The March Madness of Music returns and this time we’re taking on the 2000s! Knowing our cohort, this one’s about to get personal. We’ll tap into the wisdom of the crowd (aka my Instagram following) to determine once and for all which tune is the best, most essential, incredibly influential, and generally 00s song of them all.

Schedule

Seeding: February 27th - March 8th
Brackets Submissions: March 11th-15th
Round 1: March 16th-23rd
Round 2: March 24th-26th
Sweet 16: March 27th-28th
Elite 8: March 29th-30th
Final 4: April 1st
Championships: April 3rd

Big Upgrade For This Year

Thanks to the coding prowess of our future robot overlords we’ll be running this whole thing in the handy, interactive, game-ified bracket below. Voting will still take place on my Instagram stories, but submit your bracket below and follow the leaderboard as the winners roll in. Good luck!

The Official Playlist

Playlist on Spotify

Let’s Make It Interesting

  1. Scroll down to the interactive bracket and peruse the matchups

  2. Click “My Picks” at the top left

  3. Enter your name up top & make your picks

  4. Once fully filled click “Submit” at the very bottom left

  5. Your name will appear in the leaderboard if successfully submitted

  6. Venmo $5 per eligible bracket to @Griffin-Turnipseed

  7. Winner takes all, watch the scoring on the leaderboard throughout the tournament!

Full Screen Bracket Lives Here