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The NCAA basketball postseason—otherwise known as March Madness—is upon us. And while you can’t control what happens on the court, you can help us to determine which team has the best mascot in our March Madness Mascot Challenge.
Since Yale University introduced the first collegiate mascot—a bulldog—in the 1890s, other colleges and universities have adopted their own symbols to draw attention to their schools, creating a cavalcade of Bears, Huskies, Badgers, Aggies, Orangemen, and Wolverines. But which is best? This is where you come in.
The matchupsTo keep things manageable and current, we’ve narrowed the choices to mascots from the surviving teams in the NCAA men’s Sweet Sixteen and pitted them against one another in a single-elimination contest. And for teams with names that are a little inventive (we’re looking at you, Duke), we’ve leaned on either the animal used for the mascot or the closest historical definition.
The rulesVote for your favorite mascot in each matchup in each round. Vote again as new matchups are announced. The timing for each voting round will parallel the remaining rounds in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The champion mascot will be crowned on April 8, the day after the NCAA championship. Let’s go! May the best mascot win!
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