Looking for a team? Join the Northwestern bandwagon

March Madness is officially here, and if your team wasn't one of the 68 announced on Selection Sunday, it's time to find one to root for.

Luckily, we've done the leg work for you and decided which team deserves your full support.

That team is Northwestern.

Here's why you should don your best purple outfit and root for the Wildcats from the Big Ten.

Past tournament success: Nope

In the NCAA tournament's 78-year history, Northwestern has as many appearances as your local YMCA team ... zero. The Wildcats had never made the tournament until this season, but earned the ultimate reward for the most successful campaign in program history. That fact certainly makes them a massive underdog, and everybody loves the underdog, right?

They could actually win a game

Not only did Northwestern grab the school's first NCAA tournament berth ever, but it actually received a fairly favorable first-round matchup with Vanderbilt. At 19-15, the Commodores are the first team with 15 losses to ever receive an at-large bid. They finished the season with a 10-8 conference record in the SEC, and while they enter the tournament on a nice run, the overall mark shows they can be beat.

Should the Wildcats handle Vanderbilt, a likely second-round contest with No. 1 Gonzaga awaits. The Bulldogs are a formidable bunch, but are probably the most beatable top seed in the bracket.

They have a flair for the dramatics

The win that likely clinched the Wildcats' premier bid for the NCAA tournament occurred in the last week of the season against fellow bubble-team Michigan. With the game tied at 65 and just 1.7 seconds to play, Northwestern had to go 94 feet for the winning bucket. Nathan Taphorn provided the pass, before Dererk Pardon supplied the catch and score, sending the crowd into hysterics as the Wildcats took the victory.

The scene was also suitably 'lit' at Sunday's watch party as the Wildcats' official bid was announced on live television.

We might get to see the "Elaine" dance

Northwestern has one of the most famous celebrity fans in the NCAA tournament, as actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus' son Charlie Hall is a walk-on guard. She can frequently be found in the crowd at games, freaking out like most moms would when their child is playing, and she posted this clip of her famous dance as Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld" shortly after Sunday's announcement: