The Ultimate Guide To March Madness On the Internet

Now that the brackets are circulating, March Madness fever is sweeping offices and workplaces around the country. Over the weekend we rounded-up some of the best college hoop links in the sports blogosphere to create a useful resource for our readers. If you're trapped in a cubicle, feel free to use it to kill time before the hardwood hysteria tips-off on Thursday afternoon. In the meantime, we fully intend this list of over 100 NCAA Tournament-related links to become a Holy Grail of March Madness information as the week progresses. If there's something you'd like us to add, let us know in the comments. After the jump is the complete first round schedule, bracketology tips, various contests, and much, much more.

Girls

• NC-Double-D Bracket: Best College Babe Bracket. [Playboy]
• Babes of the bottom bracket. [COED]
• The 2010 Cougar Madness Tournament. [Thunder Treats]
• The Ladies of March Madness (check back everyday). [Busted Coverage]
• The 25 hottest cheerleaders of the NCAA tournament. [Bleacher Report]
• The Sexiest Women Alive March Madness Tournament. [Esquire]
• Why Esquire's "Sexiest Women Alive" Tournament is horseshit. [Barstool Sports NY]
• 7 types of NCAA girls. [Made Man]
• The 40 hottest alumni of schools in the NCAA tournament. [Bleacher Report]
• Porn star Samantha Ryan's March Madness picks [Busted Coverage]
• The 15 hottest fans in March Madness. [Bleacher Report]
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  Bracketology and Betting Advice

  • Top 10 quick tips for picking your March Madness bracket. [The Sports Gambler]
  • How to win your March Madness pool. [CBS News]
  • Six free ways to play March Madness. [PC Mag]
  • Remembering March Madness odds. [Vegas Sports Odds]
  • Three tips for filling out your March Madness bracket. [Bet Vega]
  • 10 bold picks for your 2010 NCAA Tournament bracket. [Bleacher Report]
  • Tips to keep in mind for college betting pools. [The Work Buzz]
  • Top 10 teams who historically have not won a NCAA basketball title. [Washington Examiner]
  • 5 rules to winning your March Madness bracket. [COED]
  • Dos and Don'ts for filling out your bracket. [Rivals]
  • 10 mistakes to avoid when filling out your NCAA bracket. [Bleacher Report]
  • March Madness odds. [The Spread]
  • Sorting out who will make the Sweet 16. [Bleacher Report]
  • 10 things to think about heading into March Madness. [Dime Magazine]
  • Why picking underdogs and upsets in pools is statistically underrated. [New York Times]
  • Odds to win the tournament. [Vegas Sports Odds]
  • Teams on upset alert. [Bet Vega]
  • Five facts you should know about the NCAA Tournament. [Faslist]
  • Ken Pomeroy's winning bracket predictions. [WSJ]
  • Why you should take Ken Pomeroy's winning bracket advice. [Big Lead]
  • Six first-round upsets to have in your bracket. [Dime Magazine]
  • 15 rules to remember when filling out your bracket. [Covers]
  • How an amateur fills out a NCAA Tournament bracket. [Chicago Now]
  • There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 ways to fill out your bracket. [USA Today]
  • Yup, those odds are mighty slim. [Asylum]
  • 50 can't miss predictions for the 2010 NCAA tournament. [Bleacher Report]
  • A printable bracket for your workplace pool. [Bleacher Report]

    Contests

  • $13,000,000 dollar perfect bracket challenge. [Sports Book]
  • $10,000,000 Zero-Inhibitions NCAA Bracket Challenge. [Fanhouse]
  • $5,000,000 bracket challenge. [Bet Us]
  • $1,000,000 dollars bracket challenge. [Fox Sports]
  • $1,000,000 perfect bracket challenge. Best bracket wins $10k. [Yahoo Sports]
  • $10,000 up for grabs in ESPN's Tournament Challenge. [ESPN]
  • $7,00 dollars Final Four challenge. [Just Bet]
  • $5,000 dollar bracket buster challenge. [Bodog]
  • Great idea: Donate a portion of your March Madness bracket winnings to fight cancer. [The Wife Hates Sports]
  • CBS bracket Mayhem to win a 2011 Infiniti M. [CBS Sports]
  • Win tickets to the Final Four by submitting your best ideas to improve the NCAA fan experience. [Coca Cola]

    Basketball

  • Top 10 March Madness buzzer-beaters. [Gunaxin]
  • Top 10 March Madness shockers. [Real Clear Sports]
  • 10 International players to watch in March Madness. [Interbasket]
  • Top 10 March Madness champions. [AskMen]
  • Top 5 March Madness memories. [Clicker]
  • 10 Reasons why we love March Madness. [Bleacher Report]
  • The best active NCAA Tournament coaches. [Bleacher Report]
  • 22 pictures of the angriest college basketball coaches in America. [Midwest Sports Fans]
  • Eight great NCAA Tournament buzzer-beaters. [SDNN]
  • 10 players to watch during March Madness. [Sports Untapped]
  • 6 things to watch at March Madness. [The Atlantic]
  • 10 things to know about #1 seed Kentucky. [CBS Sports]
  • Big Dance missing some of its biggest names. [Sporting News]
  • Five things to hate about this year's March Madness bracket. [ESPN]
  • March Madness: 32 questions. [Philly.com]
  • The worst Big Dance snubs. [Fox Sports]
  • Mike Wilbon says this year's tournament is wide-open. [Washington Post]
  • Washington and Cal get no respect in the NCAA Tournament. [SF Gate]
  • 10 things to watch for in the Big Dance. [Fox Sports]
  • March Madness: A five minute guide. [CSM]
  • Dan Wetzel also says the Tournament is wide-open. [Rivals]
  • Under-the-radar March Madness NBA prospects. [Slam Online]

    NCAA Tournament Breakdowns and Predictions

  • Predicting the first 32 games. [Bleacher Report]
  • Dick Vitale's NCAA Tournament predictions. [ESPN]
  • March Madness bracket predictions. [Midwest Sports Fan]
  • Preview of the East (Kentucky #1 seed). [Sports Illustrated]
  • Preview of the West (Syracuse #1 seed). [Sports Illustrated]
  • Preview of the South (Duke #1 seed). [Sports Illustrated]
  • Preview of the Midwest (Kansas #1 seed). [Sports Illustrated]
    Bracket breakdown: East. [ESPN]
  • Which ACC teams are poised for a run in the NCAA Tournament. [Bleacher Report]
  • Big East has staying power in the Big Dance. [New York Times]
  • Friday is the day to call in sick for Big Ten basketball fans. [Chicago Tribune]
  • Bracket breakdown: West. [ESPN]
  • Bracket breakdown: Midwest. [ESPN]
  • Bracket breakdown: South. [ESPN]
  • NCAA Tournament preview: West. [Big Lead]
  • NCAA Tournament preview: South. [Big Lead]
  • NCAA Tournament preview: Midwest. [Big Lead]
  • NCAA Tournament preview: East. [Big Lead]
  • Breaking down the 5-12 seed match-ups. [Midwest Sports Fans]
  • Celebrity picks for the NCAA Tournament. [Sports Illustrated]

    Funny

  • 10 ways to pick an NCAA bracket for the sports challeneged. [Ranker]
  • 15 celebrity look-alikes in the NCAA Tournament. [Bleacher]
  • The 65 craziest basketball fans. [Comedy]
  • The March Madness Flow-Chart. [Gunaxin]
  • Clark Kellogg renamed the Midwest Bracket the "Bang Bus" bracket for some reason. [Deadspin]
  • 40 of the funniest college player nicknames in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. [College Hoops Net]
  • The seven people in every NCAA Tournament pool. [Sports Pickle]
  • Eight things that always happen during March Madness. [Funny Crave]
  • The six people you will loose your bracket against. [Root Zoo]
  • Harry Smith's NCAA Tournament bracket is insanely dumb.
    
