Rules to live by when filling out your bracket:

First only fill out one bracket, why watch a game and be thinking if UCONN wins it helps me here but if they lose it would help me here. By the time you thought over every scenario on what needs to happen for you to win pool A but not be out of pool B so you can win 40 dollars, Kemba just hit a game winner and you didn’t get to experience an instant classic.

The more you know a curse?: Around 15 percent of people who win their office pool haven’t watched a single game, probably a good thing. Does it help me that I can tell you Orlando Johnson is UCSB’s leading scorer or that Villinova is in a total spiral. Probably not, It is called madness for a reason.

This isn’t your daddy’s bracket: growing up every boy knows How to throw a football, where to hide his porn , a 12 always upsets a 5 and that all four number one seeds don’t make the final 4. Toss out the rules this tournament, Clemson is the most capable 12 seed but they're racking up more frequent flier miles then Scully on his “ I did my job” tour. Also if you want to take all four number one seeds go for it.

Stop trying to label double digit seeds that you pick to reach the final 4 as this year’s Butler. Butler came into the tournament last year on a 24 game winning streak; they had a top 10 pick and should have been a 3 seed but earned a 5 seed. The equivalent this year would be Xavier.

Name your bracket something clever: Its not a coincidence in all my years I never see at the top of my online pool “Jeff’s 124314 bracket” as the winner. The bracket that wins has a clever name, think Jimmer Jimmer Chicken Dinner, or Davies’ Babies. Just basically make fun of BYU in your pool and you have a chance. But if all else fails I am taking Pitt to win it all if you were wondering.