Blindfold Bracket?

[Tailg8er]

For the past 4 or 5 years the Wall Street Journal had a 'blindfold' bracket you could fill out online. They took off team names & ranked them on various stats, & showed you who you picked to win each game at the end.

It doesn't look like they're doing it this year, but does anyone know of anything similar somewhere else? It wasn't extremely accurate, but it was still fun to do.

 

[azhuth09]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

 

[ameslurker]

I filled a bracket out on ESPN where I flipped a coin for every game. Here come national champs LSU!

 

[cmjh10]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

I like this so much more than last years

 

[cmjh10]

Have NMSU beating Kansas first round. LOL

Also have UNI losing to Kentucky.....

 

[Thomasrickj]

I have Northern Iowa winning it all. Most of my parameters were offensively oriented and they pick Northern Iowa? That makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Tony]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

Interesting, mine has Kentucky, Arizona, UNI and ISU playing in the final four... with UNI winning it all.

 

[cmjh10]

I have Northern Iowa winning it all. Most of my parameters were offensively oriented and they pick Northern Iowa? That makes absolutely no sense.

UNI is fairly efficient on offense. Just because they slow it down, doesnt mean they are bad offensively.

 

[ameslurker]

Kentucky, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Gonzaga in the Final Four.

Arkansas Vs Gonzaga for the title.

Gonzaga wins it all

 

[Fitzy]

I, too, did this year's version and they gave a lot of love to Northern Iowa. I pressed the simulate button an extra five times and UNI won the whole thing on three of them.

That's why I don't like it.

 

[cmjh10]

The sim does seem to favor UNI and Butler.

 

[4theCYcle]

Kentucky and Duke with Duke winning it all...UK, Arkansas, Virginia, Duke. FF. Wasn't a bad bracket.

 

[TykeClone]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

I don't think it really understands Hoiball.

 

[mdk2isu]

I got Kentucky beating ISU in the final. Us over OU in the Final Four.

 

[nfrine]

Every year, my bracket looks like I filled it out blindfolded.

 

[CascadeClone]

Wow, UNI over ISU in the FF. That might even make the front page of the Register, right under the Iowa spring game story. Then Kentucky over UNI after beating Arizona.

I think the problem with this is it treats stats in the MVC same as in the Big12. Averaging 75ppg in the MVC is not as impressive as 75ppg in the Big12. So the little guys are overrated here.

 

[Jacktronic]

SIAP but here is another cool interactive tool, put out by fivethirtyeight.com (Nate Silver).

http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/#mens

Has ISU as 2% chance of winning it all.

 

[Tailg8er]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

Looks like this link works again for this year.

Still trying to find something that ranks teams in different categories but just takes off the team names. Not sure such a thing exists anymore.

 

[Cyclonepride]

http://graphics.wsj.com/ncaa-madness-machine/

This is what they released this year. Not quite the same but kind of fun.

That thing is horse ****! I rigged the whole damn thing for exactly what ISU does and doesn't do, and we didn't win a damn game. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT I SAY!

 

[iastatehunter]

SIAP but here is another cool interactive tool, put out by fivethirtyeight.com (Nate Silver).

http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/#mens

Has ISU as 2% chance of winning it all.

That's from last year.