Last weekend marked my favorite weekend of the year. No, it’s not because of the holidays (although I do love chocolate bunnies!). Last weekend was the first two rounds of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. This year the tournament is especially amazing for many reasons. First, UNC-Chapel Hill holds the overall number one seed and dominated its first two games, winning each by over thirty points (smells like a title team to me!). West Virginia upset Duke and the Sweet Sixteen is full of double-digit-seeded underdogs like Davidson and Villanova. 
But what is most exciting about March Madness this year is that the brackets have gone green! Of the 65 teams that made it into the tourney, 24 have signed the American Colleges and University’s President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). The connection to basketball and fighting climate change doesn’t end there. Schools that have signed on to the ACUPCC have made up 50% of the Final Four over the last ten years, won ten of the last fifteen tournaments, and written one of the greatest Cinderella stories in Final Four history (George Mason, 2005).
Of the sixteen teams left, seven play for signatory schools. You can track their progress at www.greenbrackets.com.
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