Think picking all the top-seeded teams as the Final Four in your March Madness bracket is your best bet for winning the office pool? Think again.

For the average college basketball fan looking for an edge in a March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois expert in statistics and data analysis has some advice on how to pick winners: After the Sweet Sixteen round of play, ignore a team’s seeding, which is a statistically insignificant predictor of a team’s chances of winning.

By Scott Fowler, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Apr. 1--I've heard this a lot the past week: "This is the best NCAA tournament I've ever seen!" Have you heard it? Have you said it? Jim Nantz and Billy Packer have proclaimed it on air.

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By Kevin Tatum, The Philadelphia Inquirer Mar. 27--WASHINGTON -- The gray-suited security workers marshaled their forces in anticipation of a storming of the court yesterday at the Verizon Center.