Unlock the Secrets of March Madness with the Revolutionary Opta Analyst Predictor Bracket!
College hoops fans filling out a bracket expect to be able to complete it in one sitting sometime between Selection Sunday and the tip of the first games rather than coming back each round to make new selections based on matchups. To allow for this, our model uses the conditional probabilities of each team reaching each round based on their possible matchups to determine points.
The beauty of this scoring system is the likelihood of any team in the tournament â no matter how highly itâs seeded â goes down round by round. That means the available points for a correct pick will go up round by round. So, just as with your traditional pool with a set scoring system, youâll get more points for correctly picking a perennial power in the Final Four than correctly picking the same perennial power in the second round. Itâs just that youâll get far more points for correctly picking a bubble team in the Final Four than picking that perennial power.
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