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Super Bowl Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

printable super bowl bracketIn recent years it has become popular to fill out a Super Bowl bracket not only in terms of betting for serious money but also in small scale office pools and more casual settings. Whether you are a serious football fan or a casual viewer then take note of these important hints to help you fill out your super bowl bracket.

Super Bowl Bracket: Ignore the Records

In terms of a Super Bowl bracket, records rarely mean anything. Of course if the team has only won three games and they are playing a team that has won nine there should be some consideration. Otherwise, however, the records are generally within a few games and it is important not to dwell on this statistic.

Super Bowl Bracket: Look at History

Some teams just play badly against other teams. Maybe it is a warm weather team playing in a cold weather stadium or maybe it is simply a rivalry, but either way be sure to take a look at the history of the teams playing one another to best make your predictions.

Super Bowl Bracket: Who is Home?

Arguably more than any other sport, football results are effected by which team is home and which is away. It is by no means a sure thing simply because a team is home, but if you are seriously torn between two teams and doubting a straightforward selection then go with the home team.

Super Bowl Bracket: Check Out the Spreads

Spreads often change right up until the day of the game and your Super Bowl bracket will likely already need to be complete. Keep an eye on them anyway as they can be helpful in getting a sense of what the world of football predicts. Spreads are meant for betting and a Super Bowl bracket is a form of betting so use them to your advantage.

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NFL Playoff Tree

December 28, 2012 /

nfl playoff tree printableIf you follow the NFL, might as well make it easy to keep up with the action by using this NFL playoff tree. Our tree is perfect for office pools and fantasy football. Using this professional football playoff sheet will help you keep track of all the hot action and may even make you an office hero.

Creating an NFL Playoff Tree

You’ll notice a bit of a difference between the NFL playoffs and other sports, so make sure you use this bracket if you are a football fan. In football, there are two conferences, the AFC and the NFC – each with four divisions.

The winning team from each division earns a spot in the playoffs, with two extra spaces reserved for the Wild Card teams. The two teams with the best record get what is known as a bye week, meaning they get some extra rest and do not have to play until the second round. The next two divisions winners take on the Wild Card teams to determine who moves on to the next round of play.

Using the NFL Playoff Tree

This free downloadable NFL playoff tree will help you track the playoff season and ensure you don’t miss a beat when it’s time to start keeping tabs on the postseason action. We’ve made this NFL Playoff tree free and easy to use. Simply download the bracket and you’re instantly ready to follow your favorite team to the end zone!

This form is also perfect for those planning to organize an NFL pool with friends or coworkers. Office pools are a great way to interact with coworkers and even get a friendly wager going for a bit of added motivation. No matter what you plan on doing with your form, our playoff tree will help you make sure you’re getting off on the right foot. Don’t let the postseason pass you buy, download our template for free today!

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NFL Playoff Brackets

December 28, 2012 /

printable nfl playoff bracketsThe 2013 NFL playoffs are upon us and this year’s NFL playoff brackets are ready to go. While the Super Bowl garners most of the attention from casual and heavy gamblers, some like to get a head start at the beginning of the postseason. You can easily run an NFL playoff brackets pool with one of our free sheets. You can also just keep track of your favorite players or teams throughout one of the most exciting times of the year. This is how the 2013 NFL playoff brackets will unfold:

NFL Playoff Brackets: Wild Card (Jan 5-6)

Eight teams will spar off over these two days in hopes of keeping their Super Bowl dreams alive. Upsets are always possible, if not probable, during Wild Card Weekend, especially over the last few years.

NFL Playoff Brackets: Divisional Playoffs (Jan 12-13)

Once a few names have been weeded out of the NFL playoffs brackets through the Wild Card portion, four teams will be left for the AFC and four teams for the NFC. The two leaders for both conferences will see action, having a bye week through the Wild Card games.

NFL Playoff Brackets: Conference Championship (Jan 20)

On January 20th, the NFL playoffs brackets will have narrowed down to a total of four teams, two per division. The winners of each of the four divisional playoff games will compete for the opportunity to win their conference and play on the grandest stage of them all.

NFL Playoff Brackets: Super Bowl XLVII (Feb 3)

By this point, the NFL playoffs brackets have all but fallen away and only two teams are left to compete for the crown of world champions. This year’s Super Bowl will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana.

All in all, there are many steps throughout the NFL playoff brackets that can take a shoe-in team and replace it with a Cinderella story no one could have anticipated.

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NBA Score Sheet

December 28, 2012 /

nba score sheet printable Ever since James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, players and fans have been keeping track of the stats using the tried and true method of keeping score. The National Basketball Association was founded in June of 1946. Fans have been following the game using a NBA score sheet for the 65 years since.

You can just take one look at an NBA score sheet from any game in history and get a feel for how that game played out. It’s not as popular as a Major League Baseball score sheet and it’s not as commonly reviewed as a National Football League box score, but to basketball fans there is nothing better than sitting down and going over a NBA score sheet.

