23 Rules for Winning March Madness

Wall Street Journal pieced together a '23 Rules for Winning March Madness' list. It was pretty great, so I wanted to share.

A few of the highlights:

"1. There is only one certainty to filling out a March Madness bracket, and it is this: You will lose to someone who has never watched an NCAA basketball game in his or her life. You will also lose to a 7-year-old, a golden retriever and a lobster." - Amen.
"2. The person at the office who knows every single detail about college basketball, who can name the pets of assistant coaches and spend 45 minutes rhapsodizing about strength of schedule? Out of the pool by Friday at 2 p.m. Every time." - So true.
"3. If this is your first NCAA office pool, a fun thing to do is just fill in every blank bracket with the words "BACON OMELET!!!" You will always beat the guy who picks Syracuse." - HA!
"8. On Tuesday and Wednesday the NCAA holds something called the "First Four." Like that 4 p.m. office "brainstorming" meeting, this is half-baked and utterly optional."
"9. Remember, it's the "Final Four," the "Elite Eight," the "Sweet Sixteen," and the "We Don't Have Anything That Works With 32.""
"17. There's no word that's more exciting to say than "Gonzaga."" - Except nobody in our family can really pronounce it...
"22. Someone will come in Monday and loudly announce that his or her bracket is "totally destroyed." This person is going to win the pool." - Unfortunately, not me...

Check out the article here.