A 13-year-old in Illinois. A 47-year-old English woman. A 70-year-old Vegas oddsmaker. At first blush, there isn’t much linking them. But last year, all three were among the most successful March Madness prognosticators. That’s where the similarities end. With methods ranging from gut instinct to computational learning theory, these three characters demonstrate just how wide […]
Many schools obtained a bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, but the vast majority of schools did not. I went to one of the latter. In keeping with the tradition of trolling the small schools that did in fact make it in, it’s time to play the game of Where The Hell […]
The Minnesota Lynx have dominated the WNBA this season, as they have much of the last half-decade. The team has reached the finals in five of the past six seasons, including this one. And since Cheryl Reeve was hired as head coach in 2009, the Lynx have won three WNBA titles. They entered this year’s […]
Syracuse trailed Virginia with 55 seconds left in the first half of its Elite Eight matchup with the No. 1 seed. After the Cavaliers converted a dunk to go up 11 points, Syracuse could have taken its time to try to take a good shot and cut UVA’s halftime lead to single digits. Instead, Michael […]
Syracuse trailed Virginia with 55 seconds left in the first half of its Elite Eight matchup with the No. 1 seed. After the Cavaliers converted a dunk to go up 11 points, Syracuse could have taken its time to try to take a good shot and cut UVA’s halftime lead to single digits. Instead, Michael […]
