Honestly, you don’t need to know a pick-and-roll from a pogo stick to enjoy this. The tournament is about belonging. It’s about sitting in a sea of people who all want the same thing: a good time and maybe a victory for their school colors.
Plus, you get to feel like a kid again. You can eat a corn dog at 10 a.m. and no one judges you. You can scream “DEFENSE!” until your throat hurts. And you can leave with a souvenir t-shirt that you’ll wear until it’s full of holes, because it reminds you of that one crazy game where everything went sideways.
So go ahead. Mark your calendar. Bring a friend, or don’t—the tournament is a friendly place for loners and extroverts alike. You’ll leave with a smile, a hoarse voice, and the nagging feeling that you should probably watch more women’s basketball. Trust me, it’s worth it.
