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It is never too early to start thinking about what teams you expect to put in your brackets. While watching college basketball during these last weeks of the season, start thinking about who you expect to see in the playoffs. Of course, most of your friends, family, or co-workers are going to be watching the same games.

If you want a leg up on the tournament bracket competition, you'll need to go a step further. Take the time to watch some ESPN highlights of teams you're not as familiar with and read up on their stats.

You might even consider subscribing to ESPN Full Court, if you have DIRECTV. ESPN Full Court will give you college basketball almost every night of the week (as many as 30 games a week). Not only will ESPN Full Court give you a leg up on your March Madness brackets, it will let you track your favorite teams and players while they fight it out for March Madness seeds and conference titles.

As you get closer to the big tournament, you need to prepare how exactly it is that you're going to watch March Madness. Will you be watching the games primarily away from your home? Are you going to host viewing parties for your friends? Do you want to watch the games in High Definition? Do you want to be able to track several games at once? Making a game plan here is the best way to maximize your enjoyment of the post season match-ups.

If you're going to be watching most of the games at home, or intend on hosting events and you have DIRECTV, you might consider the Mega March Madness package. This particular package offers several cool features. First of all, you get what is called "Game Mix."

The Mega March Madness Game Mix allows you to watch up to 4 games all at once, all while keeping up to speed with other games via the NCAA tournament scoreboard.

If you are watching just one game you will receive real-time scores, as well as live updates of the other games being played. In addition, Mega March Madness allows you to make your own bracket picks, store them, and then track how your picks are doing as the tournament goes on.

The best part about Mega March Madness is that it is all broadcast in High Definition. If you have cable, you will need to check the listings for your local marketing area and determine which games you will receive.

Once you get within two weeks of the start of the tournaments, it is time to make the last of your March Madness preparations. You'll want to invite your friends now so that they can get the date on their calendar. When you do, make sure you let them know that the games will be playing in HD, and that you've got constant score and highlight updates. You'll want to start thinking about snacks, whether you want to have everyone grab a bag of chips, or whether you'd like to prepare some appetizers. If you spend enough effort preparing for March Madness, you are guaranteed to enjoy the tournament even more than ever.