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Mar 16, 2021 · The term "March Madness" was first used in 1939 when Illinois high school official Henry V. Porter referred to the original eight-team tournament by that moniker.
Mar 12, 2018 · The term “March Madness” is thought to have first been applied to the world of basketball by Henry V. Porter, assistant executive secretary of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and ...
Mar 16, 2024 · These earlier senses of March madness are derived from the sense of mad meaning “abnormally furious.”. Today in American English mad chiefly means “angry,” whereas in British English it can often mean “crazy.”. Today the NCAA March Madness incites both anger and insanity, depending on your brackets.
Mar 1, 2024 · The phrase March Madness was first introduced by Henry V. Porter of the IHSA, with its roots traced back to Illinois in 1939. The term was originally used to encapsulate the zeal and ...
Mar 1, 2020 · In March 1939, Henry Porter, an executive assistant secretary with the IHSA, coined the phrase “March Madness” in an essay in the organization’s Illinois High School Athlete publication, aptly titled “March Madness.”. Porter wrote, “a little March madness may complement and contribute to sanity and help keep society on an even keel.”.
Mar 18, 2024 · The term March Madness is thought to have been first used in the context of basketball in 1939 in an essay by Henry Porter, an Illinois high school athletics administrator. The name was used for Illinois state basketball tournaments in the 1940s. Use of the term spread in the Midwest region and was further popularized in the 1980s, when it came ...
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Mar 16, 2023 · Porter was a teacher and coach at Athens High School. He helped popularize the phrase in an essay he wrote called "March Madness" in 1939. He also wrote about it in a 1942 poem called "Basketball Ides of March," which appeared in the "Illinois Interscholastic." Below is the last line of that poem: With war nerves tense, the final defense.
