How to Tackle Your NCAA March Madness Bracket

One of the best times of the year (for boys) is March Madness. BUT this is also a time of year that ladies can fill out a bracket as well in order to use it as a pickup line on guys at the bar, get into something that's pretty fun, and actually have a reason to watch colleges that you haven't heard of compete for the National Championship.

The greatest part about the brackets is that it's almost better to know little to nothing than to actually know the stats of every player on every team. There has never been a documented perfect bracket. Every year, multiple crazy games happen & people are left sitting there thinking "What the hell just happened?" SO it's fun, there's no rhyme or reason, and you'll look like a cool girl when you're cheering for Weber St. (who?!) to win. Actually you probably shouldn't cheer for them since they're a 15 seed but whatever, miracles can happen.

How do you go about filling out your bracket? Here's a few helpful tips so that you don't end up with all your teams out after the first round.

1. Pick someone to be *your* team - Whether it's your alma mater, you've heard they throw sick parties, or you have a crush on Reggie Bush & know he went to USC, stick by them. Also, don't be a try-hard and pick Kansas or Kentucky to be your team (unless you went there). They're both always good and it's more fun to root for underdogs to beat them than to look like a convenient Yankee fan.

2. Take a few upsets - Don't do anything absurd, like having a 1 or 2 seed getting knocked out by 15 or 16, but it's a semi-fact that a 12 seed upsets a 5 seed occasionally. Take a 9 seed over an 8 seed or have a 6 seed going to the Final Four, etc. Basically, go crazy but don't go off the walls. If you go off the walls you'll look like the true dumb-dumb that you are about college basketball.

3. Don't get too into it - Since this is not your forte (four-tay), don't go overboard. The last thing people need to see is you wearing a custom made Stony Brook jersey when you don't even know what state the school is in. The only reason Stony Brook may sound familiar to you is because it's the town the Babysitter's Club was based on (s/o to Mallorie and her fugly red hair). It's ok to high-five your friend when something happens, but not ok to leave sobbing because your bracket is RUIIINEED.

These tips will get you through the next few weeks until you go back to not caring about college basketball and prepping your hair to look cute AF in a baseball hat for Opening  Day.