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Playing the Percentages: Second Round Sunday
March 18, 2007 | By Benjamin Miraski
Saturday was a decent day for the MRI. We weren't perfect, but perfection wasn't expected. In fact, the expected value of wins for yesterday was just over 6 so we were on target with our predictions from that standpoint.
Updated statistics so far:
1st Round: 25 for 32 overall, 2 for 6 upsets
2nd Round so far: 6 for 8
Tournament overall: 31 for 40, 77.5%
How does Sunday's slate look? Let's go to the percentages.
Midwest Region:
(9) Purdue vs. (1) Florida: Florida - 85.97%
(11) Winthrop vs. (3) Oregon: Oregon - 70.65%
(7) UNLV vs. (2) Wisconsin: Wisconsin - 73.50%
West Region:
(9) Kentucky vs. (1) Kansas: Kansas - 85.97%
(5) Virginia Tech vs. (4) Southern Illinois: Virginia Tech - 54.41%
East Region:
(5) USC vs. (4) Texas: Texas - 73.50%
South Region:
(5) Tennessee vs. (4) Virginia: Tennessee - 70.65%
(7) Nevada vs. (2) Memphis: Memphis - 85.97%
Copyright 2007 by MRISports.com. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted March 18, 2007 9:00 AM
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