Illinois man coins ‘March Madness’ phrase

Noah Nelson
Nothing But Noah
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2 min readMar 8

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Around this time of year, basketball fans across the country gear up for March Madness, a single-elimination tournament to determine the U.S. national champion of men’s college basketball. But this decades-long sports tradition originated in Central Illinois.

Noah Nelson
Nothing But Noah

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alum | Author of “Life: A Collection of Short Stories” and “Dana and Me” | Featured Writer on ILLUMINATION (23x).