model-madness Tag Posts Index

Model Madness 2020: Update, Conclusion

This post serves as a quick update to the Model Madness series as it is the last day of March and I wanted to give some closure to the series for the year. As many

Model Madness 2020: Remaining Tournaments

So, there are three more tournaments to cover before conference tournament season is fully started and the NCAA tournament gets sorted out. We're four days out from

Model Madness 2020: Major Conference + Wednesday Tournaments

Today is a huge day. We are covering nine different tournaments including several major tournaments. Since there's a lot to cover, let's get right into things! Big

Model Madness 2020: ACC, Tuesday Tournaments Preview

Today, we're covering the four tournaments that take place on Tuesday including the start of the ACC tournament, one of the major conferences that has multiple teams

Model Madness 2020: EDM "Contra" Model

Today, we will be covering our "fifth" model which is an extension of one the models from 2019 but with different goals and objectives. Since it partially

Model Madness 2020: Weekend Tournaments Preview

Today we're covering the tournaments set to start this weekend through the lens of the now four models we have at our disposal. As always, I'll talk about the teams

Model Madness 2020: Win Ratios Iterator Model

Today, we're going to cover the first new model developed for Model Madness 2020. Hopefully this model adds some much needed diversity to our model set that has

Model Madness 2020: Thursday Tournaments Preview

Today we're going to cover the Missouri Valley Conference and West Coast Conference tournaments that are starting on Thursday. In addition to analyzing the top teams

Model Madness 2020: Wednesday Tournaments Preview

Today, we going to preview the three conference tournaments that start on Wednesday using the models that were used yesterday. Same format as yesterday, so expect

Model Madness 2020: Tuesday Tournaments Preview

So, today we going to preview the four conference tournaments that start tomorrow through the lens of the different models we have. Of course, I'll share which teams

Model Madness 2020: Introduction

Last year, I faced impossible odds. I had a 1 in 9.2 quintillion shot of scoring myself a perfect bracket. And I fell miserably short. All four models I developed

Model Madness 2019: Final Four Update

This post serves as a brief update to show the latest results of the four models as the basketball tournament continues. Only four teams remain, so it is a good

Model Madness 2019: Sweet 16 Update

My quest for a prefect bracket ended after one game. All four models picked the wrong team for the first game of the day. Well, that was fun while it lasted. Of

Model Madness 2019: Chasing Perfection, The Road Ahead

So the whole goal of this project was to do one thing: chase perfection. The brackets have been filled out. Now all there is left to do is wait. I have decided to

Model Madness 2019 - The EDM Bracket (Part 2)

Today, we are continuing with the analysis of the NCAA Division 1 Tournament bracket through the lens of the Estimated Difference Model. This is a continuation of

Model Madness 2019 - The EDM Bracket (Part 1)

This week, I'm going to analyze the bracket from the perspective of my best model, the Estimated Difference Model (EDM). We'll go region by region, round by round,

Model Madness 2019 - Conference Championship Results, Simple Composite Model

Today is Selection Sunday. It is the most important day in college basketball and the day when we finally get a chance to look at the overall bracket and begin using

Model Madness 2019 - Estimated Difference Likelihood Model

There is less than a week until Selection Sunday when the group of 68 teams is finalized for this year's NCAA Division I college basketball championship. Which means

Model Madness 2019 - Margin Adjusted SPM

Now that we have a small collection of models, we can give one of them a little upgrade. Last time, I introduced the schedule plus-minus which looked at a team's

Model Madness 2019 - Schedule Plus-Minus

With the start of the Atlantic Sun conference earlier today, now starts the exciting part of March Madness. The games mean more and the teams which will be a part