2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

March Madness is upon us and we have filled out our brackets.   One can learn a lot about someone from how they pick their teams.  I’ll give you some insight into our methodology at Amy Bush Commercial and perhaps you will learn something you didn’t know about us.

Risk Taking:

On one hand, be conservative – the tournament only averages about 6 first-round upsets out of 32 games.  Second-round upsets are even more rare, in the past 15 years only seven schools seeded 12 or lower made it to the Sweet Sixteen.   And historically, about 70 percent of the Elite Eight has been composed of teams seeded 1, 2, or 3.

On the other hand, don’t be too conservative – to win your pool, you’ll still have to pick a few early surprises.   Of course, you will need to get them right.

Keep your Eyes on the Prize:

On one hand, school spirit is for suckers – as much as you love your school, your bracket should be free of softhearted sentiment.

On the other hand, maybe winning your pool isn’t the real prize –  let’s go all in for the Triangle and the ACC.   We are picking 3 of 4 ACC schools in the Final Four (Duke, UNC, and UVa) and wish NCSU the best.

Good luck to everyone and save us some beer and wings!