Friday, April 8, 2016

Math

Number of contestants who guessed half (or more) of the conference champions: 4 of 67 (6.0%): Harlan (18 of 32); M Wanger (17); Marshall (16); Crotty (16).

With four #1 seeds and two #2 seeds making the Elite Eight, number of contestants who got better than 5 Elite Eight teams: 1 of 67 (1.5%): Biebel 2 (6 of 8).
(Though 28 people got 5 of 8, meaning 43.3% of our entrants guessed more than half the Elite Eight correctly).

With a #1 seed and two #2 seeds in the Final Four, number of contestants who get better than half the Final Four teams; 1 of 67 (1.5%): Joe McAtee (3).
(Though 20 contestants got 2 of 4, meaning 31.3% of our entrants guessed half the Final Four (or better)).

Number of contestants who accurately predicted the national champion: 8 of 67 (11.9%): J Broder, Crotty, S Leach, J McAtee, M Peloso, K Ripley, L Schlegel, Selig.

On the other side:

Number of contestants whose correct conference champions numbered in single digits: 10 of 67 (14.9%): James Tharp (6); Jeff Butscher (6); Shawn Nocilla (8); Manny Pogach (9); Nancy Booth (9); Michael Anania (9); Jack Whiteside; Leo Leach (9); George Templeton (9); Jon Broder (9).

With four #1 seeds and two #2 seeds making the Elite Eight, number of contestants who got only two Elite Eight teams right: 3 of 67 (4.5%): J Whiteside, Grossman, Pogach
(and seven others got only 3 of 8: D Kedson, Do Dye, Sa Leach, Miller, T Cristinzio, J McAtee.

With a #1 seed and two #2 seeds in the Final Four, number of contestants who got zero (0) Final Four teams: 11 of 67 (16.4%): R Schlegel, Butscher, Templeton, Tharp, Fitch, Tester, Rybaltowski, Da Dye, Do Dye, D Kedson, Grossman.

Number of contestants who failed to accurately predicted the national champion: 59 of 67 (88.1%).

Special recognition goes to J McAtee, who chose only three of the Elite Eight but picked all three successfully into the Final Four.

Specialer recognition goes (of course) to Butscher who backed up his mind-boggling conference champion run by getting zero (0) Final Four teams, despite picking the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd most popular Final Four choices (Kansas, Michigan State, and Virginia) as well the 9th most popular pick (Maryland).

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