March 25, 2011 – William M. Briggs

March Madness Tournament Analysis: Which Seed Has Best Chance Of Winning?

Most know what the structure of the March Madness basketball tournament looks like. I am not most; I had to look it up; what I don't know about college basketball…

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Anon. I believe you'll find they are the same. I did a little shorthand by first taking the absolute value…
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Errata: your moneyline formula should have (x - 100) in the denominator for -x.
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