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In terms of regular season excitement, you can’t get much better than the Ivy League. Why?  Well, unlike other conferences out there, the Ivy League does not have an end-of-season championship tournament to decide the conference title winner.  This makes every regular season game, every rivalry matchup in the “Elite Eight” that much more important.

Which teams have the best shot at securing the regular season championship?  Which teams could possibly earn an at-large bid?  Let’s take a look at some of the better teams in the Ivy League.  Make sure you get some NCAA basketball tickets from StubHub.com to see your favorite Ivy League team in action down the stretch. Then, once the tournament begins, get tickets to see the top Ivy team in March Madness basketball action.

Cornell – The Big Red of Cornell have the best record in the Ivy League, and thus the best shot at securing the regular season title and a trip to The Dance.  Cornell currently has a 7-2 record in the conference, but with four games left to play and a narrow margin of error over Princeton and Harvard, it’s important that Cornell stay focused through the last stretch of games.

What do they have coming up? Well, a date with Princeton on the 26th of February will probably present the biggest challenge for the Big Red, but after that it should (emphasis on that last word, should) be smooth sailing, with games against Penn, Brown and Yale to close things out. Cornell has some impressive wins over good teams this year, including victories over Alabama, U-Mass, Vermont, Drexel, St. John’s and Davidson. They lost to Kansas on the road by just five. This could be a Cinderella team.

Princeton – The Tigers have five games to make their case, and their game against Cornell on the 26th of February couldn’t be more critical. Not much of an offensive team, the Princeton defense seems to be the talk of New Jersey these days. Can they catch Cornell in the final leg of the race? Some people think so. Get your orange and black face paint ready, because Princeton could be headed back to the NCAA Tournament this year!

Harvard – The Crimson have a 7-3 conference record, which means they’re not out of the hunt just yet. With Princeton on the schedule for March 6th and three other Ivy League games down the stretch, Harvard will have to win out and hope that both Cornell and Princeton stumble in the last lap. A tough interior is the hallmark of Harvard’s game, so if they do make it to the NCAA Tournament, they’ll be a tough out for any of the big time schools in the first round.

The Ivy League definitely has a frontrunner this year, but other teams have done some good things as well, and the future of this conference looks bright.  Let’s hope the Ivy League can pull off an upset in the NCAA Tourney this year. Wouldn’t that be awesome?  Stay tuned, and enjoy the rest of the college basketball season, Ivy League athletics fans!

Every March millions of people across the United States gear up for the greatest tournament event in the world, March Madness. Family, friends, and co-workers all try their luck at the tournament bracket pick-em office pool, which will forever be the king of all office pools. Many people do not realize that there are other exciting office pools that can be ran for the March Madness Tournament. The information below gives step by step instructions on a version that I prefer to run for the Championship Game. This is the NCAA March Madness 100 Square Grid Office Pool.

Step 1

You will first need to print a copyof the square grid. You can do this by visiting the link at the bottom of this article. From there you will go to Office Pools and find the Ncaa Basketball 100 Square Grid. Once this is printed you are ready to begin the pool.

Step 2

Sell each square for a set dollar amount until all squares are full, a player may buy as many squares as they wish. Once the player pays for the squares they are to write their name in the squares of their choice. If you don’t feel you can sell 100 squares check out our 25 square grid and 50 square grid.

Step 3

Once all the squares are full it is time to set up the drawing. This can be done in many ways, listed below are 2 examples. After determining the drawing method, draw the numbers one at a time placing the numbers from left to right starting with the first gray square box in the top row, continue across the top row until the numbers are gone. After that is complete you will redraw the numbers, this time placing the drawn numbers in the gray square boxes in the left column, starting at the top. Example 1: Write the numbers 0-9 on pieces of paper and place them in a hat. Example 2: Get a deck of cards A through 10, the ace represents a one, the 10 represents a 0, 2-9 are face value

Step 4

Now is time for the fun!! Begin watching the game, at the end of each half match the last digit of each teams score with the grid. Example: At the end of the first half if the team listed up top has 37 and the team listed on the left side has 34. Go to the top row of numbers and find the number 7(last digit of 37) then go to the left column of numbers and find the number 4(last digit of 34) find where these two numbers intersect on the grid and the name in that square wins the first half.

Payout’s

There are a few different ways to split up the prize pool , make sure this is discussed before selling the squares. The most common method is to give the winner of each half 50% of the prize pool. It is possible that a player can win both halves and the whole prize pool. Be sure to discuss what is going to be done in case of an overtime, some people will just ignore the overtime score, some people will substitute the overtime score for the second half, and others will divide the prize pool in thirds. Once again to avoid problems make sure all of this is discussed before selling the squares.

How does this vary from the normal Super Bowl Squares?

The concept is the same, the difference is there are not four quarters in a college basketball game but instead two halves, therfore there will only be 2 winners, one at the end of the first half and one at the end of the second half. The best time to run this pool is for the Ncaa Tournament Championship game, but it can be ran for any game of the season.

PrintYourBrackets.com– Printable Tournament Brackets and Office Pools

In this article we are going to take a look at how to bet the NCAA Tournament and hopefully win with your brackets this year. First off, for the novices out there, betting against the spread and the points total are the two main forms of collage basketball betting. Making these types of wagers will give you the best chance of winning on a consistent basis.

When the first round of the tournament starts this is your best chance of winning your bets. For example, a #1 vs. #16 seed or a #2 vs. #15 seed can be prime bets for the spread. The listed spread in these games average between 20 to 30 points. The #1 and #2 seeds 95% of the time win the game but the spread at the end can be smaller because since it is a blow-out and half way through the second half the coachs pull out all the starters and put in the bench warmers to finish the game.

Another fun way to bet the NCAA Tournament is to make futures wager on who you think is going to win the whole thing. Most online sportsbooks provide players with this option. For example, UCLA is currently the favorite to win the NCAA Tournament in Las Vegas. The Bruins are listed ar 7-2 odds. This means that a wager of $100 dollars will pay 3.5X if the Bruins go on to win it all. We like to look for a little bit more value with these futures wagers as rarely does the favorite come through. For example, Tennessee os having a great year and is listed at 12-1 odds. If your small wager comes through on the Vols, you’re going to have quite the nice little payday.

Most popular way to celebrate March Madness is to get involved in your Office Pool and determind who will survive by picking each game starting with the opening rounds all the way through the championship game. Monday morning every person cut out the brackets from their sports section. Everybody involved puts in $20. The person with the most wins by the end of the tournament wins the pool. The first teams that you need to look at that are the “Fraud Teams”, these teams will go out eary. For example the #1 “Fraud Team” this year is Duke. They were seeded at 2 when they really should be no higher than a 4 seed. Next teams you look at are the “Chalk Teams” the teams that are expected to win and win by the spread. For example, all your #1 seeded teams in each region are going up against the #16 seed team, no #16 seed team has ever beaten a #1 seed. Then work your brackets from their. Keep an I on the games that have the #12, #13 and #14 seeded teams involved, these are prime upset picks.

Good luck and have fun this March. For more tips to help you make your selections in the Big Dance this year.