So, as a college basketball fan, March is one of the best times of the year. I regularly participate in bracket pools and, though I follow the sport closely, I usually do quite poorly. Every year, I do my best to make educated guesses on which teams will make it through the tournament, which underdogs will be responsible for the biggest upsets, etc. But I’ve secretly always believed that I would do much better if I just used the “Top Seed” method. The idea here is that you always pick the highest seeded team to win each game. When the number ones meet in the Final Four, you would then pick the overall top seeded team. For example, in the 2016 tournament, the four one seeds were Kansas, Oregon, North Carolina, and Virginia (alas, Kentucky was only a four seed last year). But, the selection committee assigns overall seeds to all of the 64 teams as well. Last year, Kansas was the overall number one, followed by North Carolina, Virginia, and Oregon, respectively. So, with the Top Seed method, you’d pick Kansas to defeat Oregon and North Carolina to defeat Virginia. And, in the finals, you’d choose Kansas.