[SEMCO] MBL March Madness 2024

Thu Feb 29 10:03:43 EST 2024

Who is your champion?
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 Welcome to the fourth annual MBL March Madness!

Based on the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, but instead of basketball teams, beloved MBL organisms will face off and YOU will have the opportunity to decide what organism is crowned victorious by voting for your favorite organisms in a series of head-to-head match-ups.

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Voting closes at 9 a.m. ET each day, we will tally the total of all votes across Instagram, Twitter, and the Poll and announce the winners of the previous day's match up before that day's voting opens again at 12 p.m. ET.

We can't wait to see who you choose as the 2024 MBL March Madness Champion! Good luck to the competitors - they're all SUPER in our eyes!
~Team MBL

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