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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.March MadnessA Reading AZ Level T Leveled BookWord Count:988WritingWhat about March Madness makes it“mad”?Write a paragraph describing your ideas.MathDiscuss with a partner the following questions using the bracket on page 8:How many teams fro
2、m all four regions are in the bracket?How many games does the bracket show that Villanova won?ConnectionsQTWWritten by Michael T.FoleyMarch Madnesswww.readinga-LEVELED BOOK Twww.readinga-Written by Michael T.FoleyMarch MadnessWhat makes March Madness so popular in the United States?Focus QuestionPag
3、e 1:The Syracuse Orange drive against the Connecticut Huskies during the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Division I Womens Basketball Tournament.Page 3:City College of New York wins the NCAA Division I Mens trophy in 1950.Photo Credits:Front cover:John W.McDonough/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images;
4、title page,page 15(right):Joe Robbins/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images;page 3:Matty Zimmerman/AP Images;page 4:AP Images;page 6:Chris Lee/St.Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service/Getty Images;page 7:Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union/AP Images;page 10:Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images;page 11(top):Jim Mc
5、Isaac/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images;page 11(bottom):Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images;page 12:Michael Conroy/AP/REX/Shutterstock;page 14:Gary Landers/AP Images;page 15(left):Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images;icon(used throughout):iStock/lotaxWords to Knowbracketdomina
6、ntdraftedlegendssingle-elimination tournamentstatisticsunderdogsunpredictabilityupsetsCorrelationLEVEL TP3838Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAMarch MadnessLevel T Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Michael T.FoleyAll rights reserved.www.readinga-3Table of ContentsThe Maddest Time of the Year .4Now
7、or Never .5How the Madness Works .7The Bracket Racket .9Womens Wins .11Upstarts and Upsets .13Conclusion .15Glossary .16March Madness Level T4The Maddest Time of the YearThe date is April 4,1983.North Carolina(NC)State faces off against dominant Houston in the national championship game.Underdogs NC
8、 State are playing the game of their lives,and with just seconds left the score is tied 52-52.An NC State guard has the ball but is quickly running out of time.With the final seconds ticking away,he has no choice but to toss the ball at the net and hope for the best.The shot falls short.Suddenly,an
9、NC State teammate comes out of nowhere to catch the ball in midair.He dunks it into the net just as the clock ticks to zero.The crowd erupts in celebration.It has just witnessed one of the most exciting upsets in college basketball history.This is what March Madness is all about:excitement and unpre
10、dictability.With sixty-eight teams playing in a single-elimination tournament,anything can happen.With this last-second dunk,NC State wins 54-52.5Now or NeverThe National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA)coordinates college sports in the United States.On March 17,1939,the NCAA Division I Mens Ba
11、sketball Tournament,also known as the March Madness tournament,began its historic run.Back then,only eight teams got to compete.Over the years,though,the championship tournament grew into a raging phenomenon,one that sweeps across the country every March.Since 1939,the March Madness tournament has i
12、ntroduced the world to some of the greatest basketball legends of all time.Since many professional athletes perfect their skills in college,it is no surprise that the path to professional basketball goes straight through the March Madness tournament.The National Basketball Association(NBA)includes m
13、any former March Madness players.NBA legends Shaquille ONeal,Magic Johnson,Larry Bird,Stephen Curry,and many others first made their impact in the tournament.Do You Know?Canada has one member in the NCAASimon Fraser University.March Madness Level T6Only a tiny number of NCAA players are drafted into
14、 the NBA each year,however.This means that for most players,college is the final stop in their basketball career.For them,the chance for basketball glory is now or never.These players play with passion.It is not uncommon for one to collapse onto the floor and burst into tears at the end of a game.So
15、metimes its out of happiness.Sometimes its out of disappointment.No matter what,its out of love for the game.A Xavier guard reacts after a last-second shot by Wisconsin beats his team on March 20,2016.7How the Madness WorksThe path to the championship is long and difficult.In 2016,there were 351 eli
16、gible schools,with teams grouped by region into 32 conferences of different sizes.All the teams want to play in the tournament,but only 68 make it each year.So how are the 68 teams chosen?Each conference has its own tournament.The winners of each of the 32 conferences automatically qualify for the M
17、arch Madness tournament.The remaining 36 teams are chosen by a ten-person committee.Its members vote before the tournament on a day commonly known as Selection Sunday.The University of North Florida pep band and mascot celebrate on Selection Sunday after learning their team will play in the 2015 Mar
18、ch Madness Tournament.March Madness Level T8First RoundSecond RoundRegionalsNational SemifinalsNational SemifinalsFinal FourFinal FourKansasKansasKansasKansasOregonOklahomaAustin PeayColoradoConnecticutMarylandMarylandMarylandS.Dakota St.CaliforniaHawaiiHawaiiArizonaWichita St.Wichita St.Miami(FL)Mi
19、ami(FL)Miami(FL)BuffaloIowaIowaTempleUNC AshevilleVillanovaVillanovaVillanovaVillanovaVillanovaOklahomaWESTSOUTH18546372f9bcad0eConnecticutCHAMPIONVillanovaFINAL FOURN.CarolinaEASTMID-WESTVillanovaOklahomaWESTSOUTHSyracuseVillanovaN.CarolinaEASTCHAMPIONSHIPSOUTHFull BracketSOUTHWESTMIDWESTEASTSouth
20、Bracket:2016 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball ChampionshipCHAMPIONVillanovaFINAL FOURN.CarolinaEASTMID-WESTVillanovaOklahomaWESTSOUTHSyracuseVillanovaN.CarolinaEASTCHAMPIONSHIPSOUTHFour regions emerge with a winner to reach the Final Four.In 2016,Villanova was the Souths championand the nations!9The
