From now until the NCAA basketball championship in April, experts and prognosticators, along with millions of amateurs competing in office pools, will attempt to predict the outcomes of all 67 of the tournament’s games.
People have all sorts of reasons to pick one team over another. Some break down game footage; others look at advanced statistics; and still others give preference to schools they or their friends attended.
But what if we took a different approach and picked teams based on the strength of their mascots?
1) Who would win?
2) Whose Mascot is the toughest? Whose is the weakest? Why?
3) Which mascot is the most common? The most unique? Explain.
4) Why do schools choose the mascots they do? What do mascots say about a school?
5) Why aren't their any 'Indian' mascots in the March Madness Tournament?
The "Brave," an American Indian warrior, became the symbol of the Talawanda Schools in the 1950s.
But who was Talawanda?
Do Indian Mascots honor insult Native American Groups?
Should Talawanda have changed its mascot? If so what to?
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