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March Madness Survivor Is Your Bracket Pool on Crack

Anyone can join an office bracket pool, but a Survivor contest can take your March Madness enjoyment next level…

Brandon Anderson
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11 min readMar 16, 2021

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MARCH MADNESS IS HERE, AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON. We waited two entire years for brackets this time, and that makes this year’s tournament extra special. Twice as long a wait means twice as good of a tournament, right? This year’s March should be extra mad too, with blue bloods like Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, and Arizona missing out on the fun.

These days, everyone does a bracket pool, and they’re awesome. Sports wagering is now legal in many states and countries, and a little $5 or $10 bracket pool never hurt anyone. All the more absurd that we both know Tilda from accounting will win the pool because her aunt is from Spokane and she “just loves cute little bulldogs.”

Now, don’t get me wrong — bracket pools are great, and they’re sure to be the talk of your office water cooler (Zoom meeting?). But you know that short-term high you get filling out a fresh blank bracket Friday morning and the emptiness you feel 24 hours later when the entire thing is in shambles? What if there was a way to learn as you watch the games and keep making brand new picks the whole entire tournament?

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Brandon Anderson
SportsRaid

Sports, NBA, NFL, TV, culture. Words at Action Network. Also SI's Cauldron, Sports Raid, BetMGM, Grandstand Central, Sports Pickle, others @wheatonbrando ✞