2023 NCAA Tournament Perfect Bracket: Small Pools (March Madness)
It's that time of year again, March Madness has finally returned. One of the most exciting aspects is this week leading up to the tip-off of the games when you have to fill out your bracket. If you're like me, you will stress over every little decision. If you aren't like me, you will trust my advice and use this article to build your brackets. I will be doing a series on filling out your bracket for small, medium, and large pools.
Here, I will be offering advice on filling out a bracket for small pools. These are pools from 1-50 that mostly are with friends or colleagues. Keep in mind, there are over trillions of different variations in how the dominoes can fall in this tournament. You really don't have to be all too different with such a small pool simply because of how many different games you have to pick, and the inevitability that you will be different in more ways than one with your bracket selections.
Simply put, my best piece of advice is to not overthink the small pool brackets. Go with your gut or whatever strategy you abide by. My second piece of advice is to not get cute with your champion selection.
- 2023 NCAA Tournament Perfect Bracket: Medium Pools
- 2023 NCAA Tournament Perfect Bracket: Large Pools
My three picks for you: Houston, Alabama, or Texas.
Houston, assuming Marcus Sasser is healthy and ready to go, should be the favorite to win the tournament, and with good reason. They have been the most consistent team in the nation with only one real slip-up this year. Obviously, monitor injury news for Sasser because if he is out, that completely caps Houston's ceiling.
Alabama as the number one overall seed will likely get the most picks to win it all among your peers, and nationally, but it's okay to have that much overlap with these smaller pools. The Crimson Tide have some ridiculous talent and them playing their best basketball is absolutely an unstoppable force.
Texas appears to be playing their best basketball right now and should hopefully be playing the tournament with Timmy Allen back, even though they did not need him to storm through the Big 12 tournament. They rank in the top 20 both offensively and defensively which is the perfect recipe for success and don't really have many notable flaws.
In case you need a template example of what an example small pool bracket looks like I've included one below. Remember, keep it simple, and don't overthink this too much.
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