College basketball may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but apparently up to 1 in 5 office workers will participate in some kind of March Madness pool. Chicago participants won’t have many local options. Only Illinois made it to the dance, but if they look regionally there’s plenty of powerhouse teams to chose from.

So before you start filling out your own bracket, Eight Forty-Eight asked Eamonn Brennan of ESPN’s College Nation Sports blog to give his breakdown.