tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post114218193966063736..comments2024-01-27T06:41:13.204-05:00Comments on Bracketology 101: Bracketology 101's Final Field of 65Bracketology 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01277396896660963269noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142201180506837152006-03-12T17:06:00.000-05:002006-03-12T17:06:00.000-05:00well, jay bilas will cry like a baby is George Mas...well, jay bilas will cry like a baby is George Mason gets in over MichiganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142201091452047932006-03-12T17:04:00.000-05:002006-03-12T17:04:00.000-05:00There is only 1 thing I disagree with. I have Geo...There is only 1 thing I disagree with. I have George Mason in & Hofstra out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142199734109157692006-03-12T16:42:00.000-05:002006-03-12T16:42:00.000-05:00Can someone give me a definitive answer on this? ...Can someone give me a definitive answer on this? Clearly the odds of picking a perfect bracket are mathematically miniscule [See http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050316/news_1s16canepa.html]. However every explanation I've seen is based on if the games were tossups [http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56223.html] to demonstrate that the odds are next to nothing. <BR/><BR/>But a 1 seed has never lost to a 16. A 15 seed has only beaten a 2 seed a few times (1991, 1993, 1997, 2001). <BR/><BR/>What I would like to see is someone demonstrate the odds based on percentages (100% chance of 1 beating 16, maybe 98% chance of a 2 beating a 15, etc....all the way down to say a 53% chance an 8 beats a 9)? <BR/><BR/>Can anyone calculate fairer odds (or point me to a website where someone else has done that)?<BR/><BR/>I recognize that a perfect bracket is next to impossible, but I have a hard time believe someone sometime within our lifetimes isn't going to nail it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142199693638943042006-03-12T16:41:00.000-05:002006-03-12T16:41:00.000-05:00I like your field..but I have an eerie feeling tha...I like your field..but I have an eerie feeling that the selection committee will deliver one or two surprises. The mid-major effect with good RPI's or the Big East-effect with difficult scheduling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142198530505194912006-03-12T16:22:00.000-05:002006-03-12T16:22:00.000-05:00FSU has no chance of getting inFSU has no chance of getting inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142197854690265992006-03-12T16:10:00.000-05:002006-03-12T16:10:00.000-05:00you are wrong. FSU is in...100%you are wrong. FSU is in...100%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072987.post-1142197422930650732006-03-12T16:03:00.000-05:002006-03-12T16:03:00.000-05:00I agree 100% with your field.I agree 100% with your field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com