It's bracket-filling time, and we've got you covered with how to beat your friends and co-workers during the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Bragging rights are on the line in your office pool, and to get a leg up on the rest of your competition it would be prudent to start getting brackets printed out, information on this year's field handy and confidence toward what you are going to do when filling them out.
From brackets that are easy to print to a complete list of this year's 68-team field, here's a look at all things March Madness as you prepare to brave the difficult task of complete the holy grail of college basketball—the perfect bracket.
Make sure to print out your bracket here if you haven't already done so, stay plugged in with the live tournament one and check back for updates on the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Butler, Gonzaga and Saint Louis all spent a considerable amount of time ranked this season. When you check out your bracket and see them ranked ahead of schools with bigger names, don't scribble ahead without checking out what teams like these bring to the table.
Everyone knows Butler after two tournament runs, and Gonzaga was ranked extremely high this season after breezing through conference play.
Teams like Richmond, Temple, San Diego State and VCU should all be on your radar too, specifically because this is upset central for college basketball and these teams can play with the big boys. If we've learned anything over the past decade in college basketball, it's don't sleep on the mid-majors.
Only once (2008) has all four seeds made the Final Four. Only six times did both No. 1 seeds reach the championship game.
That's more true this year than ever, mainly because top teams have been falling like love-struck teenagers each time a new No. 1 plays a game it isn't supposed to lose. Duke, Miami, Kansas and Indiana have all gone down at or near the top spot, and it makes this year's March Madness one of the most unpredictable in recent memory.
Too often our gut has the right name advancing to the next round of the tournament before our head uses the eraser to pick the higher-rated seed. You'll be kicking yourself in April after reviewing your bracket if you use this strategy.
Upsets are bound to happen. College basketball junkies usually pinpoint the small ones, but the big ones fool us all. In that spirit, don't be afraid to take a top team down with your pen—it usually pays off during the tourney.
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