March Madness refers to a college basketball tournament. The competition takes place every March. And the madness it creates is excitement! Sometimes mad is defined as angry. But here is another definition of the word: “marked by intense and unpredictable activity.” The three-week long college basketball tournament is exactly that. It involves 64 men’s team and 64 women’s teams from colleges and universities around the country. Another reason for the madness is that people bet a lot of money on the games. In 2015, the American Gaming Association said about $9 billion is bet on the tournament. That is more than double the amount bet for the professional American football championship known as the Super Bowl. All that money is enough to drive someone crazy! The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, puts on the basketball tournament. The competition is made up of three divisions.
Title: What Is March Madness?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/mad_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='What Is March Madness?' data-article-id='1365'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5188'>March Madness refers to a college basketball tournament.</span> <span data-start-time='5188' data-end-time='8729'>The competition takes place every March.</span> <span data-start-time='8729' data-end-time='12604'>And the madness it creates is excitement!</span> <span data-start-time='12604' data-end-time='16958'>Sometimes mad is defined as angry. </span> <span data-start-time='16958' data-end-time='26146'>But here is another definition of the word: “marked by intense and unpredictable activity.”</span> <span data-start-time='26146' data-end-time='31688'>The three-week long college basketball tournament is exactly that. </span> <span data-start-time='31688' data-end-time='41750'>It involves 64 men’s team and 64 women’s teams from colleges and universities around the country.</span> <span data-start-time='41750' data-end-time='49104'>Another reason for the madness is that people bet a lot of money on the games. </span> <span data-start-time='49104' data-end-time='59813'>In 2015, the American Gaming Association said about $9 billion is bet on the tournament.</span> <span data-start-time='59813' data-end-time='69771'>That is more than double the amount bet for the professional American football championship known as the Super Bowl.</span> <span data-start-time='69771' data-end-time='74792'>All that money is enough to drive someone crazy!</span> <span data-start-time='74792' data-end-time='83104'>The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, puts on the basketball tournament.</span> <span data-start-time='83104' data-end-time='87146'>The competition is made up of three divisions.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/mad_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5671 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/what_does_tournament_mean.m4a'>What does tournament mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a sports competition'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/a_sports_competition.m4a'><span>a sports competition</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/to_risk_losing_something.m4a'><span>to risk losing something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/extreme_enthusiasm.m4a'><span>extreme enthusiasm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/behavior_or_thinking_that_is_very_foolish.m4a'><span>behavior or thinking that is very foolish</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=5672 data-hint-location='26146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/what_sport_is_played_during_march_madness.m4a'>What sport is played during March Madness?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='basketball'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/lacrosse.m4a'><span>lacrosse</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/basketball.m4a'><span>basketball</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/tennis.m4a'><span>tennis</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/935/football.m4a'><span>football</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=5673 data-hint-location='41750' 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