Bracket Tips

 

Our resident statistics and ratings expert, Evan Dorey, tells us how the tournament will play our according to the numbers..

 

Jon Teitel's Bracket Tactics will help you finish at the top of your NCAA Tournament Pools..

 

Tuesday's Tip: Focus on the Coaches

Having trouble filling out your bracket? CHN writers share their Tourney predictions to help you out.

 

Cinderella: Teams that are 11 seeds or below.

Bust: 6 seeds or better that have the best shot of bouncing out early.

Anyone who guarantees a first round upset is being a fool.. you just never know. But CollegeHoops.net's Tournament Odds gives you an idea about which upsets, early bust-outs, and Cinderella runs are most likely.

 

Jon Teitel's Bracket Tactics will help you finish at the top of your NCAA Tournament Pools..

Monday's Tips

TIP #1: 7 of the last 10 NCAA champs won their conference tournament before rolling off 6 straight wins in the NCAA Tournament.

STRATEGY #1: Pick a champ who also won its conference tournament last week.

MEANING: Duke, Louisville, Memphis, and Missouri could be very dangerous teams.

 

Keys to NCAA Tournament Success by Fairway Jay, CHN Betting Expert

With the NCAA, NIT and CBI tournaments on the horizon, the astute handicapper, bettor and fan can better position themselves for success in betting games or tournament pools by knowing the strengths and weaknesses of both conferences and teams..

..Continued From Part One of Fairway Jay's Tournament Keys to Success

This chart shows the historical "Assessed Risk" percentages for each final bracket since 1985 (the start of the 64 team tournament). Each bracket is assigned an “Assessed Risk” which evaluates the unlikelihood of the final results by measuring against past year performances of the tournament seeds.

 

NCAA Tournament: Historical Success By Seed (Percentages)

 

NCAA Tournament Success - By Seed