March Madness Basketball Tournament Brackets Articles | Gambling

By: Richard Bleuze

March Madness Basketball Tournament Brackets

This article will help the novice sports enthusiast tackle on the NCAA men’s March Madness basketball tournament bracket. My article will list some ideas and hints on how to particularly fill out a winning March Madness basketball tournament bracket.

I suggest that you start by filling out the March Madness basketball tournament bracket backwards.  You should select the champion and go from there. The Final Four teams should also be picked relatively early on in the process, many successful brackets will have a majority of the last four teams remaining.  Most upsets do not occur in the latter part of the tournament, thus, do not pick a high seed to advance to the Elite 8.

Usually, the top teams are those with the best shooting percentages. Thus, I suggest picking the best shooting team entering the tournament as the eventual winner of the tournament. Other factors to consider are those teams that have a good inside presence, such as a high rebounding percentage, teams that shoot free-throws well, and those teams that have a good defensive shooting percentage.

Most Final Fours consists of #1, 2, and 3 seeds. Do not throw in a random 10 seed because it is fashionable since such teams usually get eliminated in the 2nd or 3rd round of the tournament.  On the whole, the tournament selects the best teams and assigns them a low seed (#1-3).

Do not be afraid of the #12 seed.  Usually, there is at least one #12 seed advancing into round 2 - this can be explained because the #12 seed is a conference champion, whereby their opponent, the #5 seed is an at-large bid.

I suggest that you use the point spread as guidance for the round 1 games.  Never pick an upset in round 1 for the #1 or #2 seed.  No #16 seed has ever beaten a #1 seed in the first round, ever.

Finally, join several free March Madness basketball tournament pools and vary your picks—one will have a greater chance of winning something if one spreads the picks around.