Two top 10 college basketball teams, No. 2 Michigan and No. 9 Kansas, will be the focus of a new docuseries, “MADE FOR MARCH,” offering a close-up at two of the country’s top programs chasing an NCAA national title.
The four-part series, streaming on Paramount Plus and subsequently airing on CBS beginning April 4, will feature Bill Self and the Jayhawks, coming off an 82-78 home win over unbeaten No. 1 Arizona on Monday, as they navigate the end of the season, the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, and the NCAA Tournament in March.
In a release by Paramount on Thursday, Self offered his thoughts on the project and why the time felt right to take part in such an endeavor to document and preserve his 23rd, and perhaps his final season, as head coach at Kansas.
“For over two decades, the Kansas Men’s Basketball program has been approached for a variety of all-access documentaries, and I have always turned them down,” Self said. “However, this is the one moment, with an incredibly special team, where I felt it was finally the right time to let viewers behind the curtain to get an unfettered look at what goes on with Kansas basketball.”
Out of the gate, my question is what happens if both, Michigan and Kansas, are second-round, or God forbid, first-round exits? Are there alternates lined up? Surely the producers have thought about this scenario, right?
At a minimum, both teams will make the postseason and provide the series with at least one game of footage and plenty of interviewing building up to the tournament itself. There’s a raw humor to the concept of the series shifting away from two blue bloods for a miracle run by UNC Wilmington or whoever.
The timing of this documentary is important, too, as Self and Kansas approach what could be the end of their time together, should he retire.
Self already missed the Colorado game earlier this season due to a hospital visit that kept him from traveling; The longtime KU has previously missed parts of the Big 12 and NCAA Tournament due to previous complications with his heart.
Religion of Sports, the production company founded by seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, will be overseeing the project.
