Friday, March 14, 2008

Track the NCAA Basketball Tournament using Google


With all the hype over the NCAA Basketball tournament and March Madness fast approaching most viewers won't find it hard getting help filling out their brackets. All the major sports websites have online web based brackets ready and waiting for your office pool.

This yearly tradition has gotten so popular even Google has gotten into the act and now has a way to track all your favorite teams in their version called Basketball Bracket Battle. This feature can be created using the iGoogle gadget tool.

If you already have a Google Gmail account you can just add this gadget to your iGoogle desktop. Once you have added this gadget you can then create a bracket for yourself or even form a league with your friends or co-workers.

Once the NCAA Basketball Tournament starts you will be able to track all your chosen teams on the Basketball Bracket Battle gadget. As the tournament gets going you will also be able to see how you rank against your friends and co-workers brackets.

If you still want to print out your brackets as we did in the olden days check out Maddux Sports and print out a pdf file that you can just write in your team positions.