March Mammal Madness
The official location for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!
2024MMM Tournament Schedule
The action starts at 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific on all game nights.
2024 March Mammal Madness CALENDAR
Game Time is 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific for all tournament nights.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 10 (SUN) | Wild Card Eve |
| March 11 (MON) | WILD CARD |
| March 13 (WED) | Round 1: Epic Animals |
| March 14 (THURS) | Round 1: Connoisseur Critters |
| March 18 (MON) | Round 1: Rainbow Collection |
| March 20 (WED) | Round 1: Take a Bow |
| March 21 (THURS) | Round 2: Epic Animals & Connoisseur Critters |
| March 25 (MON) | Round 2: Rainbow Collection & Take a Bow |
| March 27 (WED) | SWEET 16 |
| March 28 (THURS) | ELITE TRAIT |
| April 1 (MON) | FINAL ROAR |
| April 3 (WED) | CHAMPIONSHIP |
2024 Theme & Division Announcement!
2024MMM Bracket
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BRACKET GUIDEThis Tournament Guide provides key info about how to play March Mammal Madness with specific details for 2024.
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JUMBO Bracket in English (PDF)5 page pdf for those who need extra space
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2024MMM Quiniela Español (pdf)Spanish Language version of the bracket
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2024MMM Quiniela Español JUMBO (pdf)PDF de 5 páginas para aquellos que necesitan más espacio
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PNG Files of Brackets (Folder)If you need PNG files of any of the brackets, here they are.
2024MMM Videos
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Key 2024MMM DetailsQuick Guide about the 2024 Divisions, Picking your Winner, Home Habitat Advantage in Rounds 1-3 & Random Habitats Info for the Elite Trait, the Final Roar, and the Championship, and introducing the the Busted Bracketeers.
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Inside the MMM TournamentVideo with a behind the scenes explanation about how winners are determined and the battle play-by-plays crafted.
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MMM Educator VideoVideo with specific info for Educators to MMMaximize the Educational Opportunities of March Mammal Madness.
2024MMM Getting Started Resources
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2024 MMM Combatant Information Slides in EnglishView-only Google presentation. (Educators - go to File>Make a Copy to create a version you can edit)
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Logos and Hype MaterialsGoogle Drive folder of 2024MMM logos and other graphics - PNG files.
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Calendar (editable for Educators)View-only Google presentation. (Educators - go to File>Make a Copy to create a version you can edit)
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Robert Catt, Natick MA: Pro-Tips for Bracket Picks!Long-time MMM player, "Natick Bobcat" has great insights into the tournament mechanics and dynamics. Here he provides some guidance for the new MMM player on how to apply research on combatants to bracket picks.
2024MMM Lesson Plans, Presentations, & Worksheets in English
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2024MMM Trading Cards for Student ResearchFolder of images and research collector cards. By Ian Hecht
2024MMM Lesson Plans, Presentations, & Worksheets in Spanish
2024MMM Busted Bracketeers
Sometimes our pick for Champion meets an unfortunate early exit from the tournament. Upsets happen, and they are called upsets not because people respond to them with cordial equanimity. BUT in 2024, in collaboration with MMM graphic design guru, Prof. Will Nickley, we present the Busted Bracketeers Bracket! While you can’t update any digital bracket submissions, you CAN print out this bracket starting with the Sweet Sixteen, pick a new champion to cheer & keep following the MMM action through to the end! Rally your fellow friends with busted brackets to form your own local club!
Educators, consider starting a small prize for the best score of the Busted Bracketeers or best sustained engagement of the Busted Bracketeers.
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2024MMM Busted Bracketeer BracketPrint out this bracket starting with the Sweet Sixteen, pick a new champion to cheer & keep following the MMM action through to the end!
2024MMM Even Moar Educator Materials
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2024 Learner Awards EnglishCertificates you can edit! Go to File>Make a Copy to make your own version.
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2024 MMM Guide for Playing with the Youngest LearnersMammals March Madness (MMM) for the Younger Crowd (K-5) Prepped by Jenna Kissel (MMM Education Engagement Coordinator)
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Compendium of the 11th annual March Mammal Madness Tournament 2023Overview of and data generated by the the 2023MMM Tournament
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March Mammal Madness in eLife"Education and Outreach: March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach"
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Self-Scoring Tournament BracketThis will allow participants to have a digital MMM bracket of their picks that will automatically update and score their selections as the tournament goes on. If you are looking to run a MMM pool this will also give a convenient way for players to enter their bracket submissions and the pool manager can use the digital pool manager sheet to automatically score up to 40 entries and keep updated standings throughout the tournament
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Contest ManagerThis template allows a Bracket Pool Manager to run a Pool using Google Sheets. The pool manager can use this sheet to automatically score up to 40 entries and keep updated standings throughout the tournament.
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2024MMM Collector Trading CardsFolder of 2024MMM Collector Trading Cards by Ian Hecht
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Compendium of the 10th annual March Mammal Madness tournament 2022‘Describing at Large Their True and Lively Figure, their several Names, Conditions, Kinds, Virtues (both Natural and Fanciful), Countries of their Species, their Love and Hatred to Humankind, and the wonderful work of Natural Selection in their Evolution, Preservation, and Destruction.
2024MMM Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources
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Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources Education FormAre you an educator that creates your own additional MMM-related resources? Please share it with the community via this form. MMM thanks you & your colleagues thank you!
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Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources 2024 DatabaseThe spreadsheet database of educator-created resources submitted via the link above so that all educators can access these crowd-sourced resources.