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Could this be the year of the perfect bracket?
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:15 pm
Obv 3 factors ruin brackets. Second(first) Round upsets by 12-15 seeds. Higher seeds 7-14 advancing to Sweet 16. Higher seeds 4-12 making final 4.
This year it looks like the gap between 5-12 4-13 3-14 2-15 look very large. Gap of 4+ seeds making Final 4 is very large. Sweet 16 is only question mark. On paper of course.
Just my opinion. I'm sure many will disagree.
This year it looks like the gap between 5-12 4-13 3-14 2-15 look very large. Gap of 4+ seeds making Final 4 is very large. Sweet 16 is only question mark. On paper of course.
Just my opinion. I'm sure many will disagree.
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Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:17 pm to Lsubaseball2000
Simple answer: no
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:17 pm to Lsubaseball2000
I still cannot fathom how impossible it is to get a perfect bracket. I want it to happen so badly.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:18 pm to Lsubaseball2000
Google just told me the odds are one in over nine quintillion of completing a perfect bracket.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:19 pm to Lsubaseball2000
I guess you haven't heard. The odds of placing a perfect bracket are worse than being struck by lightning….twice.
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:21 pm to LSUzealot
Only 4 people had the 1st 2 rounds right last year. And That's every registered bracket online.
So out of like 100 billion
No one will never come close to a perfect bracket.
So out of like 100 billion
No one will never come close to a perfect bracket.
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:24 pm to LSUzealot
quote:
The odds of placing a perfect bracket are worse than being struck by lightning twice, while holding the winning powerball lottery ticket, hopping on one foot, while rubbing your belly to impress a hot naked super model
FIFY
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:25 pm to JW6
quote:
Only 4 people had the 1st 2 rounds right last year. And That's every registered bracket online.
So out of like 100 billion
No one will never come close to a perfect bracket.
and that is what makes the tournament so much fun to watch, it really is the best without question
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:26 pm to Lsubaseball2000
No, but I think there will be multiple perfect first rounds, just one last year and usually are none.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:35 pm to LSUzealot
People have been hit 3 times!!!
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:36 pm to ZZTIGERS
quote:There are 9.2 quintillion possibilities; therefore, the odds would be 1 in 9.2 quintillion if each game had a 50/50 however, the odds are much lower because some games (e.g., 1 vs. 16 seeds).
Google just told me the odds are one in over nine quintillion of completing a perfect bracket
Last year, a mathematician estimated that a knowledgeable basketball fan would have a 1 in 128 billion chance of winning. When you compare that to the 1 in 175 million odds of winning the Powerball, it really shows how infinitesimal the odds of a perfect bracket are.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:44 pm to JW6
quote:What makes it especially difficult is that the average odds of a game, should theoretically get closer to 50/50 with each successive round.
Only 4 people had the 1st 2 rounds right last year. And That's every registered bracket online.
So out of like 100 billion
No one will never come close to a perfect bracket.
For example (and I'm probably overestimating these odds), if a knowledgeable person has a 65% chance of picking a winner in the Sweet 16, a 60% chance of picking a winner in the Elite Eight, a 55% chance of picking a winner in the Final Four, and a 50% chance of picking a winner in the National Championship, that person would still have about a 0.06% chance of picking all the game from the Sweet Sixteen onward.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:52 pm to Lsubaseball2000
No, March Madness is the perfect combination where being able to handicap the sport well causes you to miss one or two absolutely random upsets and picking purely randomly means you are likely going to miss out anyways.
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