March Madness
The big dances are upon us.
The Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball tourneys are tipping off this week, with men’s play officially starting Thursday and women’s on Friday. Hoping for their one shining moment are men’s top teams Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston and women’s #1 seeds UCLA, Texas, USC, and South Carolina (AKA the defending champs).
You can fill out women’s brackets here and men’s brackets here (you know, if you haven’t already made 25 and hung them on your fridge).
While college hoops head toward its final buzzer, things on the diamond are just getting warmed up. Japan-native Shohei Ohtani and the LA Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs in game one of the 2025 season-starting Tokyo Series (game two is this morning); the rest of MLB will celebrate Opening Day on March 27th.
(We’re also covering this story tomorrow in Decaf, The Pour Over for Families. Sign up—for free—here.)
Verse to consider whether you’re waiting for tip-off, for Opening Day, or for a new season in your own life… “But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.”
2 Peter 3:13-14 (CSB) (read full passage)