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by Melissa Brunner

Every year, we have a lot of fun with the NCAA tournament. We study the lines, look at the match ups, analyze the analysts and, eventually, get around to making our picks.

The fun starts when Cinderella laces up her sneakers and busts the Dance wide open!

What are the odds of filling out a perfect bracket? A search on Google got answers like "one in18.5 quintillion and "If every man, woman, and child on the planet randomly filled out 10 million brackets each, the odds would be LESS than 1% that even one would have a perfect bracket."

Wow! Everyone has their own strategy. I tend to not put too much thought into it and the results usually show. I've seen people put tons of thought into - and end up with results like mine! The most effective strategy I saw employed was the year a former coworker who knew nothing about basketball made picks based solely on uniform color combinations. She won it all.

What's your approach to the brackets? Let me know - and make sure to use it on our Credit Unions United Basketball Madness Challenge.

Also, what are your thoughts on the seedings and regions? Pretty expected for KU to be number one overall and stick in the Midwest, but are you happy with KSU in the West region? Should they have stayed in the Midwest like KU or been in the South, where many pundits put them?

Let the madness begin!