Here is an excerpt from our analysis of the Final Four of the 2011 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The championship factors and quant facts point to Connecticut and Butler advancing to the final. These predictions will count for our blog's official "quant fact" selections. We'll also clarify our quant fact prediction for the 2011 March Madness champion before Monday's Championship Game.
Read more here:
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/keeping-score-the-traits-of-a-winning-team/
In our book, “Who Will Win the Big Game? A Psychological and Mathematical Method,” we analyzed the championship games or series of the N.F.L., N.B.A., Major League Baseball and N.H.L., and the major finals in golf and tennis, to identify championship characteristics. Based on that research, we are again focusing on the factors that might help predict the winner of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. Last year’s analysis correctly predicted that Duke would win the championship, and that Butler would be a threat to Michigan State in the semifinals.
The championship factors and quant facts point to Connecticut and Butler advancing to the final. These predictions will count for our blog's official "quant fact" selections. We'll also clarify our quant fact prediction for the 2011 March Madness champion before Monday's Championship Game.
Read more here:
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/keeping-score-the-traits-of-a-winning-team/
