I didn’t get to watch a lot of college ball this season. I got a chance to watch some, but not enough to give me a real good idea about the teams in the tournament.

With Selection Sunday come and gone, I now have a task of filling out my bracket with very little knowledge of which teams are worth consideration for the championship. I have an idea, but not enough.

This has been the way I’ve done things with my bracket in recent years and so far, I have done OK in them. Normally I finish somewhere in the top five, which is good. I have never won, but I’ve come close. And for having not seen much college ball, I think it’s pretty decent.

So what are my strategies to my bracket? Check it out. (AND JOIN MY BRACKET CHALLENGE)

• With my disdain for Adidas, my first strategy is to make sure that no school outfitted by Adidas ends up the winner.
• My second approach is to look at the teams that have a history of tournament success. Schools like Michigan State, North Carolina, UCLA usually get a pass in rounds that they are underdogs.
• With that in mind, schools that don’t have a strong basketball program usually don’t do well despite having a high seed.
• I always look for the schools that seemingly have a couple upsets every year. Schools like Butler and VCU will usually get a chance to upset one or two teams.
• A #12 seed usually beats a #5 seed somewhere. I make sure I have one of those down.
• #1 seeds normally don’t guarantee automatic entries into the Final Four. I very seldom have more than two #1s make it to the Final Four. This game is too complicated with too many variables for me to believe that happens.
• I am not afraid to go for a Cinderella finish. Because of my strategy of not choosing the top seeds to win, I am OK with a #5 seed winning the whole thing.

With all of that, there is no guarantee that it will work. There’s no logic to it except for my own beliefs. But hey, isn’t that how most of our brackets are filled out anyway?