Bracketology
After the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, here are the standings:
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Note your humble scribe in 7th place. Moses has led right from the starting gate, and still has a decent chance of ultimate victory, but his chances fell a lot when the Longhorns couldn't quite pull out the win the other day.
You can look at your best possible finish here. Retain hope -- even Andrew Ivey, at #137, still has a statistical chance of victory, as do many others. A large majority of the top 75 current brackets still have a statistical chance of victory.
Update: If you wonder why so many folks have a chance, from this point forward there are 32,768 different possible bracket outcomes. After this weekend, there will only be 8.
Xmas:
My X Mas #2 bracket shows that I have to hope for Purdue and Kansas to win next round, and for Kansas to win it all. I'm hoping.
March 25, 2009, 8:15 amJim:
Both of my mortally wounded brackets have still managed to stay in the top 10, but with UCLA bowing out in round 2, winning it all is a very small chance.
March 25, 2009, 10:52 amsteep:
Thanks for doing this again coyote. Just like on the national scene, hope fades to despair. But, thanks to pickhoops, I've got a great statistical analysis of my despair.
March 25, 2009, 12:55 pmSteve Soon to be Famous:
50% chance of winning (assuming all outcomes are equally likely). Go Spartans...
... on the other hand...
Would I rather win this competition (which requires a Spartan victory), or deal with a bunch of obnoxious Spartan fans at work. What's the prize for winning again?
March 29, 2009, 8:46 pm