March Madness: the gambler's holiday and where college students go crazy supporting their basketball team if selected as one of the 64 teams to enter into this exclusive college basketball tournament. Creating a bracket to predict the winners of each round has become very popular because of how rare it is to get a perfect bracket. The odds are 1 in 772 billion to pick a perfect bracket. With that statistic in the back of your mind, picking winners of each round is tricky. Everyone has a different logic to this, picking winners of each round. See if you are one of these March Madness fans:
1. The fans who pick based off the ratings.
Villanova is totally gonna win because they are number one but that never really is a completely accurate way...BTW I had Nova going so far these last two tournaments only to disappoint.
2. The fans who pick their childhood team to go all the way.
Because you know someone who has always been a Duke fan growing up, even if you live in New Jersey.
3. The fans who pick Notre Dame because St. Patrick's Day is in March and they are the Fighting Irish.
I mean in 2015, Notre Dame did get to the Final Four so this approach isn't all a bad idea.
4. The fans who pick the undefeated team just because of their record.
Luckily no one is undefeated this year but if you rooted for Kentucky last year because of their spotless record, it must have stung when Duke won it all.
5. The fans who pick the 16th seed to beat first pick.
A 16th seed has never won the whole thing, but teams have come close to beating top seeds. A Cinderella story might happen if you are lucky.
6. The fans who pick the college that they went or go to.
Nothing is better watching the students go crazy at basketball games, so why not root for your school?
7. The fans who pick the teams with the best mascot.
West Virginia's mascot is a pretty cool, thus why they might win.
8. The fans who pick their bracket based on Obama's predictions.
Because the man leading our country might know a few tips on how to pick the best bracket.
9. The fans who to pick Joe Lundari's choices because he seems to be knowledgeable in basketball.
After all, Joe works for ESPN as an expert in bracketology.
10. The fans who pick their teams out of a hat.
Most of the time you are better off going random especially the eighth and ninth place teams.
11. The fans who scope out the injuries to see what team is lacking key players.
The injury report sheet has many injuries as of now so losing top scoring players to an injury during the tournament can hurt a team a lot. Right now Boston U has a lot of injured players.
12. Picking the team with the best defense to make it all the way.
Remember defense wins championships. Watch out for Wichita State because their defense is one of the best right now.
