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March Madness is the season of excitement, adrenaline rush, and where great sportsmanship can be found among US basketball players across the country.
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March Madness Starts - March 15 - April 2, 2007
More info: March Madness - March 15 - April 2, 2007 - NCAA Basketball Betting
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More info: March Madness - March 15 - April 2, 2007 - NCAA Basketball Betting
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Manne wrote:
March Madness is the season of excitement, adrenaline rush, and where great sportsmanship can be found among US basketball players across the country.
Available March Madness Sportsbooks that accepts all deposits from US players are:
Betus Sportsbook
Sportsbook-com
Betcris Sportsbook
Bodog Sportsbook
Intertops Sportsbook
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Manne wrote:
March Madness is the season of excitement, adrenaline rush, and where great sportsmanship can be found among US basketball players across the country.
Available March Madness Sportsbooks that accepts all deposits from US players are:
Betus Sportsbook
Sportsbook-com
Betcris Sportsbook
Bodog Sportsbook
Intertops Sportsbook
GOOD LUCK
March Madness For Dummies 😄
March Madness Fun Facts
• Odds of picking a perfect bracket? 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1. That’s nine quintillion to one! How big is that number? It is a billion times as big as 9 billion! Think of it this way: if every man, woman, and child on the planet randomly filled out one million brackets each, the odds would be greater than 1000 to 1 that even one would have a perfect bracket.
• Defining an upset as beating a team at least 4 seeds higher, there’s an average of 8.7 per year. There’s never been a year with less than 5 upsets.
• The last 10 champions have been won by 9 different schools. Connecticut is the only team to cut down the nets twice in the last decade.
• The FBI estimates that more than $2.5 billion is illegally wagered annually on March Madness each year. Less than 4% of that amount is wagered legally in Nevada.
• According to the NCAA, more than 10 percent of Americans participate in March Madness “office pools.”
Cheat Sheet Two:
11 Bracket Picking Rules You Should Never Break!
1st Round:
•Be very selective picking any team below a #12 seed.
• #16 seeds are 0 for 88. #15 seeds are 4 for 88. #13 and #14 seeds are less than 19% combined.
• Don’t be shy about picking upsets when #12 through #9 seeds are involved.
• Look especially hard at picking #12 seeds; they have won 11 of 24 matchups vs. #5 seeds the last six years. #9 seeds have a winning record vs. #8 seeds.
2nd Round:
• Advance #1 seeds almost automatically – they win their first two games 86% of the time.
• Keep advancing the #12 and #10 seeds you picked to win in Round One. They win almost half the time in Round Two (14 of 29 for #12 seeds; 17 of 35 for #10 seeds).
• Rarely pick a #13 seed or lower to win in Round Two. Only 9% of teams advancing past Round Two are seeded that low.
Sweet 16:
• Advance exactly three #1 seeds into the Elite 8. No reason to buck the math: 70% of #1 seeds advance into the 4th round (that’s a higher percentage than #5 seeds who win a single game)!
• Advance no team lower than a #12 seed into the Elite 8. NOT ONE has ever advanced!
Elite Eight:
• Advance ONE or TWO #1 seeds to the Final Four. Amazingly, exactly one or two #1 seeds have made the Final Four 18 of the last 22 years.
• Advance no team lower than a #8 seed to the Final Four. Only 2 of 88 Final Four teams have been seeded lower than #8.
Final Four:
• Advance NO team below a 6th seed to the Championship game. Not a single one has made it in the last 21 years.
Championship Game:
• Pick a #4 seed or higher to win it all. For 18 straight years the champion has been a 4 seed or higher!
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all stats span from 1985 (the year the tournament expanded to 64 teams) to present.
Full Cheat Sheet Three: 5 Keys to Picking Surprise Teams
#1) Margin of Victory
Statistically speaking, this factor matters twice as much as the second most important factor – so ignore at your own risk. Margin of victory is simply the average number of points that a team wins or loses by. Why is this important? Because with only 30 or so games a year, getting lucky in even a handful of close games can make a team look much better record-wise than it truly is. But if a team consistently wins by large margins, you can be more certain you’ve got a real winner. The key number is 15; teams whose margin of victory is greater than 15 points do exceedingly well in the NCAA Tournament.
#2) Coaching Experience
The Big Dance is an entirely different experience than the regular season, requiring a different approach from the coach. It makes sense that a coach who is new to the Tournament wouldn’t know as well how to handle it. The numbers strongly back up this rationale: The average number of tourney appearances for coaches in the tournament is 5.6; the average for teams reaching the Final Four is 9.3 coaching appearances; the average for the team who wins it all is 11.5 coaching appearances (more than double the tournament average). Avoid rookie tourney coaches, and stick with the old lions who have seen it all before.
#3) Team Experience
The Big Dance is not just different for the coaches, it’s different for the entire organization – and having tourney experience is key. This concept extends even beyond the players. Consider all the details that need to be handled, from travel plans, to the type of hotels to stay at, to what equipment the trainer needs to bring. And don’t underestimate the intangible of confidence – a player walking onto the court knowing that he belongs on the biggest stage. That only comes with experience. The average number of consecutive tourney appearances for teams in the tournament is 3; the average for teams reaching the Final Four is more than double that!
#4) Having a superstar to count on
Since 1979, every NCAA champion except one has had at least one All-American; that’s an amazing 27 out of 28 years! The logic makes perfect sense: the tourney is a rollercoaster that requires an on-the-floor leader. On the way to winning six straight games a team will likely face a number of make or break situations, and having the alpha dog on the floor in those spots makes all the difference.
