Bracketeering

by Andrew Clark

Admitted stat geek and college basketball fanatic Andrew Clark has devised a system for filling out your men's basketball tournament brackets in March that requires neither a masters' degree in math nor a 24/7 commitment to the college basketball season in order to make a run at winning your pool. In the last six years, Clark has picked the winner four times on his single "sheet of integrity." Even better, he has picked 14 of the possible 24 final-four teams in those years. He calls his system Bracketeering, and it consists of simple rules to follow in making your picks for all six rounds of the tournament with information you already have (such as never pick a 15 or 16 seed) and statistics that are easily available on the Internet for free (such as scoring and created-possession margins, fouling and foul-shooting differentials, and possession efficiency). So leave your friends, family, and co-workers in the dust when your bracket is still alive and they are wondering what happened to their sentimental favorites.

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

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Andrew Clark is a graduate of the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, and of the University of Massachusetts-Boston. His writings have appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and other publications. He is also a pretty good stand-up comedian.

Reviews

[Justin DeWeese · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this book for $1 at a bookstore that was closing down years ago but it has never been with me when I'm making my March Madness picks until this year. A quick read and the tips make sense - maybe I shouldn't review it until I see how my brackets do. Good examples of prior years to show why he values certain statistics while making picks.

[Tal Hirshberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bring this book out every March. It has some great basic tips to follow, and it's a great way to remember what has made my brackets so successful in the past. Great stats to look for when debating teams you haven't seen at all this year.