March Madness is arguably one of the most time consuming and exciting times for sports fans. No March Madness bracket has ever been perfect so, year after year, people have entered in brackets to ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, etc. just to see if they can be the first. The strategies, however, differ greatly in these "do or die" times.
The Overthinker
This is the type of person who overpacks on trips. They pack six pairs of shorts, numerous t-shirts, four toothbrushes, a ski suit and a generator for a weekend trip to grandma's. When it comes to making brackets, this guy has probably watched all the games and has been taking notes on teams. He checks everything, from players' hometowns to chill-pull ratio of each player, before making a decision on a single game. After spending six hours on their solid gold bracket, they still feel uncertain with it, so they go on to make three others -- just in case.
The Know-it-all
This guy feels like, in life, he knows all the answers. All of them. He knows that SF Austin will make the Sweet Sixteen because he somehow watched all of their games and knows they have the "skill set and coaching to get it done." At the end of the day, we all can't wait to see this dude's bracket die after one day of games so we can look at him and say, "Wow, your bracket is awesome man!" If you are this person, just make your bracket and don't talk unless you are right. It will benefit everyone.
The Conservative
They walk around wearing a belt with suspenders and shoot only three-pointers in intramurals so they don't get stuffed in the paint and look like an idiot. Pretty much their bracket has zero upsets except for two nine-seeds upsetting eights. "Whoa there, cowboy. Don't do anything to crazy." It's all one-seeds in their final four and this guy probably doesn't know much about basketball. He just picks all the lower seeds to look like he knows. If you thought this paragraph was boring, it's because these people are boring as well.
The Underdog guy
His favorite movies are Rudy and Coach Carter. His claim to fame around campus is wearing terrible sports teams apparel like the Raiders and the 76ers. He constantly talks about how he loves these teams and always roots for the underdog. It actually may play out decently in his bracket because of how crazy it always ends. This dude probably picked Hampton to beat Kentucky this year in the first round and prides himself on the fact that two years ago, he picked Florida Gulf Coast to win the first two rounds. He never lets that go because that is still why he does what he does.
The Coin-Flipper
Every mom everywhere who enters a poll prides herself in this. They take a coin and flip it for each matchup. My favorite is hearing people say they picked Georgia State because they liked their colors better or because they have that hot guy. Well, these types of people could not annoy me more because they somehow manage to kick butt in every bracket pool they are in. People like me cannot bring themselves to pick match ups based on coolest mascot because it makes all the watching of games and research seem like a waste. Celebrity personality match for this person is Zooey Deschanel. She is beautiful, but I will never enter a bracket challenge with her because she will beat me.
