wild Card Battle - The SCIENCECitations & science behind Wild Card Battle.
- M.C. Marmot YouTube ChannelRodent Recaps for the rest of 2017MMM bouts.