Employee productivity has taken somewhat of a nosedive in workplaces across America this week as we enter the rite of spring known as “March Madness” (AKA the 2015 NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship).

Even those who don’t regularly follow college basketball get caught up in the hype. Everyone wants to participate in the office trash talk by picking the perfect bracket and trying to predict which team will emerge as this year’s Cinderella story. Up the trash talk a notch if your alma mater was lucky enough to earn a spot in the tournament – also known as the “Big Dance.”

Here at Echo360, we’ll be following the games closely and rooting for our 24 client schools competing in the Regional Playoff games that start today. In the words of the legendary hoops personality Dick Vitale, we’re hoping to see plenty of “trifectas” and “Dipsy-doo Dunk-a-roos” from the terrific players representing their institutions as they battle their way to the Final Four.

If we could, we’d have the pep bands and dancing mascots rocking the office as we don the colors and cheer for these great schools:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Arkansas

UCLA

Georgetown University

Georgia State University

University of Georgia

Iowa State

University of Iowa

Indiana University at Bloomington

Purdue University

Notre Dame

University of Kansas

University of Kentucky

Louisiana State University

Michigan State University

Davidson College

University of North Carolina

St. Johns University

University of Buffalo

University of Cincinnati

Xavier

Coastal Carolina University

Baylor University

University of Texas Austin

Virginia Commonwealth University

Best of luck to all! We hope we’ll be seeing one of these tough competitors cutting down the net after the National Championship game on April 6!

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