Tournament Time. Get your Brackets Ready

A wise coach once said "You don't win on game day, you win during practice." The same holds true for your NCAA Bracket Pool. If you are a casual fan, don't wait until March to start watching college basketball, if you want to have a real shot, you need to start watching now. (It's not too late)

Yes, there will be the woman who thinks red uniforms are nicer than popsicle orange uniforms who will do well. The other woman in your department who finished better than you last year because she knew in real life in a fight that a Wildcat would beat a Bulldog and a Badger will still do well. Take your pool back! Start now.

College football will be over in a week. The NFL season is winding down. It's not too late to start tuning into college basketball games. Just over half a season remains. That's perfect. Plenty of time to see who's the real deal and who's a joke. Who started out playing over their heads and have come back down to earth? Who started off slow and have now started picking it up? Who had a key player injured that will come back for the tournament? Who gets on fire and is playing unbelievably well heading into the tournament? Start watching just a few games a week and you'll learn enough to make some quality educated guesses.

Don't just throw your money in the pool and circle random teams. Do your homework and try to win. That's the great thing about sports. You play to win the game. I don't think I'm getting my point across. Herm, think you can take this one for me?