2012 NCAA Tournament Picks: Computer Rankings
2012 NCAA Tournament Picks:
South | West | East | Midwest | Final Four 2012 NCAA Tournament Home
2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Breakdowns:
East | West | Midwest | South
2012 NCAA Tournament Resources:
Computer Rankings
2012 NCAA Tournament: Computer Rankings
If you've been following my NCAA Tournament Picks for a while, you know that I like to eliminate teams that can't win on the road, have freshman point guards, etc. You also may have noticed that I haven't updated my info pages this year.
The reason for this? I asked a math whiz friend of mine to construct a formula that incorporated everything I looked for in the NCAA Tournament. I just had to plug all of the numbers in, and Excel spit out the results.
Below are the computer rankings that I used for my NCAA Tournament picks. The fields I looked at were: offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency, coaching history in the tournament, number of conference blowout victories, point differential, freshmen point guards, road victories, success in the final 10 games, strength of schedule, and other miscellaneous things like whether a team has only one scorer or a major injury. These attributes are all weighted based on importance.
Obviously, the closer the number is to zero, the better the team is:
2012 NCAA Tournament Picks:
South | West | East | Midwest | Final Four 2012 NCAA Tournament Home
2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Breakdowns:
East | West | Midwest | South
2012 NCAA Tournament Resources:
Computer Rankings
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Kevin
03-18-2012
01:26 am
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Guess you know where Norfolk St. is now don't you?
wow
03-16-2012
08:59 pm
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way to not pick Norfolk State
waltsucks
03-15-2012
09:33 pm
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Great pick on the Shockers!!!!
Ben
03-14-2012
04:32 pm
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Pointing out Iowa State's recent woes and using it as ammo to pick UConn huh? Apparently you forgot that UConn is 8-12 since Jan. 1. Nice research.
Spenser
03-14-2012
03:38 pm
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Kentucky has a better offense than UNC? lol not a chance. they won by 1 @ Rupp. UK gets atleast a 6 point home court advantage. also UNC wins that game if Henson doesnt miss two wide open dunks. revenge is a factor in that game and UNC has been waiting 4 months to see UK again. what happened last time they lost by 1 to a top team (Duke)? they SMASHED them. UNC 75, UK 70.
C Rhodes
03-14-2012
12:09 pm
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Will you update your thoughts on the elite 8 matchup? Vandy vs OSU
CJ
03-14-2012
06:05 am
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Walt seems to be analyzing the coaches quite a bit, in the UNC/KU match-up in particular. That game will be in St. Louis, and essentially be a home game for Kansas. I asked Walt about this:
CJ: So Walt, what about the actual players in the potential Kansas/North Carolina match-up? Walt (doing his best Harry Caray impression): Trust me Norm, they won't be a factor!
Some Guy
03-14-2012
01:52 am
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I will say though(about Kentucky) that they are the most talented team in the Tourney.
Some Guy
03-14-2012
01:51 am
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I don't see Kentucky winning the National Championship, I don't really trust a team with that much inexperience to go all the way. I can easily see them losing to Wichita State.
Basketball writer
03-13-2012
11:52 pm
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I think Walter has a good east bracket, but his one slip up was putting Ohio st beating Vandy. Vandy is the most underrated team in the tourney. Meanwhile Ohio st is the most underrated team in the tourney. Vandy peaking at the right time. I think the Dores have a chance to raise a banner in Nashville this year. What are you guys thoughts on this?
Wow
03-13-2012
05:46 pm
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Love the originality in this bracket. 3 #1s and a #2, way to completely mail in your picks this year.
Jacob
03-13-2012
02:34 pm
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Umm, Florida State beat UNC with Henson in the lineup...by 33!!!! So them beating UNC without Henson by 3 is that big of a deal? Hmmmm something's not right.
Brad
03-13-2012
12:12 pm
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The South and West are ridiculously lopsided. The 1, 2, and 3 seeds on that side are all better than any of the 1, 2, and 3's from the East and Midwesst. Much like Walter, my left side is by the numbers while the right side of my bracket has all sorts of upsets.
Last year I went with my instincts over Walter's and it paid off, but his picks seem spot on this year.
Ian
03-13-2012
10:52 am
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I like how he says Baylor will "choke" losing to the number 1 team in the tourney.
Andrew
03-12-2012
11:49 pm
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Hey 'cuse is actually probably overlooked by many, they lost only two games, one without their big man and one that produced a zone defense last minute and made every single three they took. Other than that, this year unlike others they closed out all their games. I think the only thing stopping them is themselves
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