In recent years, countless upsets have ruined the brackets for John, who kept up with every college basketball game since the pre-season and earned Susie, who only picked teams based on their uniform colors, a couple hundred dollars from the company pool. Social media platforms will be filled with status updates on brackets before the games and tears of joy or pain after the games.
Before you start tweeting away your sorrows here are a few tips that might help you pick your bracket before Thursday:
1. Don't bet on it.
Upsets happen every single year. Don't bet your life savings or next paycheck. If you have to put something on the table offer to buy lunch for everyone and spend $5 at Little Caesars.
2. Don't do research.
Research shows if you do research to fill in your bracket it doesn't work.
3. Unorthodox is the new orthodox.
Picking by jersey colors, vacation destinations, coin flipping, asking your mom, and guessing which mascot would win in a mascot fight are all great ways of picking the winning teams for you bracket. It's so crazy it just might work.
4. Go round by round.
If you want to test the waters before making a complete bracket for the first time or because you have a history of unsuccessful picks, try picking the winners of each game. CBS Sports does Round By Round Brackets I tried this last year and did pretty well.
5. Have fun!
Unless you're competing against your classmates to get a 100 on your final exam don't sweat winning your bracket. It's all fun and games.
Whether you are John or Susie, good luck this year. I haven't watched a game all season, but just maybe that's the right and winning thing to do.
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