For those of you that somehow don't know, we are currently in the midst of this year's NCAA's Division I Basketball Tournament. This tournament is called March Madness... and rightfully so.

Basically, how it works is that even before the real madness begins, over 300 Division I college basketball teams fight for the 68 spots in the tournament. Right away, 4 teams are eliminated during the play-in round.

Based on previous games and different conferences, the 64 teams are split into four regions and are ranked 1-16. They play each other based off of their rank. For example, the number 16 team plays the number 1 team, the number 15 seed plays the number 2 seed, and so on.

If the team loses, they are eliminated, but if the team wins, they move forward into the next round of 32 and then the round called the Sweet Sixteen. After this round is the Elite 8, and then the Final Four. Eventually, the winner of the Final Four round is the National Champion.

Yeah, sure, basketball is a great sport and it is super fun to watch, but March Madness is about much more than that. People take off from work and cut class to watch the games and become completely immersed in the madness.

People from all walks of life create their own brackets and predict who they believe will win each game and ultimately, who they believe will be the champion. Many people bet money on the games and follow the tournament religiously in order to see how close they are to the actual reality of the tournament’s wins and losses.

The unpredictability of the tournament adds to the fun of the whole tournament. What makes it so fun is that it almost doesn't even matter who you chose to win because there really is no way to be completely sure. Just last week, a number 16 seeded team, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, beat a number 1 seeded team, University of Virginia, for the first time in men’s NCAA history.

Of course, some people really do know what they're talking about, making each unexpected loss or win painful to their bracket, as well as their ego. People take the tournament very seriously and take the games to heart.

For some people, their bracket is a sign of their knowledge of the sport and maybe all the money they’ve been saving since elementary school depends on it. Other people predict each game completely based off random things like if their cousin goes to Ohio State University, or they like the name “Gonzaga”, or maybe they’ve heard their brother talk about how he thinks Villanova is going to be good this year.

Regardless of whether or not you actually know what you’re talking about, the tournament brings people together. Anyone can make a bracket and root for their favorite teams. Sometimes it is actually the people who know less than wind up winning!

Despite the typical rivalry that comes along with sports, if March Madness was every month, the world might actually be a more unified and welcoming place, unless, of course, your bracket is in last place.