Heard through the grapevine that Northern C Divisional hoops brackets finally dropped. Scrapped my morning plan immediately because playoff matchups wait for nobody. Grabbed my lukewarm coffee and fired up the laptop.
First, punched “2025 Northern C basketball brackets” into the search bar. Got flooded with shady betting sites and last year’s results. Filtered by recent dates – still trash. Remembered regional high school associations usually post official stuff. Dug through my browser bookmarks for that statewide sports hub.
The Hunting Process
- Checked association’s news section – nada
- Scrolled past five “registration open” alerts
- Found buried playoff tab under “Tournaments” drop-down
Page loaded slower than my grandma’s dial-up. Saw the bracket thumbnail at the bottom. Clicked that thing three times before it opened properly. Nearly chucked my mug seeing tiny team names stacked like ants. Couldn’t even tell who’s playing where.
Took screengrabs and zoomed in like a detective. Got hyped seeing our local underdogs scheduled against last year’s champs. Fire matchup! Noticed boys/girls brackets mixed together – rookie design move by the web team. Took me ten minutes to spot Girls Division tab.
Protip for fellow hoops junkies: Refresh constantly after initial release. Our bracket had placeholder TBA slots that filled two hours later. And bring patience – tournament sites crash more than Windows 98.