21、Bracket RacketMarch Madness has become one of the most popular sports events in the United States,even among people who arent sports fans.In large part,this is due to the fun of filling out a bracketa grid of all the teams in the tournament.People fill out a bracket to predict who will win each game
22、 and move on to the next round of competition.A bracket shows the path a team would have to follow to reach the championship game.Millions of people around the country fill out a bracket every year.Some base their picks on statistics.Others like the safe bet and choose the best-ranked teams,while st
23、ill others love the excitement of rooting for the underdogs.Almost everyone is trying to beat somebody elsefamily and friends,coworkers,or strangers online.One of the most famous March Madness fans is former U.S.president Barack Obama.In each of his eight years as president,he filled out his own Mar
24、ch Madness bracket on television.March Madness Level T10Dukes head coach presents President Barack Obama with a copy of the mens bracket in 2010.Dukes Blue Devils won the tournament that year and visited Obama at the White House.Bracket BraggingAt least while in office,President Obama did not have m
25、uch success with his March Madness picks.In 2015,an eleven-year-old girl wrote him a letter to let him know that her bracket beat his.“You are a great president,“she wrote,“just not the best bracket picker.”President Obama wrote her a letter back with a signed photo of him and his bracket that read,
26、“Next time,Ill check with you first!”11Womens WinsIn 1982,the NCAA started a womens March Madness tournament.The Division I Womens Tournament began with 32 teams and has since doubled to 64 teams.The Connecticut Huskies have been the most dominant womens team in March Madness tournament history with
27、 eleven national championships.The Tennessee Lady Volunteers drive against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the 2007 womens championship game.Win After WinOver the course of her career,head coach Patricia Summitt earned 1,098 career wins.Thats the most in NCAA basketball history.From 1974 to 2012,
28、she coached the Tennessee Lady Volunteers.The Volunteers never failed to qualify for the tournament although in the beginning,good funding failed them.When Summitt started,a donut sale paid for the players uniforms.March Madness Level T12Breanna Stewart takes the ball during the Final Four stage of
29、the 2016 tournament.Some argue that Husky Breanna Stewart may be the greatest player in womens college basketball history.From 2013 to 2016,her team won the title four years in a row.For each of those four years,she won the honor of Most Outstanding Player.13Upstarts and UpsetsThe most exciting stor
30、ies that come out of March Madness are“Cinderella stories.”Cinderella teams are underdogs that arent given very good odds to win.The single-elimination format of March Madness,however,means that any team can claw its way to an exciting upset victory.1985 Championship FinalsNobody gave Villanova much
31、 of a chance against Georgetown in the 1985 championship finals.Georgetown was the defending champion and was awarded the top rank that year.Villanova was ranked eighth,and many thought their only chance of winning was by a miracle.It turns out Villanova didnt need a miracle.All they needed was to p
32、lay the greatest game of their lives.Do You Know?In basketball,the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot other than a free throw.It is worth two or three points,depending on the players distance from the basket.Field goal percentage is how many field goals succeed out of all those th
33、at the team attempts.The higher the percentage,the better!March Madness Level T14A Villanova Wildcat reacts with joy after beating Georgetown for the national championship in 1985.Villanova shocked Georgetown by breaking the record for the highest field goal percentage in a game in Final Four histor
34、y(22 of 28 baskets;over 78 percent).This led to Villanova winning their first national championship in mens basketball with a score of 66-64.2016 Blue RaidersIn the 2016 opening round,the Michigan State Spartans were ranked second;the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders were ranked fifteenth.Yet in what m
35、any call the biggest single upset in March Madness history,the Blue Raiders shocked basketball fans by defeating and eliminating Michigan State 90-81.The Blue Raiders didnt win the tournament,but they did bust a lot of peoples brackets in the first round!15ConclusionEvery March,millions of people ta
36、ke in the excitement of Cinderella teams,rising stars,and game-winning shots at the buzzer.Dreams will either come true or fade away forever.This is passion.This is March Madness.Good luck with your bracket!Billion-Dollar BracketEveryone is looking to choose the perfect bracket.In 2014,billionaire W
37、arren Buffett and Quicken Loans offered$1 billion to anyone who chose the perfect bracket,but no one could.This is not surprising.The odds of picking every game correctly are between 1 in 5 billion and 1 in 135 billion.As far as we know,nobody has ever chosen the perfect bracket.Duke rejoices after
38、beating Wisconsin in the 2015 mens championship game(left).Maryland beats Louisville in 2014 to advance to the womens Final Four(right).March Madness Level T16Glossarybracket(n.)a grid that pairs opponents in a tournament(p.9)dominant(adj.)more important,effective,or powerful than others(p.4)drafted
39、(v.)selected out of a group of candidates to play on a professional sports team(p.6)legends(n.)famous people who are known for a special talent or achievement(p.5)single-a series of games or contests in elimination which a single loss prevents the tournament(n.)loser from moving on in the competition(p.4)statistics(n.)numerical data that is collected,organized,and studied(p.9)underdogs(n.)the expected losers in a struggle or contest(p.4)unpredictability the quality of being impossible(n.)to know ahead of time(p.4)upsets(n.)unexpected results in sports games or other competitions (p.4)