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March 22, 2007
Playing the Percentages: Sweet Sixteen Thursday
Only 15 games left, and the MRI is still proving to be a fair indicator of teams that deserve to be playing for the National Title. Not only that, the MRI is also proving itself well, in its prediction of that other tournament, the NIT, having hit over 75% of the games until this point.
Updated statistics for the tournament so far:
1st Round: 25 for 32 overall, 2 for 6 upsets
2nd Round so far: 11 for 16 overall, 1 for 2 upsets (Only 1 off the expected value of wins - 12)
Tournament overall: 36 for 48, 75%
How does the MRI see Thursday looking? Let's go to the numbers.
West Region:
(4) Southern Illinois vs. (1) Kansas: Kansas - 91.88%
(3) Pittsburgh vs. (2) UCLA: UCLA - 50.83%
South Region
(3) Texas A&M vs. (2) Memphis: Memphis - 70.74%
(5) Tennessee vs. (1) Ohio State: Ohio State - 78.71%
MRI's expected wins for Thursday: 3 wins
Enjoy the Games!
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 by bmiraski at March 22, 2007 8:00 AM
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