![]() We publish an initial bracket at the beginning which is used to compare against other brackets completed before the tournament begins, but then we create separately a continuously updated bracket which makes predictions incorporating the latest results for each new round. “With upsets, brackets change, but that’s our bread and butter. “We update the model dynamically with each round because in sports predictions, we can’t expect to be right on every individual game,” says Walter Sun, a partner data scientist and development manager for Bing, which has made predictions on big events such as the Academy Awards as well as other sports moments such as the pro football playoffs and championship. And even if your brackets are already a bust, it can still be fun to see what’s ahead, because Bing takes in every result and revises its model in a dynamic bracket. While upsets are supposed to be surprising, Bing correctly picked four of them opening weekend, including Arkansas-Little Rock over Purdue, Gonzaga beating Seton Hall and VCU winning against Oregon State. But unlike the roughly 25 percent of the country who chose the Spartans to win the semifinal and final, Bing predicted they would not win a game in the final weekend. (Ultimately, Bing got 73 percent of its March Madness picks right in 2015 to ascend to the top 30 percent of all brackets.) While Bing Predicts – like many around the country – chose Michigan State to make it to the Final Four, three of its finalists are still in the tournament, which is good news for those who made the same picks, as the field continues to dwindle. 4 Louisville.March Madness: Breaker of hearts and brackets all over the U.S., is also a wellspring of eternal hope.Īs the 2016 NCAA Men’s Division basketball tournament progresses, favorites fall, underdogs triumph and family, friends and co-workers share in every unexpected twist and turn – especially as the round of Sweet 16 begins Thursday, March 24.īing, the official bracketologist of the tournament as a partner of the NCAA, is now 33-15 in its predictions, which is close to its record at this point last year, 35-13. Lauren Cox, Flower Mound (Texas) – Baylor – After pounding their first two opponents, the top seed in the Oklahoma City Regionals faces No. 5 Ohio State in the Lexington Regional.Ĭrystal Dangerfield, Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) – Connecticut – The defending champions and winners of 109 consecutive games face No. ![]() 3 Maryland in the Bridgeport Regional.Įrin Boley, Elizabethtown (Ky.) and Jackie Young (Princeton, Ind.) – Notre Dame – The Fighting Irish are the No. 10 Ducks are in the Sweet 16 for the first time and play No. Here are the players, their high school, their college and their matchup:ĪLL-USA Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu, Miramonte (Orinda, Calif.) – Oregon – The No. Three of the players were high school juniors last season so they are not in college yet. That includes all five members of the first team. Nine of the 15 players selected for the 2015-16 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls Basketball Teams are in action this weekend in the NCAA Women’s Tournament’s Sweet 16. Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) was the ALL-USA Player of the Year last season (Photo: Joe Nicholson)
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