Comments on: Misty about March

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:07:45 +0000

OMG, Davidson or George Mason, 2 teams in the past ten years. Math time! 65 x 10 = 650. 2/650 = about .003077. So about .3077% occurrence of this Cinderella run. Not a very significant number.

More math! 32 games in two days, 2 to 3 real upsets in that first round, so…we looking at about a 6 to 9% chance of people getting to laugh at fans of the traditional powerhouse teams.

Some final math! People talk about how exciting college basketball is…well think of it this way. there are 327 teams in D1 Ball, and 65 make the tourney, that is about a fifth. So we are only watching top fifth of the teams out there play 32 games in 2 days…there is bound to be some upsets, exciting games, etc. But there are also quite a few really crappy games.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:37:39 +0000

Tell your rant to Davidson or George Mason…

As for a D1 football playoff, it would be limited to 8, 12 or 16 teams at most. Each time would definitely have a shot at winning it all.

By: Randall

Randall — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:00:31 +0000

March madness is overrated, and is more a testimonial to betting pools than it is good sport. What’s so great about a 65-team tournament where at least 40 of the teams have no change in you-know-where of winning the thing?

The NCAA basketball tournament is exactly why I DON’T want an NCAA Div 1-A football playoff.