Top 50 March Madness Jokes

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  1. March Knock Knock Jokes: Knock knock?…Who is there?…Boo… Boo Who?… Don’t cry! We have the best March Madness jokes.
  2. Nevada Jokes: What is the secret to winning a National Basketball Championship? “The secret is to have eight great players, and four others who will cheer like crazy.” Jerry Tarkanian
  3. College Basketball Jokes: What is a heart surgeon’s favorite basketball team of all time?… 1983 N.C. State NCAA Champions – the Cardiac Pack. 
  4. Knock, knock… Who’s there?… Canoe… Canoe, who?… Canoe you tell me how many teams get an NCAA March Madness automatic bid for winning a league tournament?… 31.
  5. 2026 March Madness Jokes: Knock, knock… Who’s there?… Canoe… Canoe, who?… Canoe you tell me which teams got an NCAA March Madness automatic bid for winning a league tournament?… 31.
  6. Knock, knock… Who’s there?… Canoe… Canoe, who?… Canoe you tell me the name of the week BEFORE the start of March Madness… ESPN Championship Week.
  7. March Madness… the bank is OPEN!
  8. 2025 March Madness Jokes: March Sadness… when you lose a League Tournament on a Bank Three. CAA Conference semifinals Hoftsra defeats Towson 68 – 65.
  9. What did the March say to all the madness?… What’s all that bracket. (March Jokes)
  10. Grandparent Jokes: A grandson was visiting his grandfather at the nursing home. When the boy walked into the room, the grandfather smiled. The boy enthusiastically said, “Grandpa you have March Madness teeth! You are down to your Final Four!”
  11. New Mexico Jokes: “We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.” Weldon Drew
  12. March Madness 1983: How would you describe NC State’s last second play to beat the University of Houston in 1983?… Alley Whoooooooooooops! (North Carolina Jokes & Texas Jokes)
  13. Duke fans have trouble spelling “Krzyzewski.” UNC fans have trouble spelling “Williams.” (Grammar Jokes & North Carolina Jokes)
  14. The 2026 Prediction: “I finally filled out my 2026 bracket. It’s perfectly balanced: 50% hope, 50% denial, and 100% chance of being busted by Friday.”
  15. The Cinderella Story: “Why did Cinderella’s 2026 team get kicked out of the ball?… They missed the curfew… and all their free throws.”
  16. The Expert Opinion: “My bracket is a lot like my bank account: it looked promising in the first week, but now I’m just trying to figure out where everything went wrong”.
  17. The Panic Pick: “I picked a 16-seed to win it all because I trust underdogs. Now I regret my life choices instantly”.
  18. On Conference Expansion: “With the Big Ten and SEC potentially adding so many teams, I don’t know if this is a tournament or just a family reunion for schools with high tuition”.
  19. The Official “Name”: “Forget March Madness, by the second round, I’m just experiencing March Sadness”.
  20. Great Bracket Names: Hoop There It Is
  21. Great Bracket Names: Brack to the Future
  22. Great Bracket Names: UConn Do It
  23. Great Bracket Names: Boilermaker Bust (Purdue)
  24. Great Bracket Names: Roll Tide, Roll Over (Alabama)
  25. Great Bracket Names: Duke of Brackets
  26. Great Bracket Names: Net Cutters Anonymous
  27. Great Bracket Names: Dunkin’ and Drunkin’
  28. Great Bracket Names: Houston, We Have a Bracket
  29. Great Bracket Names: My Bracket’s Already Busted
  30. Why do basketball players do so well in school in March?… Because they know how to handle the pressure and keep their grades on the board!.
  31. Why was the free throw feeling lonely?… Because it was all alone at the line, just hoping to get lucky!.
  32. What did the referee say after a funny foul?…. “That was a real whistle-stop moment!”
  33. Why did the referee bring a mirror to the game?… To check if he was calling the right shots, because his bracket was definitely wrong!
  34. “My couch coaches harder than the actual refs”.
  35. “If the 2026 tournament follows this year’s trend, I’m putting all my money on a team I haven’t heard of since 2012”.
  36. “Watching UConn fans try to act nervous when they’re a top seed is the real entertainment”.
  37. Grammar Jokes: College Basketball Coach: “I told one player, ‘Son, I can’t understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?’ Player: ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’” Frank Layden
  38. Utah Jokes: Brigham Young University, with the signing of AJ Dybantsa, went for BY WHO to BY YOU better believe we are in this to win this.
  39. March Madness 1979: Who is the Audubon’s Society’s favorite Final Four Player of all-time?… Larry Bird. (Bird Jokes & Indiana Jokes)
  40. If “Pistol” Pete Maravich played in March Madness today… he would get a sweet NIL deal from the NRA.
  41. Grammar Jokes: “He’s great on the court,” a sportswriter said of a college basketball player in an interview with his coach. “But’s how’s his scholastic work?” “Why, he makes straight A’s,” replied the coach. “Wonderful!” said the sportswriter. “Yes,” agreed the coach, “but his B’s are a little crooked.”
  42. March Madness 1979: Knock, knock… Who’s there?… Canoe… Canoe, who?… Canoe name the most viewed NCAA Championship game?… Larry Bird, Indiana State vs. Magic Johnson, Michigan State (Canoe Jokes)
  43. Grandfather: Bet I can tell you the score before the game starts! Grandson: No Way! Grandfather: 0-0. (Final Four Jokes & Grandparent Jokes)
  44. March Madness 1983: What did the announcer say when Clyde Drexler picked up his 4th foul in the Championship game?… Houston, we have a problem. (Texas Jokes)
  45. Why is North Carolina always one of the top college basketball programs?… They always dig their heels in on defense. 
  46. Looney Tunes Jokes: What did Azzi Fudd, the Most Outstanding Player at the 2025 Final Four, say after cutting down the nets?… “”Th-th-that’s all, folks!””
  47. 2025 March March Madness Jokes: This March, do you think I could make some money selling a Cooper Flagg Flag?
  48. March Madness 2022: An Angel Came to Coach Calipari: Coach I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is when it is all said and done, despite a few NCAA violations, you are going to heaven. The bad news is you will have to face St. Peter again. (Cemetery Jokes & Kentucky Jokes)
  49. What’s a college basketball player’s favorite type of party?… A block party!
  50. The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and had proceeded to give an oral quiz to the freshman class.  Speaking specifically about manic depression, the instructor asked, “How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?”  A young man in the rear of the room raised his hand and answered, “A March Madness basketball coach?” (Final Four Jokes & Grandparent Jokes)