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Pure Bracket Wisdom

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A decade ago, Ed Feng was just a curious sports fan who wanted to win his bracket in March. He enjoyed books like Moneyball and Basketball on Paper but never put the ideas to use for winning a pool. That changed in 2008. After reading an academic paper on Google’s technology, Ed was inspired to apply his Stanford Ph.D. to the ranking of sports teams.  From 2002 through 2018, his pre-tournament numbers predicted the winner of 71.2% of March Madness games (792-320).In this ten part podcast series Ed will explain how you can push all the right buttons and win your bracket.

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 11: Virginia Tech, be like a rat

Virginia Tech as a sleeper in the East region, and why you might still decide to go against the analytics in picking your bracket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 20, 2019

10 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 10: Bracket analysis

Does any favorite have an easier path to the Final Four? Which region might be the most interesting? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 19, 2019

9 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 9: Duke

Duke was the favorite to win the tournament. Then Zion destroyed his shoe and hurt his knee. How do we evaluate this talented group of freshmen? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 18, 2019

9 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 8: Should you avoid three point shooting teams as champion?

Live by the three, die by the three. The data behind whether to go against teams that fire up the threes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 17, 2019

10 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 7: Kentucky

Kentucky See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 16, 2019

9 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 6: Contrarian

To win larger pools, you need to go against the public and think contrarian. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 15, 2019

10 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 5: Gonzaga

Gonzaga has the NBA level talent to compete with the best teams in the nation. But how does one account for their weak in-conference schedule? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 14, 2019

10 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 4: Virginia

Tony Bennett has another terrific team in 2019. But does last year's catastrophic upset as a 1 seed to a 16 seed matter? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 13, 2019

9 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 3: Michigan

John Beilein’s teams had traditionally featured brilliant offense. So why is this program now a defensive juggernaut, with questions about whether they have enough offense to make a deep run? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 12, 2019

9 min

Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 2: The one thing you must get right to win

If you get this one thing wrong, you might as well light your entry fee on fire...Pool Size. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 11, 2019

10 min