Best March Madness bracket names to win your 2024 NCAA tournament group where it counts

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As March Madness approaches and thousands of people foolishly dream of creating the first perfect bracket in history, they often ignore the most crucial part of creating a bracket in the first place -- the bracket's name.

Sure, you can get by with a typical "[insert name]'s picks" but what's the fun in that, huh? There are thousands of creative names that can help make your pool more fun.

Whether you're representing your championship pick in your name, your favorite sleeper, or just a singular player with a name that can be turned into hundreds of different puns, there are a limitless number of ways to make your competitors smile. You may not win the grand prize that comes with having the most accurate bracket, but you can make the bracket more fun for everyone involved.

Here are the best names heading into 2024's NCAA Tournament.

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Best 2024 March Madness Bracket names

Here are some of the best bracket names from across the internet from sources like USA Today, The Athletic, The Fan, and Sporting News.

Player/coach name play-on-words:

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo:

• Definitely in my Izzone

Purdue head coach Matt Painter:

• Go Hard in the Painter

Tennessee's Dalton Knecht:

• Knecht the Dots

Kentucky's Reed Sheppard:

• Sheppard's Flock

Virginia Tech's Georgia Amoore:

• Gimme S'amoore

Marquette's Oso Ighodaro:

• My Bracket is Oso Good

Providence head coach Kim English:

• The Kim English Patient

LSU women's head coach Kim Mulkey:

• Mulkey Waters Ahead

UConn women's head coach Geno Auriemma:

• Geno 911!

Alabama's Jarin Stevenson:

• Even Stevenson

Arizona's Kylan Boswell:

• Kylan 'Em Softly

BYU's Townsend Tripple:

• Oh Baby a Tripple!

Duke's Caleb Foster:

• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Team names:

Arizona:

• In the 'Zona!

• What team? Wildcats!

Auburn:

• Feel the Auburn

• Eye of the Tigers

Creighton:

• That Sh** Creigh(ton)

Gonzaga:

• Going, going, Gonzaga!

• Zags to Riches

Houston:

• Houston, we have a Winner!

James Madison:

• The Dukes of Hazard

Marquette:

• Going for the Gold

Purdue:

• Purdue Spoilermakers

• This is how we PurDUE it

TCU:

• Frog-ettaboutit

Texas Tech:

• Tomb Red Raiders

Overall March Madness/Bracket/Basketball names:

• Zero Dunks Given

• Full Metal Bracket

• Basket Cases

• Point Gods

• Air Ballers

• Church of Bracketology

• Mother Dunkers

• Half-Court Hooligans

A few more:

• Edey Money

• New York Times' Knecht-tions

• The moon hit your eye? That's Amoore!

• Frodo from the Scheier(man)

• DaRon Holmes and Watson

• Drake, where's the door?

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You can find a printable bracket for the men's tournament here.

A women's tournament printable bracket is available here.

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