You Don't Moe What You're Missing: Dr. Brackets' 2025 NCAA Tourney Tips & Tricks

You're about to get to know Moe.
From cbbnextup's Instagram.

There's no reason for you to know Moe Odum. The only reason I know him is because the West Coast Conference basketball tournament's games aired two weeks ago in the stretch of time after my wife and I would put the kids to bed every night.

Moe Odum is a 6-foot-1 junior from the Bronx; he spent the last two years at Pacific and is currently the point guard for the Pepperdine Waves. He's good - 4th in Division I this year in assists per game, and he's the Waves' 2nd-leading scorer. But Pepperdine was not a good team this year. Prior to the WCC tournament, they went a nondescript 10-21 and finished 9th out of 11 teams in the WCC standings.

When I tuned in about 3/4ths of the way through their first WCC tournament game against the 8th seeded Portland Pilots, it looked like Moe and the Waves weren't long for the postseason. They trailed by 14 with 12 minutes to go in what had been a game that looked like two teams just playing out the string of their seasons.

And then Moe went supernova.

Just Gimme a Chance: Dr. Brackets' 2024 NCAA Tourney Tips & Tricks

 Late on Selection Sunday every year – after the bracket has been announced, after the kids have been put to bed – I like to turn on a couple of the big sports networks’ “bracketology” shows, where experts and former players interview coaches, talk about whether they agree with the selection committee’s decisions, and make their predictions on who will win each match-up in the tourney.

Now, I know these folks are working on coming up with info nuggets essentially on the fly since the bracket isn’t revealed until 5-6pm central time, and these shows typically start shortly after. It’s tough to basically wing it on live TV on these shows that have a lot of moving parts.

But to a large extent, college basketball followers have a pretty good idea of who ~60 of the 68 tournament teams will be at least a day in advance. And I am always blown away by the number of match-up predictions where the analysis offered up is almost literally something like, “I like Alabama, BUT GONZAGA HAS DREW TIMME, I’m going with the Zags.”

The Vibes Are Weird: Dr. Brackets' 2023 NCAA Tourney Tips & Tricks

 

This is a story all about how Brevin's life got flip-turned upside-down.
Courtesy of The US Sun.

The middle of March is here once again, which usually means spring has either arrived or is at the airport waiting to board its flight. Sunny days are on the way, and smiles are returning to the faces, right?

Well…kind of. The forecast for Minnesota the next two days matches the weirdness of the vibes of this NCAA men’s basketball season – the Dr. Brackets Homestead is under a winter storm watch until Friday morning. Let’s talk about how you can heat your home with the fire emanating from your accurate bracket and avoid wanting to use it as kindling in your fireplace!