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What is this board's rules of thumb for their march madness brackets
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:20 pm
Since the SEC now cares about shooty hoops, what are your rules of thumb when picking teams in your bracket to ensure you win whatever bracket challenge youre in?
Can be something like uniform preference or some obscure statistic like how many felonies a team had in the last 3 years
Mine
-When in doubt go with a big east team
-Iowa state and Michigan state can go far but are not to be selected as a champion
-teams that celebrate final fours instead of championships should not be considered title contenders
-choklahoma is not to be picked after the first round (you all hurt my bracket many years ago)
-a blue blood should be present in the final four based on refs help alone
-UK wins it all. Either this proves a huge boon for me or it wrecks my bracket and UK losing means the whole thing is pointless anyway
Can be something like uniform preference or some obscure statistic like how many felonies a team had in the last 3 years
Mine
-When in doubt go with a big east team
-Iowa state and Michigan state can go far but are not to be selected as a champion
-teams that celebrate final fours instead of championships should not be considered title contenders
-choklahoma is not to be picked after the first round (you all hurt my bracket many years ago)
-a blue blood should be present in the final four based on refs help alone
-UK wins it all. Either this proves a huge boon for me or it wrecks my bracket and UK losing means the whole thing is pointless anyway
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Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:23 pm to thatguy45
No Big Ten team- haven't won it since 2000
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:31 pm to thatguy45
“12-5 upset”
Total of seeds to final four should not exceed 12 (1+2+4+4=11)
Total of seeds to final four should not exceed 12 (1+2+4+4=11)
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:31 pm to GetPiggywithIt
This is a good one
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:32 pm to makersmark1
As is this
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:33 pm to thatguy45
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-UK wins it all. Either this proves a huge boon for me or it wrecks my bracket and UK losing means the whole thing is pointless anyway
I will always have a what my heart wants bracket (always UK winning) and a more realistic, analytical bracket.
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:34 pm to thatguy45
don't pick Tennessee to win much
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:40 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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don't pick Tennessee to win much
Words of wisdom
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:55 pm to thatguy45
Do not pick MU to win more than 1 game at best.
I never listen to that advice but it's played out year after year.
I never listen to that advice but it's played out year after year.
Posted on 3/15/26 at 1:33 pm to thatguy45
My rule is dont talk or post about them unless asked because most people give zero fricks how your bracket is doing. This goes to your fantasy leagues as well.
Posted on 3/15/26 at 1:41 pm to thatguy45
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-UK wins it all. Either this proves a huge boon for me or it wrecks my bracket and UK losing means the whole thing is pointless anyway
UK is my darkhorse contender. At least sweet 16 and maybe deeper run than that.
The champion is likely 1 of the 6: Florida, Mich, Duke, Arizona, Uconn, Houston. That parts easy based on metrics. As for the winner, I'm going Florida just because.
Posted on 3/15/26 at 1:44 pm to makersmark1
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Total of seeds to final four should not exceed 12
Pretty good strategy.
Went back and looked since everyone kept saying how chalky last year was. Since 2000, the average total seeding of the 4 teams in final 4 is like 10.6. Highest was 27 and lowest was 4
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