Choose Your Own Cinderella: Picking the Right Team to Pull the Tournament Upset

The NCAA tournament brackets have been released and now you sit in your office/breakroom/home trying to fill yours out. Not only do you want to pick the Final Four correctly, but you want to be the smart one that picks that big first round upset. There will be a ton of people who pick the eventual champion ... but rare is the man or woman who correctly picks VCU to beat Duke. If you can't win your office's bracket pool, the next best thing is getting that upset pick correct.

You probably haven't even seen any of these underdogs play. So what are you looking for? Click the link that describes how you want to pick your Cinderella:

1. Pay attention to the front of the jerseys. Sometimes, certain teams can just get it done. Whether it is their coach, or system, or conference they play in ... sometimes certain schools just stand out.

2. Pay attention to the back of the jersey. Forget the school. If they were really that good, they'd be a household name every season. Sometimes it is just a player or group of players that stand out. Remember Davidson's Stephen Curry nearly beating Maryland by himself last year? That is what you are looking for. That guy.

3. Be a bit silly. Some people just like the name of the school ... or the mascot ... or something other than any real basketball related reason. You end up being correct more than the rest of us.

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Head Coach Bruce Pearl speaks to his team and Tennessee fans after watching the NCAA selections at Thompson Boling Arena on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

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Bruce Pearl discusses NCAA selections with assistant coach Jason Shay during the NCAA selections at Thompson Boling Arena on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

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Bruce Pearl and his daughter Leah watch the NCAA selections at Thompson Boling Arena, along with Tennessee team members and Athletic Director Mike Hamilton, left, Sunday, March 16, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

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Tom O'Connor, chair of the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament committee, addresses the media in a teleconference call following the bracket announcements in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)

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Tom O'Connor, chair of the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament committee, addresses the media in a teleconference call following the bracket announcements in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)

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Tom O'Connor, chair of the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament committee, addresses the media in a teleconference call following the bracket announcements in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)

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South Alabama basketball players Daon Merritt, leaping on left, Brandon Davis, center, and DeAndre Coleman celebrate after being awarded an at-large bid to the NCAA Mens National Basketball Tournament on Sunday March 16, 2008 at the South Alabama Student Center. South Alabama will played Butler in the first round in Birmingham on Friday. (AP Photo/Press-Register, Chip English)

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Members of the Georgia basketball team react when their NCAA tournament bracket position is announced following their 66-57 win over Arkansas in the 2008 Southeastern Conference basketball tournament championship game at Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Sunday, March 16, 2008. Georgia will face Xavier. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

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Drake University players Adam Emmenecker, left, and Bill Eaddy react as they watch the NCAA basketball tournament selection show, Sunday, March 16, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. Drake, the Missouri Valley Conference champions, will play Western Kentucky in the West Region on Friday in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Georgia guard Sundiata Gaines (2) holds up the MVP trophy after defeating Arkansas 66-57 for the Southeastern Conference basketball Championship at Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Gaines, was named MVP of the tournament. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

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