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Peter Tiernan has been using stats to analyze March Madness for 22 years. He writes for CBSSports.com and has also contributed to ESPN.com and SI.com. His insights into the NCAA basketball tournament can help you build a better bracket.Sign-up questions? Click here.
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
PASE and SOAR: two key tourney performance metrics
If you’re new to Bracketscience.com, you may have come across these two acronyms and wondered what the heck I was talking about. PASE and SOAR are two measures of tourney performance—the latter measures the frequency that a team overperforms in … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Concepts
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Coach K may be winningest tourney coach, but Izzo top overachiever
If you started with the article that ranked coaches by record, you know that Mike Krzyzewski is the undisputed leader among both active coaches. But win/loss record and accomplishments are only part of the equation in assessing the tourney performance … Continue reading
Posted in Coach Ratings
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Younger teams better in dance since one-and-done rule
I’m going to write a series of blogs early this hoops season that examine the big trends in tourney performance over the last few years. My stats on the dance go all the way back to 1985, the first year … Continue reading
Posted in Tourney Trends
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Champ stats can help you narrow in on the tourney winner now
Here it is, Thanksgiving week 2012, just a week or so after the season’s tip off, and I’m thinking, “Why not pick my tourney champ now?” Sure, Selection Sunday might be four months away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Champ Credentials
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The best tourney coach by results
How do you judge whether your coach is a good or bad tourney performer? For most people, it’s all about the bottom line: how often have you won—and how deep into the dance have you gone. On that basis, it … Continue reading
Posted in Coach Ratings
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Welcome to the new Bracketscience!
Those of you who’ve been to Bracketscience in years past may wonder whether you’re in the right place. We’ve changed the look of the site dramatically and made it much friendlier for mobile devices and tablets. But the design isn’t … Continue reading
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