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    ChalkyDog
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    Bracket Tips:

    1) Travel distance. It's key. Don't even attempt filling out a bracket without a heavy emphasis on distance traveled.

    2) Defense, DEFENSE, DEFENSE!! Probably the most important aspect to winning in March. These moron pundits will try and sell you on teams like Creighton and Duke who can light it up but can't understand how to defend (In duke's defense - pun intended - they've gotten a shit load better as the year progressed).

    - Here is the real takeaway, and why defense is key come march. Offense is built on
    rhythm and momentum. Two things that wont be happening much at all in this made for TV event. For the same reasons coaches take timeouts to break up momentum of a team on a run, the media timeouts which are plentiful and longer than usual will do the same thing. That is why, for all the NBA talent Lute Olson put into the league (He lead the NCAA's when he retired) - he only has one ring to show for it, and a lucky one at that.

    The tournament
    artificially creates much closer games, and guess what wins in a close game down the stretch? It's getting key stops.

    Defense, gents. I can't stress it enough.

    I have a few more, would love to hear some other nuggets of wisdom about March betting/brackets.


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    its almost cliche at this point but if you dont have decent guards then you aint winning shit

    conference affiliation not as important as it used to be because of mid majors but still worth taking into account

    upperclass laden mid majors are the upsets you wanna play...posted st joes in another thread partially for that reason

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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    its almost cliche at this point but if you dont have decent guards then you aint winning shit

    conference affiliation not as important as it used to be because of mid majors but still worth taking into account

    upperclass laden mid majors are the upsets you wanna play...posted st joes in another thread partially for that reason
    Agreed all around.

    Guard play is a must. Don't give a shit about your star big, if you don't have the guards to not turn it over, especially in crunch time.

    It's actually 1 of 2 reasons I don't completely dismiss the idea of Florida winning it all.

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