March Madness

[PsiStar]

I am getting pressured to enter into a March Madness thing. I know nothing ... NOTHing about this. I am athletic and I like to play sports staying in shape and all that, but I do not spectate any sport with an occasional exception of rally cars and that clearly does not apply here.

Other than the guys at the gym sponsoring this, I know no one who knows anything more than I. And, since there hasn't been a thread on March Madness on ATOT, I'm guessing that this isn't the best place to post this. But it is all that I am willing to do. :|

So, I asking for anyone who is into this. Would you just give me your picks? The prize is not money but some free training sessions at my gym in CT so there is no chance of splitting any reward. :\

 

[IronWing]

Packers all the way to the Masters' Cup!



You're probably right about us not knowing anything about it.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Packers all the way to the Masters' Cup!



You're probably right about us not knowing anything about it.

Everyone knows the Knick's have it sewn up.

I just hope my WildCats make it past the first game.

 

[CPA]

Pick Syracuse to win it all.

Final Four - UK, Mizzou, Syracuse and North Carolina are safe bets

 

[Homerboy]

Pick Syracuse to win it all.

Final Four - UK, Mizzou, Syracuse and North Carolina are safe bets

and boring bets too

 

[Leymenaide]

It's Easy
Lads: UCONN
Lassies: UCONN

 

[bigrash]

If you have no idea about the teams, create a bracket on Yahoo Sports and have it auto-fill to teams that they recommend.

 

[Sixguns]

I always just pick the higher seeded team to win and call it good.

 

[TheNinja]

Here's the best way to do it.

Get 16 blue beads/coins/chips, anything
Get 15 red ones

When the 5 seed plays the 12 seed, put 12 blues in and 5 reds. Pick out a chip. If it's blue, pick the 5 seed to advance. If the odds are feeling kinky, you'll grab one of the 5 reds, in which case advance the lower #12 seed.

This works for all seeds. Like when #1 is playing #5, you put 5 blues and 1 red.

I did this for 2 different brackets. One has a final 2 of Missouri / UNC - The other ended up with Kentucky an Ohio St. - Ended up with a #1 seed and a #2 seed in the finals. In fact my final 4 was 2 #1s, 1 #2 and 1 #4 seed.

Sometimes it gets weird like I ended up with a #10 seed in the sweet 16 and a #14 seed in the sweet 16 in 1 bracket and had Syracuse lose in the sweet 16.

I'll have just as good as chance as any other "expert" IMO.

Note - The only thing I would skip is the #1 vs #16 and #2 vs #15 seeds and just advance #1 and #2 to the 2nd round in the off chance you grab that 1 red chip in a sea of 16 blues. A 16 will never beat a 1.