NBA All-Star calls out March Madness fans for making too many brackets: 'Just so lame'

Before March Madness tips disconnected pinch nan first information connected Thursday afternoon, millions are scrambling to put together what they judge is nan cleanable bracket for nan men's and women's NCAA Tournaments.

Some will capable retired one, but others will effort their luck pinch aggregate brackets, mixing and matching their teams to yet nutrient what they judge is nan champion imaginable chance to triumph it all.

One NBA All-Star believes those pinch a plethora of brackets nether their loop are doing things nan incorrect measurement entirely.

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Former Iowa State defender and Olympic Gold Medalist Tyrese Haliburton, who plays for nan NBA Indiana Pacers, was honored pinch a halftime ceremonial connected March 1, 2025, astatine Hilton Coliseum successful Ames, Iowa. He is nan eighth Cyclone to triumph a Gold Medal astatine nan Olympics and nan first successful men's basketball. (David K Purdy/Getty Images)

Tyrese Haliburton turned immoderate heads successful nan assemblage hoops instrumentality abstraction erstwhile he posted connected X, "Make 1 bracket and guidelines connected it." As sermon played retired successful nan remark section, Fox News Digital asked nan Indiana Pacers defender why he feels truthful powerfully that 1 bracket is nan measurement to spell this clip of year.

"I deliberation it’s conscionable truthful lame that group are like, ‘Oh, I made this galore brackets.’ Like, dang, really galore brackets do you get?" Haliburton said while highlighting his business pinch Reese’s and its March Madness Bracket Busting Campaign. "That’s not really it works. It’s because they can’t dress up their mind.

"As a society, this is not really nan cooky crumbles. You person to make 1 prime and guidelines connected it, and that’s really it goes."

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Haliburton has looked astatine nan statement wrong his comments, and location are immoderate stances he tin judge erstwhile building brackets this week.

"I’ve seen group replying to my tweet pinch stances that make sense, which are, ‘I make 1 bracket that picks my alma mater to win, moreover though it’s unrealistic. And past I make 1 that is logical.’ I said, OK, that I get I guess," he admitted. "But astatine nan aforesaid time, each year, if you don’t judge your alma mater is going to triumph — don’t prime them.

"Now, me, I picked my alma mater to triumph nan nationalist championship."

Haliburton is nan eighth Cyclone to triumph a Gold Medal astatine nan Olympics and nan first successful men's basketball, being honored astatine halftime of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled betwixt Iowa State and Arizona successful nan first half of play astatine Hilton Coliseum connected March 1, 2025, successful Ames, Iowa. (David Purdy/Getty Images)

Haliburton's prime of Iowa State makes consciousness successful this lawsuit of choosing an alma mater. The Cyclones went 27-7 this twelvemonth and earned themselves a No. 2 seed successful nan Midwest Region of nan 64-team bracket.

"We’re a [No.] 2 seed — it tin happen. It’s possible. But I deliberation that different group who are frightened to make that decision, that’s connected them. They request to unrecorded pinch it," he added.

The Cyclones will return connected No. 15 Tennessee State to statesman its tournament, and while Haliburton is not taking a azygous squad lightly, he's assured his Iowa State squad has been "battle tested" capable to grip nan March Madness court.

"I didn’t blink erstwhile I made that decision," he said astir choosing Iowa State to triumph it all. "I knew I was going to make that determination going into it. But I deliberation that it’s easy for maine to make that determination because we are battle-tested. We play successful nan champion convention successful basketball, which is nan Big XIII. It’s not moreover close. Arizona, nan squad who ran done nan full conference, didn’t really person a problem pinch anybody, needed a Hail Mary fadeaway to hit us.

"When it comes to playing connected neutral floors, we person been unbelievable, if not nan champion squad successful assemblage hoops this year. So, I’m opinionated connected that. I’m assured successful that."

Confidence is cardinal for Haliburton this clip of year, which is why he's adamant successful his stance of playing only 1 bracket successful nan section of millions.

Tyrese Haliburton of nan Indiana Pacers walks disconnected nan tribunal aft a crippled against nan Milwaukee Bucks astatine Fiserv Forum connected Feb. 6, 2026 successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

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What Haliburton is besides assured astir is his emotion for Reese's Cups, making his business pinch nan beloved chocolate-peanut food candy cleanable for March Madness.

As mentioned earlier, there’s ne'er been a cleanable bracket. It’s inevitable that, whether you make 1 aliases 100, nan brackets will bust. 

But it whitethorn not beryllium successful vain, arsenic Reese’s is urging assemblage hoops fans to stock their busted brackets connected societal media, pursuing @Reeses and utilizing nan #ForAReesesSweeps hashtag connected Instagram, X, aliases TikTok for a chance to triumph not only free Reese’s Cups, but besides nan chance of attending nan men’s aliases women’s Final Four and Championship Games. 

"Two of my favourite things coming together. It’s thing I’m very excited about," Haliburton said. "Obviously, everybody’s bracket is going to bust. So, if it’s going to bust, mightiness arsenic good triumph thing retired of it. The truth that you tin spell connected societal media, tag Reese’s, put nan hashtag in, station your bracket and you person nan chance to spell to nan Final Four — I deliberation that’s beautiful special. It’s really cool and thing I’m excited to beryllium a portion of."

Tyrese Haliburton of nan Indiana Pacers looks connected during their crippled against nan Charlotte Hornets astatine Spectrum Center connected Jan. 8, 2026 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

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Haliburton was besides a portion of a nosy Bracket Summit, wherever he, New York Liberty superstar Breanna Stewart and assemblage hoops analysts Richard Jefferson and Andraya Carter built and shared their men’s and women’s tourney picks to nan world. 

While his brackets whitethorn bust, Haliburton simply hopes Iowa State will extremity up connected apical successful nan end.

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