A very simple way to fill out your bracket: just use your favorite color. This may require some googling to find out each university’s colors, but will be worth it. UNC-Wilmington has a very rare color scheme, teal, navy, and gold. The Seahawks are one of many teams to use fluorescent colors this season, Baylor also has used some electric green uniforms this season.

The opportunities are endless, you can strip the seeds off of the bracket and just choose the team that has the coolest name. Many of the teams in the field have interesting names, including my personal favorite Farleigh Dickinson University. Also, Florida Gulf Coast, Austin Peay, Holy Cross, and Stephen F. Austin are also contenders for the best name, but that is up for you to decide

There are so many different computer-generated rankings available online, and most of them are attainable with hardly any searching. I would recommend using the Basketball Power Index as the primary analytic. BPI is a ranking that takes in the most factors into account and usually brings the best result. Also, Ken Pomeroy’s analytics are fantastic, but take a little bit more understanding of basketball to understand.

You could watch every team play one game. This strategy would be the most effective, but would take approximately 136 hours. This would give you an impression on the team’s demeanor and their style of play. This strategy is not commonly used, but would be the most effective.