Sports | March Madness How to Pick NCAA Brackets and Not Go Mad in March Don't let college basketball brackets control you By Sarah Quinn Posted Mar 16, 2009 1:03 PM CDT Copied Temple's Dionte Christmas is hugged by fans after Temple defeated Duquesne on March 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Obsessing over your NCAA tournament bracket? A time-management expert tells Esquire how to keep the March Madness time-suck under control. Admit you have a problem—possibly after someone tells you, "You really seem to be getting over-involved with this whole thing.” Cut back. Sure, "cutting it out completely might be too radical a step." Limit the amount of time you spend on your bracket. Replace your obsession with something else. Like, you know, work. Read These Next The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Major websites, apps affected by massive outage. Secret Service finds something strange pointed at Trump's plane. A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error