#5) Reliable front court scoring
Centers and Forwards who play near the basket account for front court scoring, and their play is usually a difference maker – especially for teams looking to advance deep into the tournament. Relying upon outside shooting is a losing proposition during the Big Dance: first, because the games are played in unfamiliar, spacious arenas, typically with difficult shooting backgrounds. Second, even if great shooters are able to overcome these disadvantages, doing so game after game after game is typically too much to ask. A cold night is bound to happen
March Madness Fun Facts
• Odds of picking a perfect bracket? 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1. That’s nine quintillion to one! How big is that number? It is a billion times as big as 9 billion! Think of it this way: if every man, woman, and child on the planet randomly filled out one million brackets each, the odds would be greater than 1000 to 1 that even one would have a perfect bracket.
• Defining an upset as beating a team at least 4 seeds higher, there’s an average of 8.7 per year. There’s never been a year with less than 5 upsets.
• The last 10 champions have been won by 9 different schools. Connecticut is the only team to cut down the nets twice in the last decade.
• The FBI estimates that more than $2.5 billion is illegally wagered annually on March Madness each year. Less than 4% of that amount is wagered legally in Nevada.
• According to the NCAA, more than 10 percent of Americans participate in March Madness “office pools.”
Cheat Sheet Two:
11 Bracket Picking Rules You Should Never Break!
1st Round:
•Be very selective picking any team below a #12 seed.
• #16 seeds are 0 for 88. #15 seeds are 4 for 88. #13 and #14 seeds are less than 19% combined.
• Don’t be shy about picking upsets when #12 through #9 seeds are involved.
• Look especially hard at picking #12 seeds; they have won 11 of 24 matchups vs. #5 seeds the last six years. #9 seeds have a winning record vs. #8 seeds.
2nd Round:
• Advance #1 seeds almost automatically – they win their first two games 86% of the time.
• Keep advancing the #12 and #10 seeds you picked to win in Round One. They win almost half the time in Round Two (14 of 29 for #12 seeds; 17 of 35 for #10 seeds).
• Rarely pick a #13 seed or lower to win in Round Two. Only 9% of teams advancing past Round Two are seeded that low.
Sweet 16:
• Advance exactly three #1 seeds into the Elite 8. No reason to buck the math: 70% of #1 seeds advance into the 4th round (that’s a higher percentage than #5 seeds who win a single game)!
• Advance no team lower than a #12 seed into the Elite 8. NOT ONE has ever advanced!
Elite Eight:
• Advance ONE or TWO #1 seeds to the Final Four. Amazingly, exactly one or two #1 seeds have made the Final Four 18 of the last 22 years.
• Advance no team lower than a #8 seed to the Final Four. Only 2 of 88 Final Four teams have been seeded lower than #8.
Final Four:
• Advance NO team below a 6th seed to the Championship game. Not a single one has made it in the last 21 years.
Championship Game:
• Pick a #4 seed or higher to win it all. For 18 straight years the champion has been a 4 seed or higher!
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all stats span from 1985 (the year the tournament expanded to 64 teams) to present.
Full Cheat Sheet Three: 5 Keys to Picking Surprise Teams
#1) Margin of Victory
Statistically speaking, this factor matters twice as much as the second most important factor – so ignore at your own risk. Margin of victory is simply the average number of points that a team wins or loses by. Why is this important? Because with only 30 or so games a year, getting lucky in even a handful of close games can make a team look much better record-wise than it truly is. But if a team consistently wins by large margins, you can be more certain you’ve got a real winner. The key number is 15; teams whose margin of victory is greater than 15 points do exceedingly well in the NCAA Tournament.
#2) Coaching Experience
The Big Dance is an entirely different experience than the regular season, requiring a different approach from the coach. It makes sense that a coach who is new to the Tournament wouldn’t know as well how to handle it. The numbers strongly back up this rationale: The average number of tourney appearances for coaches in the tournament is 5.6; the average for teams reaching the Final Four is 9.3 coaching appearances; the average for the team who wins it all is 11.5 coaching appearances (more than double the tournament average). Avoid rookie tourney coaches, and stick with the old lions who have seen it all before.
#3) Team Experience
The Big Dance is not just different for the coaches, it’s different for the entire organization – and having tourney experience is key. This concept extends even beyond the players. Consider all the details that need to be handled, from travel plans, to the type of hotels to stay at, to what equipment the trainer needs to bring. And don’t underestimate the intangible of confidence – a player walking onto the court knowing that he belongs on the biggest stage. That only comes with experience. The average number of consecutive tourney appearances for teams in the tournament is 3; the average for teams reaching the Final Four is more than double that!
#4) Having a superstar to count on
Since 1979, every NCAA champion except one has had at least one All-American; that’s an amazing 27 out of 28 years! The logic makes perfect sense: the tourney is a rollercoaster that requires an on-the-floor leader. On the way to winning six straight games a team will likely face a number of make or break situations, and having the alpha dog on the floor in those spots makes all the difference.
#5) Reliable front court scoring
Centers and Forwards who play near the basket account for front court scoring, and their play is usually a difference maker – especially for teams looking to advance deep into the tournament. Relying upon outside shooting is a losing proposition during the Big Dance: first, because the games are played in unfamiliar, spacious arenas, typically with difficult shooting backgrounds. Second, even if great shooters are able to overcome these disadvantages, doing so game after game after game is typically too much to ask. A cold night is bound to happen
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Available March Madness Sportsbooks that accepts all deposits from US players are:
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Sportsbook-com
Betcris Sportsbook
Bodog Sportsbook
Intertops Sportsbook
GOOD LUCK