Welcome back to March Madness, everyone. If you love drama, outbursts, jubilation, and watching people lose and win a lot of money on betting odds, you’ve come to the right place. And that place is March Madness Twitter.
Fans and bettors are gearing up for the tournament with Selection Sunday as their opening ceremony. Based on the social media reaction, people are ready for the games to begin. They are also very thankful games are being played at all this year after the tournament was canceled last year due to the pandemic.
Let’s take a look at how it all went down on Sunday.
The tension was high early in the day, as Alabama and LSU got into a scuffle before their game even tipped off. But we are here for the drama, aren’t we?
These truly capture the spirit of the day:
There was a pretty good reason to bet the Over in the SEC Championship:
As if you needed another reason to listen to BetQL U:
Illinois’ overtime win over Ohio State was just what this nice little Sunday needed.
But everyone was just waiting all day for Selection Show Sunday. As expected, there were a range of emotions about how it unfolded.
Lucy is a sports betting content producer with Radio.com and BetQL. She has worked with WEEI and Radio.com as a writer, radio producer and podcaster. Lucy lives in Boston and loves Tom Brady and prop bets. Follow Lucy on Twitter at @LucilleBurdge.
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