This has given rise to the phenomenon of the "mascot bracket," in which the basketball ... he hasn't always looked like a creepypasta character. If VCU leads him out of the uncanny valley, he ...

According to Xavier's website, D'Artagnan, one of the story's main characters, was based on a real person named Charles de ...

Or we could take a detailed statistical dive into the NCAA tournament success of each type of mascot and pretend like the fuzzy character cheering teams on from the sideline has a tangible impact ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...

Modern collegiate mascots — thick-browed cartoon characters in logo sweaters and costumed cheerleaders who hang in the student sections at games — are a far cry from what they were in the late ...

And what about the team's other (unique) mascot, the Blue Blob ... one of the story's main characters, was based on a real person named Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, who served as ...