Comments on: BBR March Madness Pool 2010

By: jak poderwac dziewczyne

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By: Jared Ras

Jared Ras — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:17:05 +0000

Darn it! I meant to take West Virginia (a 2-seed) but picked BYU instead (ID #2). Just check that if I had WVU, my points would have added up to 100.

Oh well, maybe next year.

By: DSMok1

DSMok1 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:02:13 +0000

Congratulations, Ian! Good work!

I discovered after the tournament started that I had messed up the denominator of my correlated Gaussian equation, ending up with the underdogs over-powered. (It was a simple mistake, too--just a forgotten 1/sqrt(2) ). If I had that correct, I would have picked Ohio St. and Duke instead of BYU, Houston, ODU, Notre Dame, Oakland, UTEP, Florida, and Ohio. That would delete 3 wins from my total, but add back in 6 wins and Duke as a live team. That might have been enough to win... Oh well. Next year.

Corrected projections of teams I picked: 24 Actual: 23 + 1 live team
Projection of teams I should have picked: 24.5 Actual: 26 + 2 live

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:07:06 +0000

Cool, I'll get an A.D. post for you as soon as we're done with the All-Time Tournament (which will coincide with the end of the NCAA tourney).

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:18:24 +0000

Thanks, Neil! I got quite lucky that my simulations actually seemed to pay dividends! As for a subject of the blog, I'll go with my childhood hero, who I feel has long been unheralded by the masses, although I'll admit my bias. I'd love to see a blog dedicated to one Adrian Delano Dantley.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:42:54 +0000

Kudos for the win, I'm impressed that you identified Butler, West Virginia, and Tennessee/MSU -- that's 3 of the Final 4 right there. So, what topic do you want me to write about as your prize?

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:34:20 +0000

Wow. I actually won this thing! I wasn't expecting it. Thanks for hosting this, Neil, and thanks to Doug for managing all of the scoring!

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:04:05 +0000

NOTE: I realized yesterday that my program wasn't properly breaking ties. I fixed that and re-ran the standings page. So if you noticed a change in your probability between Sunday night and now, that's the reason.

By: AHL

AHL — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:26:50 +0000

4,7,8,17,18,23,32,35,36,43,49,60,61,65
gives 13 of the 16 remaining (minus Purdue, Baylor, and Syracuse), and 1 extra point from Ohio's win for 27 points and more =)

By: DSMok1

DSMok1 — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:57:10 +0000

I think Wisconsin's and Maryland's losses may have sunk me...