ncaa bracketology
, all the talk is about ‘brackets,’ which are really the structural backbone of the NCAA basketball tournament - not to mention thousands of office pools. [1]
Bracketology is the process of predicting the field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. [2]
On top of correctly predicting 64 of the 65 tournament teams in 2008, Bracketology 101 also became the first bracketology site to ever seed 40 teams exactly and 60 teams within one seed line of their actual seed. [3]
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For Lunardi, he was already gathering statistics and information in his role as Sports Information Director for Saint Joseph’s University and editor of the Blue Ribbon Yearbook on men’s college basketball, so it was not much more effort to predict the brackets. [2]
Our weekly Field of 65 and an analysis of each team will be featured on the college basketball page of FOXSports.com every Monday. [...] NSAwins.com is a premier NCAA Tournament betting resource for Expert March Madness Picks and Free March Madness Predictions, in addition to Printable NCAA Brackets, NCAA Tournament Betting Lines and Predictions for 2010 NCAA Tournament. [3]
Others are motivated at perceived flaws in other bracketologist’s predictions, such as putting too much (or too little) emphasis in the RPI, favoring lesser or major conferences, or failing to consider factors such as performance in the last few games. [2]
We went with Mississippi State over Florida because we can’t imagine the fourth best conference in the country getting just three bids. [3]
It incorporates some method of predicting what the NCAA Selection Committee will use as its Ratings Percentage Index in order to determine at-large (non-conference winning) teams to complete the field of 65 teams, and, to seed the field by ranking all teams from first through sixty-fifth. [1]
Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. [2]
ESPN ’s Joe Lunardi is the inventor of the term “bracketology”, starting first as the owner and editor of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and ending up with a gig as the resident bracketologist on ESPN. [1]
We think that any of our last three in (Virginia Tech, UTEP, Mississippi State) could get left out for either Utah State and Florida. [3]
… these brackets change daily as conference tournaments continue and teams automatically qualify for the tournament. [...] The difference between projected matchups and the differences between the “pods” selected in the first and second rounds are less important. [2]
Sources:
[1] Bracketology: Information from Answers.com
[2] Bracketology - Wikipedia
[3] Bracketology 101
[4] Men’s NCAA Basketball Bracketology - ESPN.com