{"id":26294,"date":"2025-03-06T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=26294"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:17:14","slug":"what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. In a single-elimination tournament that delivers upsets, buzzer-beaters, and unforgettable moments. With every game a win-or-go-home scenario, March Madness captures the passion of college basketball like nothing else.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is March Madness? <\/h2><p>March Madness is the annual NCAA Division I men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s basketball tournament. Featuring the best 64 college basketball teams of the Nation. The tournament starts in mid-March and runs through early April. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How teams are picked for March Madness?<\/h2><p>Teams qualify for the tournament in two ways: <strong>automatic bids <\/strong>and <strong>at-large selections<\/strong>. 32 automatic bids go to teams that win their respective conference tournaments. The NCAA Selection Committee chooses the remaining 36 teams based on factors like <strong> NET rankings<\/strong>, <strong>QUAD wins<\/strong>, <strong>conference strength<\/strong> and <strong>injuries and suspensions<\/strong>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Quadrant<\/td><td>Home <\/td><td>Neutral<\/td><td>Away<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Q1<\/td><td>1-30<\/td><td>1-50<\/td><td>1-75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Q2<\/td><td>31-75<\/td><td>51-100<\/td><td>76-135<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Q3<\/td><td>76-160<\/td><td>101-200<\/td><td>136-240<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Q4<\/td><td>161-353<\/td><td>201-353<\/td><td>241-353<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quad 1 wins are the most valuable and help teams secure at-large bids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quad 2 wins still boost a team&rsquo;s resume but are not as significant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quad 3 and Quad 4 losses hurt a team&rsquo;s chances of making the tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>For example: <a href=\"https:\/\/bballnet.com\/teams\/duke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Duke has a record of 16-0 against their Quad 3 and 4 opponents<\/a>. Against Quad 2, Duke has a record of 5-0. However, in Quad 1, Duke has a record of 6-3 with one game remaining against North Carolina. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many teams play in March Madness?<\/h2><p>March Madness features 68 teams in the NCAA Division I men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s basketball tournaments. The tournament starts with the First-Four, where four at-large teams and four automatic qualifiers compete in play-in games. After this round, 64 teams advance to the main bracket.<\/p><p>The main tournament follows a single-elimination format with six rounds:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First-round (64 teams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second-round (32 teams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweet-16 (16 teams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elite-Eight (8 teams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final-Four (4 teams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Championship (2 teams)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also Read:<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=25274&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2025 March Madness Odds and Predictions: Who will win the NCAA basketball championship?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-march-madness-final-four-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2025 March Madness Final Four Odds, Predictions and Best bets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Selection Sunday?<\/h2><p>Selection Sunday is the day the NCAA Selection committee announces the full tournament bracket. This includes the 31 automatic qualifiers and the 37 at-large teams. The committee also assigns seeds and matchups, setting the bracket for the tournament.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When is the 2025 March Madness men&rsquo;s tournament?<\/h2><p>The 2025 March Madness men&rsquo;s tournament schedule is as follows: <\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Selection Sunday: <\/strong>March 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Four: <\/strong>March 18-19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First and Second-rounds:<\/strong> March 20-23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sweet 16 and Elite Eight: <\/strong>March 27-30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Final Four: <\/strong>April 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Championship: <\/strong>April 7<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With every game a win-or-go-home scenario, March Madness captures the passion of college basketball like nothing else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":26307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722],"tags":[3969],"class_list":["post-26294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-march-madness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let&#039;s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let&#039;s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-07T15:17:14+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Suryansh Kumar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Suryansh Kumar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Suryansh Kumar\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a044f09967e567818a4c8516b7bf15fb\"},\"headline\":\"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-06T17:53:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-07T14:17:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"March Madness\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NCAAM\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\",\"name\":\"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-06T17:53:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-07T14:17:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let\\\\'s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Image Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"description\":\"Share passion for sports &amp; betting\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"width\":415,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Playoffs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a044f09967e567818a4c8516b7bf15fb\",\"name\":\"Suryansh Kumar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0de1ba955e93949dbdffb2540a3eb17?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0de1ba955e93949dbdffb2540a3eb17?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Suryansh Kumar\"},\"description\":\"Hello, my name is Suryansh, and I write NBA\/WNBA content for ThePlayoffs. I love sports, which is why I write and I love the NBA because of the stats. My aim is to find unique stats and perspectives to provide my readers with another angle on sports.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suryansh-kumar-703945288\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/suryansh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?","description":"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let&#039;s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?","og_description":"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let&#039;s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.","og_url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/","og_site_name":"The Playoffs","article_modified_time":"2025-03-07T14:17:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Suryansh Kumar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_site":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Suryansh Kumar","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/"},"author":{"name":"Suryansh Kumar","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a044f09967e567818a4c8516b7bf15fb"},"headline":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?","datePublished":"2025-03-06T17:53:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-07T14:17:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/"},"wordCount":411,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg","keywords":["March Madness"],"articleSection":["NCAAM"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/","name":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-06T17:53:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-07T14:17:14+00:00","description":"March Madness is the biggest event in college basketball. Let\\'s look at the how the teams are selected and the 2025 March Madness schedule.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/USATSI_22984088_168416413_lowres-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Image Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-march-madness-how-does-the-ncaa-tournament-works\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","name":"The Playoffs","description":"Share passion for sports &amp; betting","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization","name":"The Playoffs","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","width":415,"height":280,"caption":"The Playoffs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a044f09967e567818a4c8516b7bf15fb","name":"Suryansh Kumar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0de1ba955e93949dbdffb2540a3eb17?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0de1ba955e93949dbdffb2540a3eb17?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Suryansh Kumar"},"description":"Hello, my name is Suryansh, and I write NBA\/WNBA content for ThePlayoffs. I love sports, which is why I write and I love the NBA because of the stats. My aim is to find unique stats and perspectives to provide my readers with another angle on sports.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suryansh-kumar-703945288\/"],"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/suryansh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26567,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26294\/revisions\/26567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}