2008 UPDATE:

I’ve added the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain methods for 2008 here.

James Joyner points out this TNR post that is just in time for helping you with your last minute bracket picks. My favorite:

The Joe Biden method: Announce that you plan to fill out a bracket. Announce again. Then once more. Make an allusion to how the guy filling out his bracket next to you isn’t as dumb as people say. Remark on his gleaming smile. Note that he keeps his cubicle clean. Announce that you are planning to fill out a bracket.

I did find one method that Josh Benson missed — The Jack Bauer method:

• Have Chloe open up a socket to the NCAA selection committee computer and put the CTU analysts on it.
• Intimidate the others in your pool with lines like, “Trust me, you don’t want to go down this road with me,” and “You may think I can’t stick this whole towel down your throat… but believe me, I can.”
• Use a cigar guilliotine on a few select pinkies and before long those “other” teams will get the idea.
• Just pull the answers out of your man purse.
• When all else fails yell, “Dammit. I don’t have time to fill out this bracket!”

So who’s method are you using? Add yours in the comments or write a post and trackback to this one.

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UPDATE: Sister Toldjah uses the Disgruntled Blue Devil method to make her picks.