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Forget the Lottery, Play March Madness takes a thorough look at the NCAA Men's College Basketball tournament that is held annually during the months of March and April. The focus of this book pertains to all games that have been played since the March Madness tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Author Earl Underwood covers the following topics in his unique and fascinating book:
Various online March Madness contests are discussed. The author explains what can be won by playing these contests, how to play them, how you can find the contests on the internet, and gives tips to the reader based on his personal experience.
Numerous tips are given to help the reader come up with a strategy for filling out the brackets associated with March Madness. Commonly made mistakes are revealed and factors such as emotion, history, strength of schedule played, momentum, defense, offense, one men teams, experience, scouting teams, and the opinions of others are discussed.
A chapter is devoted to all of the games played at The Big Dance since 1985. Results are shown in bracket form year by year, region by region, and game by game. The author spent much time compiling this information, finding mistakes, and correcting any mistakes to ensure that the reader has accurate information.
The Final Four since 1985 is covered. This chapter includes advice about picking your Final Four and a quiz about your knowledge of the Final Four is found at the end of this chapter.
The author provides a written analysis of what was earlier depicted in his book in bracket form. All tournament participants since 1985 are listed in alphabetic order along with their record of wins and losses. The reader is then given a list of teams based on the team's total appearances at the March Madness tournament since 1985. A separate chapter is set aside for all teams that have had at least ten appearances during this span of time.
Readers are cautioned to be very careful about relying on sources such as sports magazines, newspapers, and television in regards to making bracket picks.
The final AP poll released before the tournament begins each year is discussed. Find out if you can use these polls to help you make your picks!
The history of how the seeds have done over the years is reviewed and unlike many sources, this book discusses what has happened historically after the first round of games is over!
The author encourages feedback about his work and tells you how you may contact him.
In summary, this book is a great tool for anyone interested in the history of March Madness and/or anyone interested in playing any of the numerous March Madness contests that are available to those that have internet access.