Monthly Archives: March 2019

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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