Sweet 16

Here is this year's Sweet 16 ( along with the previous two years ) and how I ranked them.  Interestingly enough, each year's rankings are similar. 2008 Sweet 16 8 of my top ten are in 3 of the 11 - 20 teams are in 2 of the 21 - 30 teams are in 2 of the 31 - 40 teams are in 1 ( #46 ) got in, but that is an anomoly 2007 Sweet 16 6 of my top ten are in 4 of the 11 - 20 teams are in 2 of the 21 - 30 teams are in 4 of the 31 - 40 teams are in 2006 Sweet 16 6 of my top ten are in 3 of the 11 - 20 teams are in 3 of the 21 - 30 teams are in 4 of the 31 - 40 teams are in

San Antonio Practice

The Ags practiced in San Antonio today.  About 1000 fans showed up to get a glimpse of the boys.  Today is going to be quite a day.

My Bracket

My Bracket as it stands right now.

I'm considering Pittsburgh over Memphis though and I'm not convinced I should have Duke winning it all at this point.

Dayna's cousin, Heather, is pulling hard for Drake this year.  If A&M is able to get past UCLA, we'll have chance to play them in the Sweet 16.  That would be cool.  Drake has a very good team this year.

Karas Criterion

Dayna always gets a kick out of me this time of year as I spend hours on perfecting "my formula" for picking the winner of the NCAA Basketball Championship.  One day, I tell her, it's all going to pay off!!!  Each year I learn something new from gathering all my statistics and punching my numbers into the spreadsheet.  I have several years worth of data now to peruse as I tweak the information and gently modify the formula each year.

Based on years of advanced calculations now ( hehehe ), here is what I can share with you.

Over the last three years, the Karas Criterion breakdown has consistently provided this information about the Sweet 16...

6 of the Criterion top 10 have advanced to the Sweet 16

3 of the 11 - 20 teams have advanced to the Sweet 16

3 of the 21 - 20 teams have advanced to the Sweet 16

4 of the 31 - 40 teams have advanced to the Sweet 16

Never pick a team ranked below 40 to make it to the Sweet 16.

So, here is where things stand with the Criterion just one day before Selection Sunday.

Four days until Selection Sunday!!!

Here's how the formula is shaping up so far...

Karas Criterion