History of the NBA Score Sheet

You can take a trip back in time and visualize how a game went down. You can be a part of a game that you weren’t even old enough to see.  For example, take a look at the NBA score sheet from a game that took place in Hershey, Pennsylvania on March the 2nd 1962. The Philadelphia Warriors lined up to play the New York Knicks. The starting lineup for the Warriors that day was Paul Arizin, Tom Meschery, Guy Rogers, Al Attles and a Hall of Fame center who went by the name Wilt Chamberlain.

In this historic game, the Knicks had two players score over 30 points. Cleveland Buckner, Willie Nauls and Richie Guerin led the Knicks to a very high score of 147 total points. However, this wasn’t the big story of the game. For the Philadelphia Warriors, Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain would set history by scoring exactly 100 points on the night. That is in the record book and will remain there forever. If you take one look at the NBA score sheet from that game then you will that his teammates helped out. Rogers, Arizin, Attles and Meschery dished out assists and pulled down rebounds to help Wilt make history.

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Basketball Tournament Brackets

December 28, 2012 /

printable basketball tournament bracketsEvery March, the basketball tournament brackets show up. They appear everywhere. You’ll find that basketball tournament pools take place in every office, sports bar, family gathering, school, locker room, man cave and nursing home. People who don’t even turn the TV to a basketball game try to win big by predicting the college basketball tournaments. They catch a bad case of March Madness and try to fill out the perfect basketball tournament brackets.

History of Basketball Tournament Brackets

The basketball tournament brackets for the annual NCAA tournament have changed over the years. In 2001, the NCAA added a play-in game for two teams that were considered the weakest of the field. This added an extra team to the normal field of 64. In 2011, more teams were added to the basketball tournament brackets. This rarely affects someone filling out their bracket, as these teams enter as the #16 seeded team and they have to play one of the four #1 seeds. History plays against these teams. No 16th seeded team has every beaten a #1 seeded team in the history of the NCAA tournament.

In your standard basketball pool, most points are earned in the selection of the final 16 teams. There is always a few upsets and underdog stories that highlight the news wire during these rounds. If your goal is to win a tournament pool, you’ll need to know who is going to be in the running on the final weekend. Almost everyone who has a chance to win a pool with their basketball tournament brackets has picked two or three of the final four teams.

When picking your final basketball tournament picks keep in mind the experience level of the teams and coaches. In most cases, the surprise teams that make the final group of 16 teams have either one stand out superstar player or are a group of seniors that have played together for some time.

NBA Basketball Tournament Brackets

Basketball tournament brackets aren’t just reserved for March Madness as the NBA also uses a bracket system. A total of 16 teams qualify for the NBA playoffs, with eight teams securing a spot from each conference. There are three best-of-seven series in each conference before the best-of-seven NBA Finals begins. Pools using NBA basketball tournament brackets are not as popular as March Madness, but more and more of them pop up each year.

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NBA Tournament Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

The NBA tournament bracket is one of the highlights of the sporting year in the United States. Each year, the 16 teams with the best record compiled over the course of an 82-game regular season compete against each other in a tournament to determine the NBA’s champion.

How the NBA tournament bracket works

The NBA tournament is a 16-team bracket comprised of the teams that won the most games through the course of the season. Teams are separated into two sections based on which conference they play in. They are seeded from #1 to #8, with the number-one team being the team with the most victories. The top team plays the lowest seeded team, the second seeded team faces the seventh seeded team, etc.printable nba tournament bracket

Format of the NBA tournament bracket

The first round of the NBA tournament bracket sees the teams play each other in a best-of-seven series; in other words, the first team to win four games wins the series. The first two games are played on the home court of the team with the better regular season record. The third and fourth games are played at the home court of the team with the inferior record.

All playoff series employ the best-of-seven format. There are plenty of times the team with the superior record is upset; these are the moments, known in the sports world as “Cinderella stories”, that often fuel fans’ interest in the multitude of games that take place and often play out over a course of nearly two months.

The NBA tournament bracket is the highlight, the culmination, of the entire NBA season.

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NBA Finals Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

printable nba finals bracketIt’s not common for a college sport to be the one that is a trendsetter compared with its professional counterpart. In the sport of basketball though, college basketball frequently draws a larger gambling interest during the winter, especially thanks to March Madness. Pro basketball fans didn’t want to miss out on the fun, so during the NBA playoffs, they have created NBA Finals bracket contests. These are more similar in structure to NFL bracket contests than college basketball due to the number of teams involved.

Entering an NBA Finals Bracket Contest

Typically when entering a NBA Finals bracket contest, you will have to pick the winners of each round of the playoffs. The Eastern and Western Conferences each have eight teams that qualify for the playoffs. This means there will be three rounds in an NBA Finals bracket contest before having to pick the NBA champion. When filling out a bracket for a NBA Finals bracket, each contestant will have to pick the winner of 15 playoff competitions. Most bracket contests require a tie breaker just in case multiple entries tie for first. Typically this is predicting how many games the championship series will last, and possibly the total points scored in the last game of the Finals.

