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SMS Boys Read Book and Basketball Championship
Monday 22 March 2010 at 11:56 amI love March Madness. Love it. Love it. Love it. Although, after Kansas went down in the second round to Northern Iowa the other night I loved it a little less. Anyway, I think this championship bracket, playoff format is the best in all of sports. One game and you're done. You have to show up, or you're out. I also like when people apply this sort of format to books (see School Library Journal Battle of the Kid's Books for a great example.)
But today, after reading a comment by this lady, I stumbled upon a great use of the March Madness Tournament to connect sports and reading. It's the SMS Guys Read Book and Basketball Championship, and they have attached a book to each of the 64 teams in the tournament (1 book was attached to Arkansas Pine Bluff and Winthrop who played in the Play-in Game). After the 1st week of the actual tournament there are some suprise teams, and books, in the Sweet Sixteen. Some of our favorites here are still in the running (Leviathan, When You Reach Me, No More Dead Dogs, Ender's Game, The Schwa was Here, Peter and the Starcatchers.) Very Cool. Check it out.