Friday, March 21, 2014

Wet Walk

Not a lot of tears yet!
Day One of March Madness is over!
My scorecard shows a respectable 12 wins and only 4 losses. Pretty good for a guy who followed the NCAA Basketball season just on the peripheral this past winter. However, the other evening as I was studying my choices and trying to determine the possible winner between THE Ohio State University and little University of Dayton, Elenka, who's lucky if she can determine the difference between a basketball and lacrosse stick, grabbed a bracket and vigorously filled in the blanks. I studied the wins and losses, a team's RPI and conference wins and losses and made my logical choices. As I said above, I'm happy with my opening 12-4 results. Well, until I saw Elenka's brackets. She selected teams on whether she had ever visited the city or state, and whether she enjoyed her visit. After the first 16 games, she's at 11-5, just one game off my pace.
Favorite cities?
Where's the scientific research here?
Maybe I should be crying.

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13 comments:

  1. RevrunnerMarch 21, 2014 at 6:28 AM

    Now let's just see how Elenka's method compares with President Obama's. :-)

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  2. ElenkaMarch 21, 2014 at 6:32 AM

    I rest my case.

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  3. SharonMarch 21, 2014 at 9:28 AM

    I like Elenka's method!

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  4. KateMarch 21, 2014 at 10:18 AM

    Face it, you cannot beat female intuition (or whatever it's called!).

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  5. LowellMarch 21, 2014 at 10:26 AM

    I know in general what you're talking about. Sort of. Perhaps you really are a little mad? Maybe? Ask Elenka.

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  6. MalyssMarch 21, 2014 at 2:56 PM

    Elenka is my kind of girl! :o)

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  7. Sharon CreechMarch 21, 2014 at 4:54 PM

    I'm with Elenka, and my results at same time = same! 11-5. We know how to roll.

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  8. Taken For GrantedMarch 21, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Just be happy that Elanka isn't 16-0 for her picks. How would that make you feel?

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  9. William KendallMarch 21, 2014 at 6:59 PM

    Since I don't follow the sport to begin with, I'd be inclined to employ the eenie meanie meinie moe method to fill out brackets.

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  10. MichelleMarch 21, 2014 at 9:22 PM

    I like Elenka's plan!

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  11. Bob CroweMarch 21, 2014 at 9:51 PM

    I don't really care about the tournament, I just root for St. Louis U. They don't get in all that often.

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  12. JackMarch 21, 2014 at 9:58 PM

    Who would pick Dayton over Ohio State? Or Harvard to win? And MERCER beating Duke today? Those who pick based on the names of the mascots or how cute the coach is usually do better than those who use mathematical regression models.

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  13. RandyMarch 21, 2014 at 10:22 PM

    My state is out so it's on to rooting for Arizona.

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