That's very interesting. Thanks for posting all that.

Apr 15, 2019
7:59:31am

dilbert All-American

So basically the computer figured out that defense wins championships?

J/k 🙂

It's cool to see the patterns that emerged when you used ML to examine all the data.

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March Madness Machine Learning, the State of BYU Basketball and 2011 — long

Sircumference

4/15/19 7:44am

Cool project. And I agree with your assessment of the 2011 team, although

specsauce

4/15/19 7:53am

For sure

Sircumference

4/15/19 7:55am

You should run it again for last years bracket. UVA was knocked out in the first

specsauce

4/15/19 8:21am

Pace of play would be an interesting. It wouldn't know what to

Sircumference

4/15/19 8:33am

I figured. I’d be interested more in seeing what happens down the line in the

specsauce

4/15/19 8:46am

Yes, run it against a number of previous years.

Hill4Heisman

4/15/19 2:32pm

Time to hit Vegas. And no tithing on ill gotten gains. 😉

Trent

4/15/19 8:09am

Thats what I told my dad, drop out of school, just build sports algorithms

Sircumference

4/15/19 8:23am

You could just sell to those who do gamble, that way you're not technically...

Trent

4/15/19 9:22am

now that's funny

nwcat

4/15/19 9:27am

Jump through that honor code loop whole right there!! 🙂

Sircumference

4/15/19 10:33am

That's very interesting. Thanks for posting all that.

dilbert

4/15/19 7:59am

Gerry frickin McNamara.

d-coug

4/15/19 8:00am

I’d be curious to see your model’s results for previous brackets as well

Odysseus

4/15/19 8:10am

RE: I’d be curious to see your model’s results for previous brackets

Sircumference

4/15/19 8:25am

Excellent. Defense. Defense. Defense.

idacoug

4/15/19 8:13am

The problem is, a full-strength 2011 BYU team isn't a #3 seed. BYU would like have a been a #1 or #2 seed

SpiffCoug

4/15/19 8:42am

Re: defensive rebounds

nephicoug

4/15/19 8:51am

I liked your slideshow!

ThomasQKelly

4/15/19 9:28am

Wanna hit Vegas with me?

Coogar2

4/15/19 9:53am

lol

TAMUCoug

4/15/19 10:19am

One of the big differences between the NBA & College basketball is turnovers

CaliWG

4/15/19 10:20am

interesting that your model would have predicted byu over vcu since vcu was so

doubled1981

4/15/19 11:12am

i think his point was that in 2011 BYU's defense was exceptional

nwcat

4/15/19 11:19am

I agree, but I remember watching both teams and VCU's defense was

doubled1981

4/15/19 5:48pm

Apparantly I'm watching the power point with an Anonymous Aurochs

RoyalCoug99

4/15/19 12:26pm

I went into convulsions once you metioned McNamara. He still haunts my dreams.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/15/19 12:45pm

Thanks! we'll see what my professor says!

Sircumference

4/15/19 1:01pm

Send this to the athletic dept. Very interesting data.

Thrill

4/15/19 2:20pm

Can I use this to make my bracket next year?

puntersarepeople

4/15/19 2:37pm

that was the inspiration behind it, last year I lost to my 6 year old cousin

Sircumference

4/15/19 3:03pm

Wow. Get wrecked

puntersarepeople

4/15/19 3:17pm

Coolest project ever. Thanks for sharing!

DoneDirtCheap

4/15/19 3:49pm

I like the analysis. Good work!

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