Let me start this off with a funny little anecdote. Last night, the BF and I were walking into dinner and there happened to be some college hoops games on. In fact they were the “last 4 in games.” So I asked him if he had filled out his bracket and I pointed to the TV. His response was, we can just get one at Walmart. LOL, what?! This is his favorite sporting event of the year so I was so confused and finally he goes, I thought you wanted a new TV bracket. Anyways, we settled on a friendly {uber-competitive} bet but here’s my bracket. I’ll also explain why I made some of my picks.
March Madness Bracket 2017
OK, first of all, I like to always pick some huge upsets. They inevitably happen every year. They’re hard to predict, so honestly I just go with my gut and pick a couple top dogs to go down early. Then I look at depth and health of the team. For example, this year Oregon’s Chris Boucher went down with a season-ending ACL tear, I have to take that into consideration.
Lastly, I go with any team allegiances. Sadly Colorado and Stanford are not in the tourney this year so I try to support the PAC 12 to a certain point, then it just comes down to who I think is better. I recently moved to Dallas and live just a few miles from SMU and I’m LOVING that story so you better believe I picked them to get out of the first round. BUT, truth be told, I have not watched a ton of college hoops this year. I do not know why but I just haven’t so I’m relying a lot on some analysts I trust and sheer blind guessing.
Good luck to everyone! The show starts tomorrow on 3/16 and it truly is madness so check you local listings for all the games, there are TONS! AND check back because I have tons of cute treat ideas for any watch parties you’re headed too or hosting!