Bracket Tips

Playing it Perfect
Thinking that you are finally going to lay down the perfect bracket... Think again. There are over 9.2 quintillion brackets possible. That's QUINTILLION with a Q. To put it in perspective, If all the people on earth filled out one bracket per second, it would take over 43 years to fill out every possible bracket.

The Underdogs?
Never pick a #16 seed they are 0-fer in tourney play. #15 seeds have won only 4 out of 96 times. And #13 and #14 seeds, combined, have won only 18% of the time.

However, the #12 through #9 seeds have the most promise for upsets. Especially the #9 seed which win their games over half the time (54%).

Lower than 12 not Sweet Sixteen
Only 6 teams, lower than seed 12, have ever advanced past Round 2.

Below 8 never make it to Final Four
Only twice has a seed lower than #8 ever made it to the Final Four. LSU in 1986 and George Mason twenty years later.

Champions
For the last 20 years a #4 seed or higher has won it all.

Rock Chalk Picks
When you find yourself in small sized pools, the odds are in your best favor to pick the Chalk picks, or the favorites. You don’t get hurt if you miss on any upset specials but the other people will. It might not be the most fun, but you’ll get paid.