NCAA tournament math: More than adding up ones, twos and threes
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 07:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Each March, the otherwise obscure field of "bracketology" becomes a premier discipline in the U.S. As pundits and fans debate the 68 teams that most deserve to participate in the NCAA Division I Men's basketball tournament, researchers have proposed a new method for placing the chosen teams into brackets that could lead to million-dollar savings on travel costs and even increase attendance.