Tourney bracket tips: What you need to know to make your picks
Whether you’re filling out a bracket for the first time or a seasoned pro looking to lock up another pool win, Yahoo Sports is here to break down everything you need to know about the tournament. You can sign up to play our Tourney Pick’em game right here.
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But before you make your picks, be sure to study the field. We’ve got you covered below with tips and tricks to navigate the bracket.
(Note: This page will be updated as we continue to preview the tournament.)
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Get Ready to Fill Out Your Bracket
• Tournament bracket: Field of 68 revealed
• Printable bracket: Start making your picks
• Everything you need to know before filling out a bracket
• Our writers fill out their brackets and make title predictions
• Underdogs that could surprise in each region
• 5 upsets to pick in first round of tourney
• These upsets aren’t going to happen
• Potential Cinderellas that could make a run
• Teams most likely to bust your bracket
• Final Four predictions: Who wins it all?
• Title contenders, ranking them 1-68
• Who are Yahoo users picking to pull upsets?
• For beginners: Tips and tricks to filling out a bracket
• Picking your tourney bracket in 2 minutes
• Non-traditional ways to spice up your bracket pool
• Tournament TV schedule for First Four, first round
Regional Breakdowns and other Analysis
• 16 things to know about each region: East | Midwest | South | West
• Predictions: East | South | Midwest | West
• Draw winners and losers: Kentucky, Duke get rough roads
• Most dynamic players to watch in Big Dance
• Ranking the 68 best players in the tournament
• Opposing coaches on how to beat top contenders
Team Preview Videos
Alabama | Arizona | Arizona State | Arkansas | Auburn | Bucknell | Buffalo | Butler
Cal State Fullerton | Charleston | Cincinnati | Clemson | Creighton | Davidson | Duke
Florida | Florida State | Georgia State | Gonzaga | Houston | Iona | Kansas | Kansas State
Kentucky | Lipscomb | LIU Brooklyn | Loyola Chicago | Marshall | Miami | Michigan
Michigan State | Missouri | Montana | Murray State | N.C. State | NC Central | Nevada
New Mexico State | North Carolina | Ohio State | Oklahoma | Penn | Providence | Purdue
Radford | Rhode Island | San Diego State | Seton Hall | South Dakota State
St. Bonaventure | Stephen F. Austin | Syracuse | TCU | Tennessee | Texas | Texas A&M
Texas Southern | Texas Tech | UCLA | UMBC | UNC Greensboro | Villanova | Virginia
Virginia Tech | West Virginia | Wichita State | Wright State | Xavier
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• Ed Cooley talks split pants, Providence’s tourney chances
• Middle Tennessee senior couldn’t bring himself to move after snub
• Dan Hurley emotional mess after brother Bobby reaches tourney
• Changes to Selection Show format eliminate drama
• Twitter fumes over audio of Selection Show being off
Road to the tourney
• Why Oklahoma’s Trae Young is not this year’s top player
• Virginia looks poised for deep run after rolling to ACC title
• Arizona, Ayton are a scary March matchup
• Tears flow between player and coach as team just misses tourney
• How a broken play sent Radford to the tournament
• Last-second 3-pointer sends UMBC to the tourney
• Auburn’s Bruce Pearl calls out SEC coaches for snubbing his players
• NC State guard pulls a Chris Webber 25 years after the original
• Assessing the 10 best NBA prospect you’ll likely see in tourney
• What to know about the college hoops scandal and its fallout