March Madness advice
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Well, it’s that time again, to waste most of this coming week poring over articles and different sites’ analysis, trying to figure out which 5-12 upset to go with, flipping coins on 8-9s, and so on.
Mostly, winning a pool is just dumb luck. Both times that I’ve won (in almost 20 years of playing, hmmm, that’s worse than the Florida Marlins, ugh) it has been a case of knowing who my competition liked and going a different way, then lucking into those guys winning.
My buddy Joe* has found the most reliable solution – asking his very ditzy girlfriend about each pairing and going with that. Seriously, oftentimes that bracket beats his carefully-crafted one.
*not his real name.
Anyway, for more analysis on the detrimental effects of sports knowledge on March Madness brackets, check out this entertaining read. I really like the Mascot Fight Club method, although that’s also the most difficult to clearly define.
