Amid the excitement of March Madness, the insatiable appetite by fans for these games continues to grow. Turner Sports has revealed that a record 54 million live video streams have been watched by fans during the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend. 11 million hours of which derived from its March Madness Live property. The uptick in […]
As the second day of the Elite 8 is upon us many traditional powers like Duke, Louisville, Michigan State and UCLA prepare to get one step closer to yet another Final Four appearance next weekend in Indianapolis. As all sports fans know, the difference between winning and losing a tournament game is razor thin and any edge you can achieve over your opponent is invaluable in the quest to stay alive in the single-elimination NCAA Tournament.
Big data and a March Madness bracket. Two distinctly, diametrically opposed conceptions–at least at first glance–that, now, invariably come together during this time of year. Searching these terms online leads to a plethora of results, ranging anything from gamblers, mathemagicians, or data scientists’ perspectives on predicting the Big Dance. The common action that users tend […]
The NCAA’s one-and-done tournament format allows little room for error. It’s not inconceivable for a lower seeded team to play out of its mind for 40 minutes and upset a more talented opponent. It’s also apparent that outside of the top few teams in each region, there’s not too much disparity between the rest of […]
March Madness is under way and after yesterday’s first round of games the majority of brackets are busted harder than most previous years due to a couple of 14 seeds winning. Inevitably, there were some controversial calls yesterday as there are bound to be with so many teams fighting hard to advance. To help the […]
