NCAA Tournament - Research Sites/Sharps
Curious as to what guys the MGoCommunity uses to handicap their brackets. I usually take a look at a few sharps on twitter, KenPom, 538.com, and the WSJ blind tourney pick 'em. Always looking for new sources of info. Thanks in advance.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
Doesn't matter how much knowledge you have, your bracket is gonna be busted.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
I will post our simulation results on Weds.
Edit: Make that Tuesday before 6 pm.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
Those are pretty much the same things I use too, but there is a new site that I have seen people reference on Twitter - thepowerrank.com
March 16th, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
I am in an elimination bracket - you must pick a winner each DAY and can only use each team once. So, only worried about moving on each day - and, yes, I appreciate that I am unlikely to win, but that's why its called gambling.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
Those are fun.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
It's either going to be a boring tournament or a great one depending on if someone can knock off Kentucky. I think they run the table.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
I've used Yahoo! in the past and, based on my early exits each year, I think I'm going to go with umbig11's simulation results this year.
How do I post an Excel spreadseet? I have the initial data.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
I used to care so much about March Madness, but for some reason I've lost the desire to care about it, especially when Michigan is out and Kansas has no shot. Still going to fill out a bracket. I use Philly godfather. The guy killed college football and basketball last few years. Knows his shit. Check him out.
March 16th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
I used to care so much about March Madness, but for some reason I've lost the desire to care about it, especially when Michigan is out and Kansas has no shot.
This was a great day!
March 16th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
Like, needles and scalpels?
March 16th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
WSJ blind pick is always fun...however, I had us losing the first game of the tournament two years ago. I am glad I went with my better judgement and had them beating Lousiville in the finals.
March 16th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
and those are based on whether they like the mascot names, for instance if we have any livestock with those names or of that species. of course some favortie schools like michigan or northwestern and some heavily disfavored schools like ohio and state will be easy to pick.
not quite as scientific as kenpom and big 11's data package, but a lot more fun...
March 16th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
I needed some sources to work with!
March 16th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
Research is pointless beyond looking at which top seeds are dealing with significant injuries and eliminating those teams from consideration, and MAYBE also eliminating the handful of teams that you can seemingly count on pooping out early in the tournament annually. The tournament as a whole is a crapshoot, the round of 64 games always include several unpredictable results, and no amount of research would ever give you UConn over UK last year, or Wichita State, Michigan, and Syracuse in the FF the year before, etc.
Edit: Upon further consideration, it's probably also worthwhile to look at which teams are drastically underseeded or overseeded based on metrics.
March 16th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
basketballpredictions.blogspot.com is a pretty good one that I ran into last year via twitter. I also use Kenpom and 538.