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A scientific approach to the perfect bracket

CLIFTON, Ohio (Perry Schaible) -- Selection Sunday is over, now it's time to fill out your bracket for the big NCAA Tournament. A lot of people have a lot of different philosophies on the best method. University of Cincinnati Professor Mike Magazine, who specializes in the science of building a bracket, teaches a three-week class on how to put together a winner. Magazine specializes in numbers, probabilities and statistics. He's the guy that may be able to help you win the top spot in your NCAA pool. The class meets three Saturdays during the spring semester, two before the tournament and one after. Magazine said, "What we see in the best teams is their ability to get to the foul line, to get offensive rebounds, to limit the number of turnovers they have and to shoot a high percentage. If you're going to concentrate on these kinds of things, don't really worry about what their seeds are. Alternatively you can say, hey seeds are the only thing that matters." The American gaming association estimates more than 70 million brackets on March Madness will be filled out this year. They say Americans will bet more than billion dollars this year. So what are the best picks? "The safe way is to go by seeds," Magazine said. "Don't pick early upsets, they're going to happen, but you can't predict early on what's going to happen." With a winning season, so far, is Kentucky the way to go? "You could say, look, everybody is going to have Kentucky winning this thing, I want to win, I have to have somebody beat them at some point. So having an upset later in the tournament is fine, but you just don't want to have it happen too early," Magazine said. Ross Heringhaus gets into a pool with his roommates and some friends. Heringhaus said, "I usually go by the numbers, but then if I feel a gut, a seven or eight pick, something like that, I usually go with the underdogs." No matter how you go about it, in the end, it's all about the game. "I usually do okay, but I rarely win," Magazine said. "I rarely win, but that's alright. Again, I'm a fan." Follow Perry Schaible on Twitter @Local12Perry (  / local12perry  , and LIKE her on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/1dpKmnD).