{"id":9319,"date":"2009-03-11T00:45:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2009-03-11T00:45:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:45:22","slug":"march-madness-bracket-tips-110309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/cappers\/march-madness-bracket-tips-110309\/","title":{"rendered":"CT&#8217;s Tips For Filling Out Your Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Craig&#8217;s 5 Tips to Help Win Your March Madness Brackets<\/h2>\n<p>March Madness every year starts with every person filling out NCAA tournament brackets and trying to win the office pool. This year how about you win the office pool with tips from Craig Trapp on handicapping the big dance.<!--more-->Craig&#8217;s handicapping tips for March Madness will help you fill out your bracket and give you a better chance to win your bracket this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First thing you must know in handicapping the NCAA Tournament brackets is put the #1 seeds into the sweet 16. A #16 seed has never beaten a #1 seed. Very few times has a 8 or 9 seed beat a 1 seed. So go with the handicapping trend and put them in the sweet 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/304\/Craig%20Trapp\/AF23_15\"><strong>VIEW  CRAIG TRAPP\u2019S DAILY SPORTS PICKS PAGE \u2014-&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Second thing you must know in handicapping the March Madness brackets is that you must pick two #10 seeds to upset the #7 seeds. Many fall in love with the seven seeds but most of these teams are ripe for upsets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Third thing you must know in handicapping March Madness winning brackets is you must pick one #12 seed and possibly two. Recent years have almost a 50 percent win percentage for this match up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fourth thing is don&#8217;t take all the #1 seeds. Handicapping March Madness break down and pick at least two non number one seeds only last year has all four #1 seeds made the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Last tip for handicapping and picking a winning bracket is don&#8217;t pick below a #3 seed to win it all. Don&#8217;t try to find the long shot or underdog winner just take one of the top 10 teams and run with it. The chance of you winning if you pick a #4 seed is not very good because if they lose it will be to the #1 seed in the sweet 16. You need your teams to advance to at worst the elite 8.<\/p>\n<p>By the way want to leave you with one last tip. Don&#8217;t forget about handicapping conferences. Many people fall in love with the Big 6 conferences. Don&#8217;t make that mistakes handicap the conferences and rank them from best to worst. Have that help you in determining a smaller conference underdog against maybe an over rated big conference.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed Craig Trapp&#8217;s tips for handicapping the NCAA tournament brackets this year. Of course as any form of gambling there is no guarantees but this will really help point you in the right direction. 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Give Craig a chance today and watch your ROI increase dramatically!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beted.com\/8d0e43dd-2c74\/promland\/0518\/0518GEN.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"NCAAB\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.beted.com\/images\/banners\/NCAAB\/NCAABGEN1M320X110.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NCAABGEN1M320X110 Oddsmakers Five Favorites - 2009 NCAAB Championship\" width=\"320\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March Madness every year starts with every person filling out NCAA tournament brackets and trying to win the office pool. 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