Welcome to mid-March, which means it’s bracket time! After two weird years, hopefully this year’s tournament will be almost 100 percent completely normal. Our household is pretty stoked that IU has returned to the tournament and won its play-in game. We’ll see how they do in the “real” tournament games.

I am defending the family trophy this year, but Damon is desperate to add his name to it and display it in his room for the next 365 days. In fact, last night he walked by the trophy proudly displayed in the living room and said, “You are mine this year.” We’ll see, boy. Here are our brackets!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Karen have also joined the fun again this year. As always, we’ll keep you updated on our family pool over the next several weeks.

Just for fun and because I’m feeling nostalgic, let’s go back in time to the kids’ first bracket videos.

Here is part of Avery’s first bracket.

And here is Damon’s first Final Four.

2022 brackets: Our picks