March Madness Betting and Handicapping Preparation Guide

These series of articles will allow the sports bettor, march madness enthusiast to prepare themselves for the upcoming March Madness basketball tournament. March madness offers plenty of betting opportunities and chances to make money if you are prepared going into it. The way to prepare is to get the proper tools to pick winners and if you start by printing out the bracket and just picking blindly you are going to be in for a long post season in the college basketball season.

• 2011 NCAA Tournament Schedule - Here are some key dates for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

• Sweet 16 Picks - The first half of the brackets was a wild ride! There were upsets all over the place and the favorite to win it all, Kansas was dumped by a Cinderella 9 seed. So what happens next? Does the tournament break down with some more upsets or do the top seeded teams rise to the occasion and start playing well? I am going to breakdown the Sweet Sixteen and cover the match ups, who I think will advance and who is the best bet in the sweet 16.

• Bracket Previews - The field of 65 teams was announced for the biggest tournament all year, the College Basketball March Madness Tournament! With so many different teams and so little time to prepare to fill out your bracket this preview and prediction will give you a cheat sheet to picking the winners!

- East Braket Prediction : Rounds 1 & 2 predictions posted

- West Bracket Prediction : Rounds 1 & 2 predictions posted

- MidWest Bracket Prediction : Rounds 1 & 2 predictions posted

- South Bracket Prediction : Rounds 1 & 2 predictions posted

• Team by Team Previews of the March Madness 64!

- #1 Seeds vs #16 Seeds

- #2 Seeds and #15 Seeds

- #4 Seeds and #13 Seeds

- #5 seeds and #12 seeds

- #8 Seeds vs #9 Seeds

• These series of articles will allow the sports bettor to prepare themselves for the upcoming March Madness season. It is always best for the sports bettor to prepare for March Madness weeks and even months before the season tips. The first article starts with preparing for the big dance by handicapping the conference tournaments.

- Tools that can help you pick out March Madness Winners

- Handicapping the Conference tournaments

• March Madness Preview - It’s insane to witness the degree that people are affected by the Big Dance, aka March Madness, aka the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. Every year 64 teams earn their way into the race to be number one. All teams are Division I contenders. The tournament is played throughout a three week period in March and April. The sixty-four teams represent four regions of the United States with sixteen teams each.