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March Madness: Our Top Bracket Strategies

Steve Artressia

March Madness is underway. Around one in six Americans planned on filling out brackets this year. And apparently it’s a lot easier when you know NOTHING about basketball. (???) A poll found our top strategies for filling out brackets include “hunches,” “vibes,” and whatever our friends think. Around a third of Americans think they have enough college basketball knowledge to be good at filling out their bracket . . . everyone else are just winging it . . .

  • 23% said their top strategy is asking friends or family for help . . .
  • 14% choose winners based on “hunches” . . .
  • 22% said just whatever “vibes” they’re feeling (like, “Ooh, I like their uniform colors”).
  • Around one in 10 said they sometimes make picks based on the team’s mascot.