How does a psychologist pick her NCAA men’s basketball bracket? Let me count the ways….
First of all, as readers of my blog know, I follow college football a lot more carefully than other sports. I have a vague awareness of college basketball, but there are so many games at times when I am really, really busy that I simply just avoid the whole thing. But one of our college friends insists that I participate in his bracket contest, so I do my best.
Last year was moderately successful. Given the obvious expertise of the other members of the group, I felt accomplished to end up in the middle. I would have done better if I had followed my initial impulse to go with Davidson in honor of the Mungers, the authors of Cognitive Daily. Alas, I didn’t do that.
This year, I really seriously considered pasting the choices on the dart board we have in our garage and letting chance do its thing. Then I looked at MindTools’ Decision Making Techniques, and although these looked good, I quickly became annoyed with all of their pop-up text. I thought about reviewing the work of Mr. F’s former professor, Alan Rowe, on decision styles. But finally, lack of time and the large amount of work on my desk led me to simply pick as fast as I could without any particular strategy.
So let the fun begin!
