There’s not too much shame in a botched March Madness bracket. The NCAA Tournament is compressed chaos in single elimination, upsets are part of the game, and only one entrant can actually win it all.
What we can’t forgive is a lazy, uninspired bracket name.
The men’s and women’s tournaments give us a wealth of punnable schools, player names and coach names to choose from — and even an arena or two. Here are this correspondent’s favorite puns and frivolities for 2025 bracket names. Give us yours in the comments below.
Men’s
Ok, Broomer — For those who see Auburn as an inevitability, go with their star, Johni Broome, for your bracket name. These are not your postwar Tigers.
Green Flaggs — A lot of folks will swipe right on the Blue Devils if their megastar Cooper Flagg is healthy.
Lipsey’s Hustle — The marathon continues for Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State and the Fightin’ Otzelbergers.
Knuck If You Buzz — Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams has the sheer intensity and righteous passion of prime Lil Scrappy.
Let’s Get Oweh From It All — To Kentucky’s Otega Oweh: “Let’s take a boat to Bermuda, let’s take a plane to Lexington.”
Yes, UConn — For the Huskies believers.
No, UConn’t — For people who actually watched UConn this season.
Creighton for a…
