Bracket Breakdown

So how did we do? Here's a breakdown of ours' and some other notable brackets using some data from The Bracket Project Blog and our scoring system (QPI).

	Teams Picked Correctly	Seeded Exactly	Seeded Within One	Parrish Score	Paymon Score	QPI
The Quest	64	29	55	148	305	51
B1011	64	35	52	151	314	48
Palm2	64	34	54	152	314	50
BP3	64	31	57	152	311	51
CBS4	64	31	56	151	310	50
ESPN5	64	30	55	149	307	50
FOX6	65	31	52	148	309	55
SI7	64	29	53	146	303	57
Yahoo8	64	23	55	142	293	57

(1 = Bracketology 101, 2= Jerry Palm, 3 = The Bracket Project, 4 = CBS Sports, 5 = ESPN's Bracketology, 6 = Fox Sports, 7 = Sports Illustrated, 8 = Yahoo! Sports)

Overall, we performed well against those who either have this as a part of their occupation or take it far more seriously than we did. What's interesting is the difference in scores. Our Parrish and Paymon scores would indicate that our bracket would be comparable to the FOX and Sports Illustrated brackets. However our QPI shows that our bracket is clearly much better. Take a look at this data and decide for yourself.

	Picked Correctly	Seeded Exactly	Off by 1	Off by 2	Off by 3	Off by 4	Off by 2 or more
The Quest	64	29	26	7	2	0	9
B1011	64	35	17	11	1	0	12
Palm2	64	34	20	7	3	0	10
BP3	64	31	26	4	2	1	7
CBS4	64	31	25	6	1	1	8
ESPN5	64	30	25	8	1	0	9
FOX6	65	31	21	7	4	2	13
SI7	64	29	24	7	4	0	11
Yahoo8	64	23	32	8	1	0	9

According to this data, I feel our bracket compares best to that of ESPN and I think this shows that the QPI is a better measure than the other scoring systems.

For our first real attempt at bracketology, I'm happy with our results.

Final Bracket

Here's our final bracket prediction for the 2009 Tournament. The star denotes a team is an automatic qualifier.

 

Rank	Seed	Team
1	1	North Carolina
2	1	Louisville*
3	1	Pittsburgh
4	1	Memphis*
5	2	Connecticut
6	2	Duke*
7	2	Michigan State
8	2	Oklahoma
9	3	Kansas
10	3	Missouri*
11	3	Villanova
12	3	Wake Forest
13	4	Syracuse
14	4	Washington
15	4	Florida State
16	4	Purdue*
17	5	Gonzaga*
18	5	Clemson
19	5	Xavier
20	5	UCLA
21	6	West Virginia
22	6	Illinois
23	6	LSU
24	6	Arizona State
25	7	Tennessee
26	7	California
27	7	Marquette
28	7	Ohio State
29	8	Utah*
30	8	Texas
31	8	Oklahoma State
32	8	BYU
33	9	Butler
34	9	Minnesota
35	9	Dayton
36	9	Texas A&M
37	10	Boston College
38	10	Wisconsin
39	10	Michigan
40	10	Utah State*
41	11	Maryland
42	11	USC*
43	11	Temple*
44	11	Siena*
45	12	San Diego State
46	12	Mississippi State*
47	12	Northern Iowa*
48	12	VCU*
49	13	Western Kentucky*
50	13	Cleveland State*
51	13	North Dakota State*
52	13	Akron*
53	14	Binghamton*
54	14	American*
55	14	Stephen F. Austin*
56	14	Portland State*
57	15	East Tennessee State*
58	15	Robert Morris*
59	15	Radford*
60	15	Morgan State*
61	16	Cornell*
62	16	Cal State Northridge*
63	16	Morehead State*
64	16	Chattanooga*
65	16	Alabama State*

 

Last Four In: Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, San Diego State

Last Four Out: Arizona, Florida, Penn State, Creighton

Next Four Out: UNLV, South Carolina, Miami, Saint Mary's

 

Bracket 3/15 Pre-Conference Finals

Here's our bracket before the conference tournaments finish today. The star denotes a team is an automatic qualifier.

 

Rank	Seed	Team
1	1	North Carolina
2	1	Louisville*
3	1	Pittsburgh
4	1	Memphis*
5	2	Connecticut
6	2	Duke
7	2	Michigan State
8	2	Oklahoma
9	3	Kansas
10	3	Missouri*
11	3	Villanova
12	3	Wake Forest
13	4	Syracuse
14	4	Washington
15	4	Florida State
16	4	Gonzaga*
17	5	Purdue
18	5	Clemson
19	5	Xavier
20	5	UCLA
21	6	West Virginia
22	6	Illinois
23	6	LSU
24	6	Arizona State
25	7	Tennessee
26	7	California
27	7	Marquette
28	7	Ohio State
29	8	Utah*
30	8	Texas
31	8	Oklahoma State
32	8	BYU
33	9	Butler
34	9	Minnesota
35	9	Dayton
36	9	Texas A&M
37	10	Boston College
38	10	Wisconsin
39	10	Maryland
40	10	Utah State*
41	11	Michigan
42	11	San Diego State
43	11	Arizona
44	11	USC*
45	12	Temple*
46	12	Siena*
47	12	UNI*
48	12	VCU*
49	13	Western Kentucky*
50	13	Cleveland State*
51	13	North Dakota State*
52	13	Akron*
53	14	Binghamton*
54	14	American*
55	14	Stephen F. Austin
56	14	Portland State*
57	15	East Tennessee State*
58	15	Robert Morris*
59	15	Radford*
60	15	Morgan State*
61	16	Cornell*
62	16	Cal State Northridge*
63	16	Morehead State*
64	16	Chattanooga*
65	16	Alabama State*

 

Last Four In: Maryland, Michigan, San Diego State, Arizona

Last Four Out: Florida, Penn State, Creighton, UNLV

Next Four Out: South Carolina, Miami, Saint Mary's, New Mexico