{"57465":{"#nid":"57465","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NCAA Brackets: Win Your March Madness Pool","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECBSmoneywatch.com\u003C\/em\u003E - March 15, 2010\u003Cbr \/\u003EThose probability models are where the really mathy folks have made their mark on this process. These guys rate teams according to scoreboard data: wins and losses, home court advantage, opponents\u0027 strength, and in some cases, margin of victory. Two of the most popular, which Poologic incorporates, are Jeff Sagarin\u0027s and Joel Sokol\u0027s. Sagarin, an M.I.T. grad, has been publishing ratings in various sports in USA Today since 1985, and you can see his college basketball picks here. Sokol, a Georgia Tech professor, makes his calculations based on a different formula, LRMC, which stands for logistic regression and Markov Chain. Sokol says he\u0027s analyzed data from 10 years of NCAA tournaments and \u0022it\u0027s statistically significant that our system predicts more winners.\u0022 Play around with that function, marvel at the brainpower behind them, and choose what you like.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/moneywatch.bnet.com\/economic-news\/article\/ncaa-brackets-how-to-win-your-march-madness-pool\/403055\/?tag=main;related-link-0\u0022\u003ERead more\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2010-03-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:22","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}