Scoring a NBA Finals bracket contest is not nearly as complicated as some of the scoring systems used in the college equivalent of this bracket contest. Typically the winners picked in the first round are worth one point, winners in the second round worth two points, third round worth three and finals worth four. Some bracket contests will multiply those points by two or four to put a stronger emphasis on picking the winners in the last round. Whatever bracket contest that you enter for the NBA, the key is to avoid your finalists being knocked out early.

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College World Series Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

college world series bracket printable Each year the CWS determines the NCAA Division I baseball champion, but the College World Series bracket is one that has foiled many sports enthusiasts. This is likely because the College World Series bracket has just eight teams, but two double-elimination brackets. This sets it apart and can make it challenging to predict so here are some key tips.

Pick the Standouts

Always pick a team that has at least a few well-known individual players. Teamwork is always important but when it comes to baseball, but let’s face it, a team needs a few standouts to hit those home runs. Also be careful of teams that seem like they are on fire heading into the playoffs. It is often that these teams actually do not fare too well.

Ignore the College World Series Bracket Advice

Sportscasters are constantly doling out advice about your College World Series bracket, but be careful not to simply follow everything they say. While some of what they say is valid, take it with a grain of salt. This is especially important if you are in a College World Series bracket pool because others will likely listen to all the sportscasters.

College World Series Bracket: Choose an Upset

In terms of your College World Series bracket there are usually very few teams who would truly be an “upset”. However, it is generally clear which teams have a slight advantage over others. Be sure to always choose at least one of these teams filling out your bracket because chances are they will win at least once during the series.

Look at the Statistics

While we all know that statistics are not the most reliable tool on the planet, they are still worth a look when filling out your bracket. Check out teams’ past performances and compare them to past CWS statistics to make the best predictions.

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NCAA Baseball Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

If you enjoy baseball, the NCAA baseball bracket is a tournament that you cannot miss. Also known as the College World Series, the NCAA baseball bracket is a multi-formatted tournament made up of 64 teams.

NCAA Baseball Bracket Participants

A total of 64 NCAA baseball teams qualify for the tournament. Of these 64 teams, 28 are conference champions that acquire automatic berths and 36 teams that acquire “at-large” berths. A special selection committee of university administrators and coaches select the “at-large” berths in the NCAA baseball bracket by interpreting data available from the regular season.ncaa-baseball-bracket

Building the NCAA Baseball Bracket

Prior to the teams being selected for the tournament, universities of higher ranked teams send the NCAA an application to host the regional tournaments (first round). Of the applications received, 16 teams will be selected to host a regional tournament. The selection committee then takes the remaining 48 teams and places them in a regional bracket by considering factors such as rank, record, and locality to a hosting university. By the end of the bracket selection there will be 4 teams at each of the 16 regional sites.

Format of the Tournament

The Regionals or first round of the NCAA baseball bracket is played in a double-elimination format. These games pair the seeds 1v4 and 2v3 together. After the first set of games, the winners advance to play each other and losers play each other thus eliminating one team. This continues until there is one team remaining in each regional.

The Super Regionals or second round is a best-of-three series that matches up the 16 Regional winners into eight series. After this round is completed, eight teams will remain and head to Omaha for the College World Series.

The College World Series in Omaha is a double-elimination bracket played with eight teams. The format remains the same as the Regional format until there are two teams left in the NCAA baseball bracket. These final two teams will then play a best-of-three series for the national championship.

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NCAA Basketball Bracket

December 28, 2012 /

One of, if not the most exciting, playoff formats in sports is the NCAA basketball bracket. Also known as March Madness, the NCAA basketball bracket is a single-elimination tournament made up of 68 teams.

NCAA Basketball Bracket Participants

The 68 qualifying NCAA basketball teams in the tournament are constructed from 31 conference champions that receive automatic bids and 37 teams that receive “at-large” bids. The “at-large” bids selected for the NCAA basketball bracket are determined by a selection committee that reviews and analyzes the resumes of all potentially qualifying teams. After the 37 “at-large” teams have been selected, the selection committee then seeds the teams from 1-68.

BracketsThe 2013 NCAA Basketball Bracket

Brackets are broken down into four regions (example: South, Midwest, East, etc.). The teams are divided into regions by taking the first four seeds (1-4) as ranked by the selection committee and placing each of them in a region as the #1 seed. The next four seeds (5-8) are then added as a #2 seed to each region. This continues for each seed until the there are four automatic bids and four “at-large” bids remaining.

NCAA Basketball Bracket Format

The newest addition to the NCAA basketball bracket is the First Four games. These games pit the remaining four automatic bid teams against each other and the four “at-large” bid teams against each other. The winners of these games earn the right to play in the second round of the tournament.

The second round of the tournament features the remaining 64 teams. In this round, the seeds competing are laid out in traditional fashion of 1v16, 2v15, 3v14, etc. The 32 winners of the second round will then compete in the third round. This format continues through the Sweet 16, Elite 8, and Final Four round until the NCAA basketball bracket reaches the last two teams and compete for a national championship.

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