If you don’t agree that March is one of the most exciting months of the year for all basketball fanatics, we have some crazy facts to back it up.

Did you know that roughly 3.5 million extra cases of beer are produced to keep up with increased demand during the basketball tournament? Apparently, it also costs businesses $4 billion per year to compensate for all the employees who decide to use their sick days during the tournament! Are you one of them?

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