--- title: Guy Turns March Madness Into Best Bad Taylor Swift Cover description: For those who fill out brackets, March Madness is a time of both the highest highs and the lowest lows. canonical: https://time.com/4264922/taylor-swift-blank-space-march-madness-cover/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-18T21:13:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:01.158Z og:title: Listen to This Guy Turn March Madness Into the Best Bad Taylor Swift Cover Ever og:description: "Got a 10-seed in the finals. 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Fans are consistently frustrated by [teams](http://time.com/money/4262598/march-madness-2016-winner-berkeley/) who are supposed to be “sure things” losing to lower ranked seeds and getting knocked out of the [NCAA tournament](http://time.com/money/4262630/ncaa-march-madness-daily-fantasy-sports-betting/) — see No. 15 Middle Tennesse beating No. 2 Michigan State on Friday. Perhaps no one has captured this unique feeling of defeat better than Youtube user [SportsChannel8](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5br8N3GugpPJ6W4PJ6rbA), who recently shared a video of himself singing about the Big Dance to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” **Read More:** [7 Tips for Winning Your Office March Madness Pool](http://time.com/money/4258999/march-madness-office-pool-tips/) “Can I count on Kansas or will they go down in flames? Do I like West Virginia or is it Notre Dame?,” he sings as the refrain. “Got a 10-seed in the finals. Don’t tell me I’m insane, even though I’ll blame the players if they lose this game.” Watch the full song above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4264922/taylor-swift-blank-space-march-madness-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4264922/taylor-swift-blank-space-march-madness-cover/"},"headline":"This Guy Turned March Madness Into the Best Bad Taylor Swift Cover Ever","datePublished":"2016-03-18T21:13:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:01.158Z","description":"\"Got a 10-seed in the finals. 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