Category Archives: March Madness

A Hybrid Solution to Seeding the NCAA Tournament – update

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Monte

Last year, I proposed a hybrid solution to seeding the NCAA Tournament, combining the aspiration to both reward strong resumes and maintain the integrity of the bracket–that is, actually giving higher seeds the better draw. That post was lacking in … Continue reading →

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A Hybrid Solution to Seeding the NCAA Tournament

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Monte

I’m on record many times as being in favor of a purely objective selection criteria. However, when it comes to seeding, things are a bit trickier. While selection is a purely binary process–you’re either in or you’re out–all teams are … Continue reading →

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The Case for Objective Selection

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Monte

Every year around this time, the 350+ Division I basketball teams wrap up their regular seasons and–save for the 32 conference champions who receive automatic bids–leave their fates in the hands of the aptly-named Selection Committee. Later today, this committee … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2019 – All Tournaments

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Monte

All conference tournament predictions are now in. You can follow along with this year’s contest by using this google spreadsheet link: predictions. TeamRankings currently holds a commanding lead and is trying to win their 3rd Conference Tournament Predictions Contest. Final … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2019 – Early Tournaments

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Monte

I’m once again tracking conference tournament predictions between my own system, KenPom, and TeamRankings. I discuss the scoring system in this post, but essentially for each team result that actually happens (e.g. Loyola wins the MVC, Indiana loses in the 2nd … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournaments 2018 – Final Results

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Monte

Before I get to this year’s predictions, I realized I never posted last year’s final results, but my predictions did pull out the victory, narrowly holding off a strong TeamRankings run. KenPom finished 3rd. That gives two victories apiece for … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2018 – Early Results

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Monte

As I’ve done for most of the last few seasons (I missed 2014 for some reason), I’m tracking conference tournament predictions between Ken Pomeroy, Team Rankings, and myself. In the previous 4 years I’ve tracked, Team Rankings has 2 victories … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2017 – Late Tournaments

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Monte

Last week, I posted the predictions for the 13 early tournaments. Now the other 19 (that’s right, the Ivy League has joined the party) tournaments are set and most are underway, so I’ve updated the Google spreadsheet with all the … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2017 – Early Tournaments and the Cinderella Index

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Monte

Thirteen of the conference tournaments kick off early and are all under way. With the lone exception of the America East tournament, they will conclude early as well beginning with the Ohio Valley on Saturday and ending with the Patriot league title on … Continue reading →

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Grading the Selection Committee’s In-Season Preview

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Monte

Today, the NCAA Selection Committee put out their first ever in-season preview, releasing the current top 16 if the season were to end today. Let’s see how they did. First, here is their s-curve alongside my own Achievement Rankings, ESPN’s … Continue reading →

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