March Sadness 2026 Schedule Update
Round One is in the books, and we have the Round of 32 coming next week. Regions V and T will go on Tuesday, March 17th, then on Thursday March 19th Regions C and N will compete.
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2026 March Sadness Round One Day Three
And the thrilling conclusion to the March Sadness first round commences today! Polls will close at 11:00 PM EDT.
2026 March Sadness Round One Day Two
Some great matchups today. Polls will remain open a little longer today, until 11 PM EDT.
March Sadness Round One – Day Two Preview
Welcome to Day 2 of March Sadness 2026! Things got off to a roaring start on Tuesday, with Jerry Thornton and Matt McCarthy ekeing out one vote victories. Jarad Carrabis and Mark Dondero also scored single digit victories in a hard-fought opening round. One other Day 1 highlight was Bert Breer recording the first ever shutout in tournament history, by jumping out to a 50-0 lead over Jeff Howe and triggering the Mercy Rule circuit breaker. Such an embarrassing showing would be enough to drive a man to drink!
Region C
8 Mike Kadlick vs Taylor Kyles 9
Kadlick kicks Kyles’ keister.
5 Dan Shaughnessy vs Kevin Millar 12
This looks like a fait accompli for the CHB, but don’t let Millar win today!
Nick “Fitzy” Stevens 7 vs Cerrone Battel 10
New York’s finest should roll over the Raleigh NC DPW worker in this Battle of Fake Bostonians.
Region V
Jim Murray 1 vs James “Scaz” Scaramozino WC
The 43 seconds it took to look up Scaz’s real name was a waste of time.
Brian Scalabrine 6 vs Drew Carter 11
The public finally gets to decide who is at more at fault for the diminished quality of the Celtics TV broadcasts! (It’s Scal)
Marc Bertrand 2 vs Brian Barrett 15
Bertrand swallows Barrett whole. A little shaking, a little tenderizing, and down he goes.
Region N
Kevin Paul “E” Dupont 4 vs Joe Haggerty 13
A blowout on paper, but expect Porkchop Joe to make this tighter than the top button on his shirt. However KPED will prevail.
Phil Perry 7 vs Andrew Callahan 10
The sentient Wojak cartoon upsets Curran’s boy toy.
Region T
Rob “Hardy” Poole 7 vs John Karalis 10
Hardy wins the battle of the balds.
Chris Gasper 2 vs Eric Rueb WC
Rueb can always cherish that memory of his wild card win.
Vote early and vote often!
2026 March Sadness Round One Day One
In either a stinging rebuke of the Selection Committee’s choices, or a positive affirmation of their Wild Card selections, the voters have swept all four wild cards to victory over their normally seeded opponents. What a moment! Polls for the first full day of the Tournament will remain open until 9 PM EDT tonight, March 10th. Please enjoy.
2026 March Sadness Wild Card Play-in Matches
Here we go, the official start of March Sadness! RA! Stiz! Scaz! Rueb! Wild cards, or carney slang from the 1930’s? You be the judge of that!
Polls will close at 9:00 PM EDT, Btw.
2026 March Sadness Tournament Bracket Reveal
Play -in Games Region C 10 Seed Dave O’Brien (NESN) vs wild card Brian “Rear Admiral” McGonagle (Barstool), Region V 16 Seed Travis Thomas (NESN) vs wild card James “Scaz” Scaramozzino (98.5), Region N 12 Seed Mark Daniels (MassLive) vs wild card Stanley “Stiz Grimey” Bruno (WEEI), and Region T 15 Seed Chris Forsberg (NBCSB) vs wild card Eric Rueb (ProJo).
The play-in games will be on Monday, March 9th. The rest of the field will begin on Tuesday March 10th, then Thursday and Friday of that week.
2026 March Sadness Tournament Field of 68
Oyez, oyez! All those having business before the Tournament Selection Collaborative Committee of The15net dot com division of The Local Collaborative, take care and know the following will comprise the Field of 68 in the 6th Annual Mediot Madness/March Sadness Tournament:
Radio – Christian Arcand (WEEI) Marc Bertrand (98.5) Mike Felger (98.5) Andy Hart (WEEI) Greg Hill (WEEI) Ted Johnson (WEEI) Adam Jones (WEEI) Rich Keefe (WEEI) Joe Murray (98.5) Rob “Hardy” Poole (98.5) Nick “Fitzy” Stevens (WEEI) Fred Toucher (98.5) Scott Zolak (98.5)
Print – Peter Abraham (Globe) Andrew Callahan (Herald) Mark Daniels (MassLive) Kevin Paul Dupont (Globe) Chad Finn (Globe) Chris Gasper (Globe/98.5) John Karalis (SI) Doug Kyed (Herald) Sean McAdam (MassLive) Dan Shaughnessy (Globe) Christopher Smith (MassLive) Gabrielle Starr (Herald) Gary Washburn (Globe)
Television – Albert Breer (NBCSB) Lucille Burdge (NESN) Tom Caron (NESN) Jared Carrabis (NESN/98.5/Underdog) Drew Carter (NBCSB) Trenni Casey (NBCSB) Chris Forsberg (NBCSB) Lou Merloni (NESN) Kevin Millar (NESN) Dave O’Brien (NESN) Phil Perry (NBCSB) Brian Scalabrine (NBCSB) Travis Thomas (NESN)
Digital – Brian Barrett (The Ringer) Greg Bedard (BSJ) Rob Bradford (Audacy/WEEI) Mike Giardi (BSJ) Joe Haggerty (BSJ) Grant “Hogdale” Huckdale (Barstool) Jeff Howe (The Athletic) Mike Kadlick (CLNS) Taylor Kyles (CLNS) Evan Lazar (Patriots) Bob Ryan (CLNS/Globe) Jerry Thornton (Barstool) John Zannis (CLNS)
At large – Cerrone Battle (98.5) Tom “Freeze Pops” Carroll (WEEI) Courtney Cox (WEEI) Chris Curtis (WEEI) Mark Dondero (98.5) Michael Hurley (???) Kendra Middleton (98.5) Matt McCarthy (98.5) Jim Murray (98.5) Meghan Ottolini (WEEI/Celtics) Jimmy Stewart (98.5) Matt Vautour (MassLive)
This years Wild Card play-in contestants- Stanley “Stiz Grimey” Bruno (WEEI) Brian “Rear Admiral” McGonagle (Barstool) Eric Rueb (ProJo), James “Scaz” Scaramozzino (98.5). They will participate in the 4 play-in games in advance of Round One.
Brackets will be announced on Sunday, March 8th, Wild Cards go on Monday, then the First-Round matchups begin in earnest on Tuesday, March 10th.
And the Winner(?) of the 2025 March Sadness Tournament is…
Tony Massarotti. A two-time Consolation Match winner, his terribleness finally shone through when it counted. And his broadcast partner Michael Felger? Not a winner. Fact: not opinion. Sorrey! Thanks to the Collaborative, the Selection Committee, and especially all the voters. See you soon!
2025 March Sadness Championship
No, not Felger & Mazz, it’s Felger versus Mazz! Which of the two is the worst of the worst this year? Entirely up to you. The poll will close at 9 PM EDT.
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