First, the contrarian strategy works best with a large gap between a team’s win probability and the fraction of brackets that pick them as champion. In 2019, the gap for Virginia was about 14%. From ...

One of the best sports weeks of the year is upon us, as many sports and non-sports fans will be researching how to win their family or office March Madness bracket pool. There is no better feeling ...

The Week 1 NFL schedule includes four more games where one team is favored by at least 5.5 points, and they all are likely to draw a lot of attention in NFL survivor pools. However, Week 1 upsets are ...

To maximize your odds to win a football pool or NFL pick'em contest in 2024, your pick strategy needs to go deeper than simply picking the most likely winner of each game. That approach will generally ...

Selection Sunday has come and gone, and the 68-team field is set as the First Four kicks off the beginning of the NCAA Tournament Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. It’s time to win your bracket office ...

Every March, millions of fans make their NCAA bracket picks, hoping to outsmart their friends and coworkers. But most watch ...

Several close calls had survivor pool players a bit nervous last week, especially when Dallas needed a long, late field goal to hold off the New York Giants. For Week 3, several look promising due to ...

Last week was an unfortunate one for a number of NFL survivor pool players who sided with the Packers in their road game against the Browns, and the Falcons against the Panthers. Cleveland scored 13 ...

The NFL landscape has become quite interesting in 2024. While the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings remain undefeated, there seems to be a shortage of definitive contenders this year. Injuries ...