How to Win Your March Madness Bracket Pool with Adam Levitan, Jack Miller, and Jason Lisk (Episode 534)
March Madness pools are a strategy game. Adam Levitan, Jack Miller, and Jason Lisk discuss how to beat this year's brackets.
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
- Bracket pools 101
- Leveraging win probability
- Adjusting for pool size
- Shout out Penn State
- Lots more
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