Proud_Smash_N00b
Smash Ace
I'm new to Bracketology and I wanna start this year.
Any advice on how to approach it?
Any advice on how to approach it?
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Bracketology
- Thread starter Proud_Smash_N00b
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Peeze
Smash Master
Is that like Scientology with Brackets?
Don't be cute with your upsets
A 1 seed has NEVER lost in the first round
A 12 seed beating a 5 is the most common upset
All four 1 seeds have made the Final Four only ONCE EVER (2008)
Pay attention to which teams are hot right now, and which are cold
Pay attention to mid-majors that are vastly under-seeded (they usually do a lot of damage—see George Mason, Butler)
Uhh I dunno what else
A 1 seed has NEVER lost in the first round
A 12 seed beating a 5 is the most common upset
All four 1 seeds have made the Final Four only ONCE EVER (2008)
Pay attention to which teams are hot right now, and which are cold
Pay attention to mid-majors that are vastly under-seeded (they usually do a lot of damage—see George Mason, Butler)
Uhh I dunno what else
BTW guys, I made an online March Madness bracket group on ESPN.com, just for SWF users!
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/gr...entryID=911583
It's named Smash Bros
Password is kenandisai
/doublepost
/2001joindate
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/gr...entryID=911583
It's named Smash Bros
Password is kenandisai
/doublepost
/2001joindate
ballin4life
Smash Hero
Depending on the size of your pool, you have to pick something strange.
Don't go for the favorite to win it all, because everyone else in the pool will have that. In a 20 person pool go for like the 4th best team, because if that team wins, you are almost guaranteed to win, whereas if you pick the favorite and the favorite wins you aren't even guaranteed to get money (since everyone else picked the favorite). The more people in your pool the more exotic you should get.
For first round games you can go to sportsbook.com or any online gambling site and look up the lines. If a line is close, pick the underdog (assuming you get 12 points for correctly picking a 12 seed). If it's a strict 1 pt for all matches first round then pick all favorites.
Don't go for the favorite to win it all, because everyone else in the pool will have that. In a 20 person pool go for like the 4th best team, because if that team wins, you are almost guaranteed to win, whereas if you pick the favorite and the favorite wins you aren't even guaranteed to get money (since everyone else picked the favorite). The more people in your pool the more exotic you should get.
For first round games you can go to sportsbook.com or any online gambling site and look up the lines. If a line is close, pick the underdog (assuming you get 12 points for correctly picking a 12 seed). If it's a strict 1 pt for all matches first round then pick all favorites.
Theftz22
Smash Lord
I won.
ballin4life
Smash Hero
In an ironic twist, I got second in my 20 person bracket despite getting none of the final four teams right ... so my above strategy completely failed me and I just got second because I got lucky with a lot of my first and second round picks.