Will This Bracket Advice Help You Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool?
For years, we've been recommending Ed Feng's proved, time-tested March Madness advice. Here is his updated 2024 March Madness Guide.
Hello!
Despite the IU men’s basketball season being over, I hope you are having fun researching matchups, filling out brackets, and making plans to watch Teri Moren’s #4-seeded Hoosiers host Fairfield on Saturday afternoon.
I’m sending this email to provide a few quick March Madness reminders you may be interested in.
First, a reminder, make sure you join the BHN Bracket Challenges prior to Thursday.
The winners of each challenge — men’s and women’s — will receive an item of their choice from our friends at Homefield Apparel.
Also, if you’re into survivor pools, BHN community member Jay Horrey and his better half Hilary run a great survivor pool that I always participate in. (It’s $10 to join, and there are re-buys.)
Get the details here … and note that they don’t take a penny as a management fee. It’s just a fun way to enjoy the tournament.
Also, don’t forget about Coach Adragna’s new website MarchSets.com, that includes videos and diagrams of some of the most successful sets used by all 68 NCAA Tournament teams.
And finally …
Ed Feng’s 2024 March Madness Bracket Advice and Course
Longtime Assembly Call readers and listeners will be familiar with Ed Feng, who runs The Power Rank — a sports analytics website that provides some of the best predictive advice out there. (Ed is also a friend, a fellow Big Ten fan from his time in Ann Arbor, and a genuinely good dude.)
We’ve been sharing his March Madness advice for years, both when he’s been a guest on the show and a sponsor for the newsletter.
He just released his 2024 March Madness Bracket Advice and Course and asked if I’d share it with you all, and of course I’m happy to. (He’s also sending us a 35% commission on any sales, which is unnecessary but very much appreciated.)
Here are the details:
You want to win your March Madness pool. The money is fantastic, but the bragging rights are even better.
However, it seems so difficult to win your pool. You don’t have the time to do the hours of research required to study all teams.
I have a better way for you.
To win your pool, you must combines analytics and strategy. Analytics gives you an edge over others in predicting winners. Strategy lets you exploit the biases of others in picking the best bracket.
In purchasing this product, I do all the work for you. This bracket advice product includes:
Bracket advice with a full analysis of the top contenders and a cheat sheet to fill out your pool.
Audio course on contrarian strategies. This 22 minute course explains the most critical aspect of my book How to Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool.
Data file (csv) with the probability for a team to advance to each round.
A pdf of my book How to Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool.
3 bonus audio episodes of my work in football analytics at The Power Rank
To learn more and grab Ed’s guide (it’s $44 for everything listed above), visit the product page at Gumroad:
Let me know if you have any questions.
I look forward to experiencing the best Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the year with you in the Substack Chat and Discord!
And goodness gracious please let this be the last time in a while that the men’s team isn’t included in the fun.
— Jerod