This year I am posting composite rankings that combine several of the Markov chain based rankings I’ve worked on over the years. I do so by wrapping a Markov chain around the rankings to identify …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings: Final 2017 rankings
Here are my final men’s college basketball rankings. These are final after all games have been finished. I posted the full ranking under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. I’m happy to say that Wisconsin has …
The math behind March Madness
On March 14, 2017 I gave a talk about bracketology, March Madness, and the College Football Playoff in the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The talk was recorded and can be viewed …
Tips for picking a winning bracket from Badger Bracketology
These tips for winning your March Madness bracket pool is reblogged from Punk Rock Operations Research. 1 Ignore RPI, use math based rankings instead to take strength of schedule into account. Ken Massey has a rankings …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings on Selection Sunday, March 12, 2017
Here are my Selection Sunday rankings. These are final after all games have been finished. I posted the full ranking under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. I’m happy to say that Wisconsin has re-entered the …
Badger bracketology will be talking about March Madness on March 14!
I will be talking about bracketology, March Madness, and the College Football Playoff on Tuesday, March 14 at 7:30 pm in the H.F. Deluca Forum in the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, March 6, 2017
Here are this week’s rankings. The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. 1 Gonzaga 2 Villanova 3 UCLA 4 Wichita St 5 Kansas 6 Kentucky 7 SMU 8 Cincinnati 9 Purdue 10 North …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, February 27, 2017
Here are this week’s rankings. The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. 1 Gonzaga 2 Villanova 3 UCLA 4 Kansas 5 North Carolina 6 Oregon 7 Wichita St 8 Kentucky 9 Arizona 10 …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, February 20, 2017
Here are this week’s rankings. The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. Gonzaga Villanova UCLA Kansas SMU Arizona North Carolina Purdue Oregon Kentucky Cincinnati Wichita St St Marys CA Florida Duke West Virginia …
NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, February 13, 2017
Here are this week’s rankings. The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab. Gonzaga Villanova UCLA Kansas SMU Arizona Florida St Cincinnati Baylor Kentucky North Carolina Purdue Wichita St West Virginia Oregon St Marys …