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Mark Didrick is CBCC 2009 Champion!! Final Standings Now Available How to Win College Basketball Confidence Contest 2009! We thought we would cut everyone some slack and give them some tips on how to make your CBCC picks this year. The following article was written by veteran dirty-dawger and College Basketball expert Pat Vesper, from Midland, Texas. As Pat points out, he has never actually won the CBCC, but he has been one of the most consistent CBCC dawgers finishing 2nd in 2004, 5th in 2003, 7th in 2006 and 19th in 2008. Ignore Pat's advice and suffer the dirty-dawg consequences! The Seven Steps to Highly Effective dirty-dawg Basketball
Contest People By: Pat Vesper In all my years of playing the dirty-dawg basketball contest (or college football contest), I’ve never
won. Sure, that makes me a loser. However, at least in the March Madness
contest, I have utilized a few techniques that have made me consistently
competitive allowing me to lose gracefully.
I’d like to share some of these simple guidelines with you as you fill
out your magical sheet of 64 on your way to becoming the next dirty-dawg
basketball champion! 1. Guards Win Championships Look no further than last year’s
final Kansas/Memphis. Both teams got to
the final game on the leadership of their backcourt. In the final, it was Mario Chalmers heroic
three-pointer that forced OT and the Jayhawks prevailed. Was it luck?
Not a chance. Chalmers shot
almost 47% from 3-point range for the entire year. Chalmers added 4 steals and the other guard,
teammate Sherron Collins has 6 assists.
Guards win basketball games and championships. My
recommendation: Pay close attention
to assist to turnover ratio when picking teams to advance or pull the
occasional upset. 2. Look at rebounding and defense. Teams that rebound and play defense
can dominate. When you limit teams to
one shot and alter your opponent’s offensive schemes, your chances of winning
increase. 3. Ignore the regular season conference
games. When assessing a team’s worth,
ignore the conference season matchups.
Rivalry and familiarity play too much of a factor in the outcome of
these games. Instead, focus on games
that were played early in the year and also on neutral courts. This will give you a better idea of a team’s
true potential. 4. Determine the strength of the conferences. It is very important to look at the
conference and make a determination based on non-conference games who is really
better. As the season progresses, teams
can acquire a good record in a cupcake conference. These teams can only be considered good if
they have good guard play, can rebound, and play defense. This technique will help you pick winners in
close matchups. 5. 8s and 9s rarely win two games. There is a reason that teams seeded
8 or 9 are in that position - they are mediocre at best. They are used to losing to really good
teams. After winning one game, they’ll
be headed home. Adjust your confidence
values accordingly. 6. Don’t pick lots of upsets Yes, there will be upsets. However, it is unlikely that there will be
lots of upsets. I limit my upsets in the
early rounds to just a few games and pay close attention to the middle of each
bracket away from the #1 and #2 seeds.
The middle of the bracket is where you should cover yourself by
weighting higher confidence values. This
is also the area where the occasional upset special can be found. The 7/10, 6/11, 5/12, and 4/13 games are all
games to look at closely. But remember,
experts seeded this tournament. It’s
unlikely that Cornell is headed to the Final 4.
If a team pulls a George Mason on me, I’ll be in serious trouble. 7. Pick the winners and you’ll win! It’s as simple as that. If you pick the winners, you’ll be crowned a
dirty-dawg champion. No matter what your
method, you must win games in the middle and late rounds. I hope to see you in the March Madness
dirty-dawg Hall of Fame upon conclusion of this season. What a great sport and time of year!!!
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