Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Playin' the Odds

Below are a few tips I've picked up along the way for filling in your brackets...

The 14, 15 and 16 seeds lose in the first round 95% of the time.  So, you have a 5% chance of looking like a genius if you pick one of these huge underdogs or a 95% chance of looking like a fool.

75% of the time the higher seed wins when the two teams are separated by 4 or more seed spots.

The 9 seeds quite often beat the 8 seeds in the first round.

Many cinderellas come out of the 12 seed to beat the 5 seed in the first round or the 11 seed to beat the 6 seed or in some cases the 13 seed beating the 4 seed.

All four number one seeds never reach the Final Four together.

On average, two of the four number one seeds reach the Final Four - see Tourney History.

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