'March Madness' Puts Academics (and Other Work?) on the Back Burner

Students who follow their favorite basketball team through the NCAA tournament are less likely to keep up with their academic work. That’s the conclusion of a new study at Duke University—home of the perennial basketball powerhouse Duke Blue Devils. With nearly 40 million Americans participating in tournament office pools and five million watching the games online, what’s all this madness doing to worker productivity?