College graduates are excited for March Madness. Others? Not so much.

America just isn’t that mad anymore.

While many Americans are missing experiences and can't wait to get back to a less restricted life, one thing we don't seem so excited about is NCAA March Madness: Only 16% say they’re more excited for this year's college basketball tournament after last year's was completely called off. And 28% are less excited than they were for the previous tournament in 2019. More than half of Americans – 56% – say they don’t plan to watch any games at all.

Men are more interested, in general: 26% of men say they’re more excited, while only 8% of women say the same. It isn’t that women are less excited than they were last time – instead, they’re much more likely to be indifferent: three in four said they don’t plan to watch any games.

• People with a college degree are more likely to be interested in the college basketball tournament: 23% are more excited, versus only 11% of those without a degree
• Middle-aged adults are more excited than their younger or older peers: 26% of 35-to-54-year-olds are more excited, compared to only 14% of 18-to-34-year-olds and 10% of Americans older than 55
• 25% of Americans making over $100,000 are more excited, compared to only 14% of those making $50,000 to $100,000 and 12% of those making less than $50,000

The games’ debut amid lessening coronavirus restrictions gives fans an interesting set of choices for viewing. Watch the games on TV or stream them? Watch at home, or meet up with friends and family?

• 22% say they plan to watch the games on TV
• 11% say they plan to watch the games online
• 8% say they plan to watch games in person with friends or family
• 6% say they’ll watch them at a bar or a restaurant
• 6% say they’ll watch them virtually with friends or family

One casualty this year: Americans filling out brackets to guess which teams will win the tournament. However, it doesn’t seem to be a casualty of the office pool collapsing while people work from home during the pandemic. People working from home are actually slightly more likely to fill out a bracket – 13%, compared to only 9% of the general population.

One thing’s for sure – the “boss button” (a nifty innovation that hides streaming games from coworkers in the office) will get a lot less use this year.