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Filling out a winning bracket. im big on the 9-8 match-ups, the 11-5s. what do you do? >> he goes like this. >> 9s beat 8s more than 8s beat 9s even though theyre seeded opposite. and 16s never beat 1s. dont ever have a 16 beat a 1. and 12 usually always beats a 5 at some point or in most years during these tournaments. so those are numbers to have. and during your final four, you want one or two of the one seeds in your final four. overwhelming majority of the time, at least one or two one seed...

>> tonights selection sunday. i will be looking forward to your brackets. im looking for the guy that knows nothing about college basketball. >> that would be me. >> if you want to get in all the march madness, which we will do, you can test your bracket skills. we have victor and the official ncaa march madness bracket challenge game. good luck to you. you are going to do fine against us. go to cnn.com/bracket. >> last place last year. yeah. last year, last place. yes. the big story this weeken...

Millions in coming back for his senior season and youre footing the bill, any reimbursement plan? >> he says he calls me coach mac unless hes asking for a few bucks. ill probably send him a bill at some point in time. >> if you really want to go out on a limb, you can test your bracket skills against mine in the official ncaa march madness bracket challenge game. i laugh, you know why. go to cnn.com/bracket and join the group to see if you can pick the bracket better than me. well be right back....

All right. so i have to ask you, do you think indiana will do well this year in the tournament? full disclosure, i went to iu and they made me a little poster here. i have my own fat head. because high heads all fat and the body is actually thin. they put it on head actual size, bed not so much. carol, back to you. go hoosiers! >> carlos ddiaz, thanks. im sure youre ready for march madness, but you can test your bracket skills in our official challenge game. go to cnn.com/bracket, see if you can...

$2.5 billion wagered each year on the ncaa tournament and most of that is illegal betting. it is tolerated largely because it is in the form of low stakes office pools. there are a million methods. you can pour overall the data you want to. you can look into trends. you can look into match ups between coaches, players, schools, conferences, and you can employ the which mascot would win in a fight method if you like. i have always thought if notre dame is in the tournament i am hesitant to pick a...

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Schools, conferences, you can employ which mascot would win in a fight method. i thought if notre dame is in the tournament im hesitant to pick against them on st. patricks day. does that matter? i dont know. my advice, dont think too much about it, go with your gut and have fun. >> and for all you college basketball fans as ncaa march madness kicks off this weekend test your bracket skills against cnn anchors, go to cnn.com/brackets and see if you can pick the brackets better than our cnn ancho...

Samsung has flashy features but the important thing with all of this, how well is it executed? and how well can people use it. and thats one of apples big strengths is that their products are easy to use and they usually work as advertised. i think whatever apple does next, they just need to make sure that it works as advertised and its potentially going to be as flashy as what samsung showed off last night. >> i think thats great advice. cristina warren, senior tech analyst for mashup. are yo...

houstons daughter, hear bobbi kristina in her own words, this hour on cnn. hello, everyone. im don lemon. thank you for joining us. were going to start with this, the sun is rising over afghanistan, the day american soldiers could face the fury. a killing took place in kandahar province, considered the spiritual birthplace of the taliban. the suspect is a u.s. army soldier. he left his forward operating base early sunday morning and traveled to the villages where the murders took pla...

interviews whitney houstons daughter, bobbi christina. we are going to start with this. the sun is rising over afghanistan on a day when american troops could face the wrath of fury over an alleged massacre. u.s. officials say the suspect is a u.s. army soldier. he left his forward operating base early sunday morning and travelled to the villages where the murders took place. afghanistans president says nine victims were children, three women and four were men. says the gunman is an ...