Comments on: The Oracle of Brackets http://messymatters.com/2009/03/25/the-oracle-of-brackets/ Bring Your Own Data Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:50:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Perfect Bracket | Messy Matters http://messymatters.com/2009/03/25/the-oracle-of-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-15 The Perfect Bracket | Messy Matters Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:21:20 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=85#comment-15 [...] week I wrote about a “wisdom of crowds” strategy for picking my March Madness basketball bracket. [...] [...] week I wrote about a “wisdom of crowds” strategy for picking my March Madness basketball bracket. [...]

]]> By: Denzel Li http://messymatters.com/2009/03/25/the-oracle-of-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Denzel Li Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:14:05 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=85#comment-11 Most of models have tried to approach this by teams regular season, and conference tournament records using models like linear regression or page rank. Some of them predict OK result, while others not. I have never thought of the "Crowd strategy", which is a fun read. The bracket looks good too. But it is always hard to predict Cinderella teams, like Arizona gets into sweet 16. Hopefully, no more Cinderella or Upset in Midwest region.(You know whose fan I am). It will be interesting to see a model adapted to changes and most relevant infomation: new result, injuries, team chemistry, or integrated with information from multiple perspectives. Game time, have Fun! Denzel Li @ Louisville Most of models have tried to approach this by teams regular season, and conference tournament records using models like linear regression or page rank. Some of them predict OK result, while others not.

I have never thought of the “Crowd strategy”, which is a fun read. The bracket looks good too. But it is always hard to predict Cinderella teams, like Arizona gets into sweet 16. Hopefully, no more Cinderella or Upset in Midwest region.(You know whose fan I am).
It will be interesting to see a model adapted to changes and most relevant infomation: new result, injuries, team chemistry, or integrated with information from multiple perspectives.

Game time, have Fun!
Denzel Li @ Louisville

]]> By: Cong Yu http://messymatters.com/2009/03/25/the-oracle-of-brackets/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Cong Yu Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:37:04 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=85#comment-4 For the 'favorite team' approach, the semin-final and final can be determined by the AP ranking, which has Louisville beating UConn, UNC beating Pitt, and Louisville winning the championship. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1 For the ‘favorite team’ approach, the semin-final and final can be determined by the AP ranking, which has Louisville beating UConn, UNC beating Pitt, and Louisville winning the championship.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1

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