When the name popped up on CBS' Selection Show 20 years ago, Jeff Hawkins still remembers what he didn't know. "It says ...

That’s right, friends: With the bracket being revealed, March Madness is officially HERE.

You get the hint. Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips, and why would the school have the kangaroo Zippy as a mascot? The story hops around more than a pouched marsupial in Australia.

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the ...