Hi Everyone,
This has been a tough day for all sports fans. Regardless of whether we may feel like the events of the past 24-48 hours were completely justified and necessary, a drastic over-reaction, or somewhere in-between, one thing is certain:
March Madness is not going to happen. That sucks, and we are all allowed to have both our own opinions and emotions about this topic. Personally, this all makes me tremendously sad.
But, that is not the topic of this post.
As you all know, I am a numbers guy. Numbers make me happy. I take comfort in numbers. So, here is what I am planning to do.
It is my annual traditional to perform my own bracketology leading up to Selection Sunday. I plan to do that again this year, and post the results Sunday night.
Last year, I developed a series of mathematical tools to analyze the brackets once they came out, and to make some predictions about the tournament. This year, I plan to do something similar early next week.
Finally, I certainly have the tools to simulate a potential tournament, round by round in "real time," to give us a feel for how it might have played out. I promise that you will like the final result
It is possible that this will just be a painful reminder of what we have lost. It is also possible that it will just be annoying and stupid. But, I am hoping that it will be a fun exercise that will be somewhat therapeutic and will give us all some closure. I, for one, am not ready to shut down my analysis of college basketball just yet.
So, stay tuned. I think this might just be fun.
This has been a tough day for all sports fans. Regardless of whether we may feel like the events of the past 24-48 hours were completely justified and necessary, a drastic over-reaction, or somewhere in-between, one thing is certain:
March Madness is not going to happen. That sucks, and we are all allowed to have both our own opinions and emotions about this topic. Personally, this all makes me tremendously sad.
But, that is not the topic of this post.
As you all know, I am a numbers guy. Numbers make me happy. I take comfort in numbers. So, here is what I am planning to do.
It is my annual traditional to perform my own bracketology leading up to Selection Sunday. I plan to do that again this year, and post the results Sunday night.
Last year, I developed a series of mathematical tools to analyze the brackets once they came out, and to make some predictions about the tournament. This year, I plan to do something similar early next week.
Finally, I certainly have the tools to simulate a potential tournament, round by round in "real time," to give us a feel for how it might have played out. I promise that you will like the final result
It is possible that this will just be a painful reminder of what we have lost. It is also possible that it will just be annoying and stupid. But, I am hoping that it will be a fun exercise that will be somewhat therapeutic and will give us all some closure. I, for one, am not ready to shut down my analysis of college basketball just yet.
So, stay tuned. I think this might just be fun.
