Methodology explained earlier.
Update:
- Correct predictions are in green.
- Incorrect predictions are in red.
- (!) marks upsets correctly predicted.
- (*) marks upsets predicted but did not take place.
- (x) marks actual upsets not predicted.
Dayton mini-bracket
|
Monmouth (2003) |
Hampton |
Hampton (1978) |
Atlanta bracket
|
Duke (2004) |
Duke |
George (*) Washington |
George Washington |
George Washington |
... |
|
Geo. Washington (1988) |
George Washington |
UNC-Wilmington (2003) |
|
Syracuse (2004) |
Syracuse (x) |
Syracuse |
... |
|
LSU (2005) |
LSU |
... |
|
West Virginia (1995) |
West Virginia |
West Virginia |
West Virginia |
Southern Illinois (2001) |
|
Iowa (2003) |
Iowa (x) |
... |
|
California (2003) |
California (x) |
California |
NC State (2005) |
|
Texas (2006) |
Texas |
... |
Oakland bracket
|
Memphis (2001) |
Memphis |
Arkansas |
Kansas |
Kansas |
... |
|
Arkansas (1997) |
Arkansas (x) |
Bucknell (2004) |
|
Pittsburgh (1996) |
Pittsburgh |
Kansas |
... |
|
Kansas (1995) |
Kansas (x) |
... |
|
Indiana (2003) |
San Diego St. (*) |
San Diego St. |
Marquette |
San Diego St. (1996) |
|
Gonzaga (1998) |
Gonzaga |
... |
|
Marquette (1995) |
Marquette (x) |
Marquette |
Alabama (2003) |
|
UCLA (1997) |
UCLA |
... |
Washington, D.C. bracket
|
Connecticut (1996) |
Connecticut |
Connecticut |
Connecticut |
Seton Hall |
... |
|
Kentucky (2001) |
Kentucky |
UAB (2002) |
|
Washington (2004) |
Washington |
Washington (!) |
... |
|
Illinois (2005) |
Illinois |
... |
|
Michigan State (2003) |
George Mason (!) |
George Mason (!) |
Seton Hall |
George Mason (1996) |
|
North Carolina (2000) |
North Carolina |
... |
|
Wichita State (1999) |
Seton Hall (*) |
Seton Hall |
Seton Hall (1995) |
|
Tennessee (2004) |
Tennessee |
... |
Minneapolis bracket
|
Villanova (1988) |
Villanova |
Villanova |
Villanova |
Villanova |
... |
|
Arizona (1997) |
Arizona |
Wisconsin (2004) |
|
Nevada (2005) |
Nevada (x) |
Boston College |
... |
|
Boston College (1996) |
Boston College |
... |
|
Oklahoma (1994) |
Oklahoma (x) |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
UW-Milwaukee (2003) |
|
Florida (2003) |
Florida |
... |
|
Georgetown (2001) |
Northern Iowa (*) |
Northern Iowa |
Northern Iowa (1995) |
|
Ohio State (2002) |
Ohio State |
... |
Finals
|
George Washington (1988) |
George Washington |
George Washington |
Kansas (1995) |
|
Seton Hall (1995) |
Villanova |
Villanova (1988) |
As I noted yesterday, the final will be very close, with George Washington University edging out Villanova by two months, 1988.08.01 to 1988.10.05.
Other people have come up with their own systems. The person a few doors down from me chose an algorithm that can be captured in three words: "Shorter name wins". But my favorite is somebody whose highly scientific method is "The team that pays its basketball coach more."
Shortest name wins is too simple for my tastes. Here’s my idea:
Convert the name into the numbers (using ASCII or EBCIDIC character sets, or some Unicode thing if you want) and divide that number by the number of letters in the name. This averages out the number of letters in the name.
Now, pick one side to be less than 0 and the other to be more than 0. On the side less than 0, the lowest average will win. On the other side, the highest average will win. Now you have one team that has won by lowest average number and the other that has won by highest. Recompute the average of the two teams after first adding 1 for every capitol letter to the number of letters. Team closest to the original average wins.
It’s kinda like master browser elections… The results don’t really matter (to the average user) unless you’re the unfortunate guy who’s system was made the master browser on a busy network.
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Write the name of each college as an ASCII string and consider this as a (large) integer.
For each matchup…
1) If the two integers are relatively prime, the one with the smallest prime factor wins.
2) If the two integers have a greatest common factor, divide each of the them by this greatest common factor. Then the quotients will be relatively prime… the quotient with the smallest prime factor wins.