>>> THIS MORNING, COURT IS IN
SESSION BECAUSE MARCH MADNESS
FIELD IS SET AND AROUND HERE NO
ONE IS A BIGGER COLLEGE
BASKETBALL FAN THAN OUR MAN IN
KHAKI, NBC NEWS NATIONAL
POLITICALLY CORRESPONDENT STEVE
KORNACKI AND HE HAS TIPS TO MAKE
ALL YOUR BRACKET SWISHES COME
TRUE.
HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME
HERE.
>> I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE
COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
BUT ARE YOU LIKE THE REST OF US
WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING OUT THE
BRACKET?
OR DO YOU CRUNCH THE NUMBERS,
PUT THE EFFORT, IN.
>> STRATEGY.
>> IS THERE A STRATEGY TO IT?
>> I TRY TO CRUNCH AND NUMBERS
AND BE LOGICAL AND THEN I LET MY
HEART OVERALL MY HEAD AND ABOUT
TWO HOURS LATER REGRET EVERY
eEVERY DECISION ID MADE.
>> WITH IS LIKELIHOOD OF
SOMEBODY GOING ALL THE WAY WITH
THIS.
>> THIS IS THE MONDAY MORNING.
EVERYONE GETS THE PIECE OF
PAPER.
YOU FILL OUT.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS.
YOU HAVE BIG PRIZES OUT THERE
NOW.
SOME OFFER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IF YOU CAN GET A PERFECT
BRACKET.
HERE ARE THE ODDS.
THAT IS QUINN29.2 QUINN TILLION. >> YOU HAVE BETTER ODDS HITLEING
>> YOU HAVE BETTER ODDS HITLEING
HOLE IN ONE IN GOLF, 1 IN 12500.
THE POWERBALL, ABOUT 1/292
MILLION.
SO YOU HAVE TO PICK 63 GAMES
BASICALLY --
>> HAS IT EVER BEEN DONE? >> NO.
>> NO.
THERE ARE 63 GAMES OFF THE PICK.
LAST YEAR EVERY BRACKET ENTERED
WAS DEAD BY THE 28th GAME.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE ODDS.
WHAT ARE THE BRACKETS LIKE IN
BOTH MEN'S AND WOMENS.
>> THEY SEED THEM 1 THROUGH 16.
FOUR REGIONS.
LOOKING AT THE MEN'S TOURNAMENT
HERE.
GONZAGA IS THE NUMBER ONE
OVERALL SEED.
BAYLOR IS A 1 SEED.
DEFENDING CHAMP LAST YEAR.
ARIZONA.
1 SEEDs GO IN AS THE FAVORITES
AND THEN THE UPSETS TART TO
HAPPEN.
STANFORD THE DEFENDING CHAMPION.
ONE SEED SOUTH CAROLINA, MADE A
GREAT FINAL FOUR GAME LAST YEAR.
THE WOMEN'S GAME, UCONN, THEY
ARE THE 2 SEED BUT THE REGION
THINK PLAY IN IS GOING TO BE IN
CONNECTICUT.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF HOME
COURT ADVANTAGE FOR THEM TO GET
TO THE FINAL FOUR.
>> IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH WHEN YOU
ARE TRYING TO FILL OUT YOUR
BRACKET?
OR IS THERE ANY MORE STRATEGY.
LIKE DYLAN I JUST PICK KANSAS
EVERY YEAR.
>> NOT A BAD SEED.
THE 16 OVER THE 1 ALMOST
GUARANTEED NOT TO HAPPEN.
IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT.
THERE'S WITHIN ONE 16 SEED THAT
BEAT A 1.
THAT WAS MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE COUNTY OVER VIRGINIA.
FOUR YEARS AGO.
FAMOUS UPSET.
BUT LOOK AT THE 12 SEED AGAINST
THE 5 SEED.
THAT IS THE ONE.
MORE THAN 1 OUT OF EVERY THREE
TIMES YOU GET AN UPSET THERE.
SO THERE IS A BIG SPREAD BETWEEN
THE 12/5.
>> WHO IS THAT THIS YEAR.
>> UCONN.
ST. MARY'S, IOWA, HOUSTON.
LOOK OUT.
>> -- WESTERN PART OF IT?
>> YEAH.
THEY DO THIS SYSTEM AND CALL IT
THE POD SYSTEM.
UCONN WILL PLAY ITS FIRST TWO
GAMES F THEY PLAY TWO GAMES, IN
BUFFALO.
THEN THEY WOULD SEND THEM TO THE
WEST REGION FOR THE SWEET --
THEY TRY TO KEEP 'EM CLOSE TO
HOME.
THE CLOSER LOOK A LOCATIONS, THE
MORE CONFUSING.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING ALL
THE WAY.
>> MY ALMOST, ALMOST GUARANTEED
TO LOSE BRACKET.
I GO WITH MY HEART OVER MY HEAD
HERE.
I SO HAVE ONLY ONE 1 SEED MAKING
THE FINAL FOUR.
KANSAS.
OTHERWISE, I'M GETTING TEXAS
TECH RED RAIDERS, I LIKE THE WAY
THEY ARE PLAYING.
PURDUE I THINK IS DUE FOR A
BREAKTHROUGH.
VILLANOVA, I THINK THEY ARE
TOUGH.
AND I THINK VOEF, THIS WOULD BE
THE THIRD TIME IN SIX YEARS --
>> VILLANOVA, OKAY.
>> -- ALREADY FORGET WHO I HAVE
GOING ALL THE WAY.
>> RUTGERS A CHANCE HERE.
>> I KNOW.
THEY ARE ON THE CUSP RIGHT NOW.