March madness is upon us, and we are getting some inside looks at some of McNary students' very own picks. 

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“Ooo not gonna lie, my joke winner is Yale, but my real winner is Zaga,” McNary sophomore Elijah Clendening said. 

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His family's bracket winner last year is picking the Gonzaga Bulldogs to take home the trophy this year. Although, picking the winner is not all there is to these brackets.

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A lot of strategy and research can go into picking your teams for a march madness bracket. 

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“TikTok is a good source and also defensive and offensive efficiency charts but TikTok has to be the main one” said Clendening the go to source for March Madness information.

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A key to having a good bracket is being able to pick the right upsets, because after all, it's called March Madness for a reason. Clendening is hoping that his “Dark Horse” teams can make a run in the tournament. Loyola Chicago, Yale, and Virginia Tech are who Clendening is rooting for to make a run. 

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“How they play against good teams including how higher level teams play against good teams,” Clendening said. He is not expecting Auburn to make a big run because of how they have matched up against higher level teams. 

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After the first day of games I was able to get McNary sophomore Drew Schmidt’s reaction to some of the games.

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” Iowa choking was rough, they choked the lead and I had them in the Elite Eight. Kentucky going down as well. I had them in the final four,” Schmidt said. 

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It's only been one day of the tournament and it is already Madness.

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