  • Kentucky Wildcat super-fan Ashley Judd has sweaty arm pits. [TPS]
  • This Funny or Die video is left over from last year, but still great to watch:
  • Man-Tasking. The only way to get through March Madness. [Intel]

    TV and Technology

  • 10 Must-have March Madness iPhone apps. [PC World]
  • How to watch March Madness live on your phone over Wi-Fi and 3G. [CNET]
  • CBS released T.V. pairings for the Big Dance. [Straight Pinkie]
  • A game-by-game announcing breakdown. [Awful Announcing]
  • More than half of NCAA hoops fans will watch March Madness online. [Web Pro News]
  • Why you NEED to use CBS's "BOSS Button" if you're watching March Madness in the office and on the job. [Big Money]
  • The Top 10 Reasons Why CBS is Back for March Madness. [Wall Street Cheat Sheet]
  • The 10 best blogs for following March Madness. [Blogs]
  • Top 5 ways to watch the NCAA Tournament at work. [Suite101]
  • A bracket-style tournament for Android phones. [Droided Up
  • A bracket for royalty. [New Adventures]
  • Another beer bracket tournament. [A Beer In Hand]
  • A romance book tournament. [Dabwaha]
    

    Notable, Interesting, Etc.

  • A fantastic and informative guide to the history of academic institutions in the NCAA Tournament. [Mental Floss]
  • The 5 types of people in your March Madness pool. [Ask Men]
  • 65 reasons to be excited for the 2010 NCAA tournament. [Aaron Torres]
  • 25 random March Madness facts. [Houston Press]
  • Why March Madness is better than the Super Bowl. [Philly.com]
  • March Madness could cost employers a combined $1.8 billion in productivity. [The Olympian]
  • March Madness causes college library use to drop. [Duke News]
  • Why the NCAA will expand the Tournament. Hint: It's about the money. [NY Times]
  • This is what a 96-team NCAA Tournament in 2010 would look like. [Washington Post]
  • What poetry and March Madness have in common. [Edward Byrne]
  • A financial break down of the Big Dance. [CNBC]
  • March Madness seeding may have a statistical bias. [Draft Day Suit]
  • Investment lessons from NCAA March Madness. [CBS MoneyWatch]
  • A strategy for skipping work on Thursday and Friday. [The Big Lead]
  • Ideas for bracket names. [Lesters Legends]
  • March Madness tailgating, "Fear the Turtle" edition. [Tailgating Ideas]
  • How to March Madness like a man. [Sharapova's Thigh]
  • The walkability of campuses in the NCAA tournament. [NRDC]
  • A math breakdown of the biggest rivalries in college basketball. [Asylum]
  • Does March Madness help or hurt productivity? [Fox News]
  • This is what March Madness looked like in the 1940s. [A Stern Warning]
  • The most profitable NCAA Tournament teams. [CNBC]
  • Should graduation rates affect March Madness bids? [US News and World Reports]
  • Payscale's NCAA Tournament bracket based on the average salary graduates of each institution will be making after graduation. [Payscale]
    

    Miscellaneous March Madness Tournaments

  • 8 online March Madness tournaments that have nothing to do with basketball. [Mental_floss]
  • March Madness Sneaker Tournament bracket. [Sneaker News]
  • The 2010 Muppet Madness Tournament. [Muppet Cast]
  • Techland's March Madness Super Villain Tournament. [Techland]
  • March Madness bracket of fictional characters. [Suvudu]
  • March Madness bracket for NASCAR. [All Left Turns]
  • March Madness tournament of best cover songs. [Glide Magazine]
  • A guide to March Madness poker tournaments. [Poker Works]
  • How much do you know about high profile March Madness schools? Take the quiz! [Mental Floss]
  • Evil movie villains March Madness bracket. [Humor District]
  • A challenge to develop a predictive analytics formula to predict March Madness. [Smell the data]
  • The best shows on Hulu March Madness tournament bracket. [Hulu]
  • A March Madness bracket tournament for the best pizzerias in America. [Serious Eats]
  • The GQ March Madness Style Bracket. [GQ]
  • This is what the 2010 World Cup would look like if it was organized like the NCAA Tournament. [
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