2014 Sweet Sixteen: Expect the Unexpected

March Madness

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has already given us our share of surprises. In some ways, however, the 2014 edition of March Madness has only been as upset-ridden as most other tournaments. Many fans are excited and surprised by this year’s Cinderella […]

2014 NCAA Tournament: Madness, Dayton Style

Dayton Flyers Basketball

Well, there won’t be any newly-minted billionaires from this year’s March Madness brackets. It took less than two days of madness to ensure that no entry would win the 2014 Quicken Loans perfect bracket contest. Happily, Quicken Loans will still pay […]

2014 NCAA Tournament: Opening Day Puts Madness Into March

Dayton - NCAA Tournament

The No. 11 seed Dayton Flyers had a lot to cheer about in their upset win over the No. 6 seed Ohio State Buckeyes. The very first game of the tournament saw more than 83 percent of brackets busted when the […]

2014 Bracketology: Don’t Follow The Sheep

NCAA Tournament

In a recent article, we discussed value picks for your 2014 March Madness brackets. As you complete your pool entries for the 2014 NCAA tournament, we also compiled a list of teams you should avoid — at least to go all […]

Bracketology: 2014 March Madness Value Picks in NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament - Final Four

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament selection committee has established the March Madness brackets, and we are all eagerly awaiting the madness to begin!  First, we have to pick our brackets in the hopes of winning our office pool — and […]

Bracketology: Dr. Suess’ Wackiness Hits March Madness

Syracuse at Virginia

Today, March 2, is Dr. Suess’ birthday, and the children’s book author’s version of “Wacky Wednesday” hit NCAA Men’s College Basketball this week. Theodor Suess Geissel, better known as Dr. Suess, was born on March 2, 1902 and passed away […]

Bracketology: Which Seeds Get To The Final Four?

NCAA Tournament and March Madness Brackets

Previously, we computed the odds of predicting a perfect bracket for the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. You have better odds of getting struck by lightning (at roughly 1,000,000 to 1) than picking a perfect bracket! Hopefully, some of our analyses will help […]

March Madness Game Theory: Teams to Watch

Creighton's Doug McDermott (3)

As the madness of March nears, we will review ways of improving your NCAA Men’s Basketball bracket pool chances. Earlier, I discussed the probability of picking a perfect March Madness bracket and winning a billion dollars from Warren Buffet in […]

What Are The Odds Of A Perfect NCAA Bracket?

NCAA Tournament

Now that the Super Bowl is over, March Madness will soon take center stage in the sports world. Indeed, March Madness already hit the news a few weeks ago with word of Warren Buffett backing Quicken Loans’ billion-dollar contest for a […]