Sunday, March 23, 2014

The Computers preview the Sweet 16 & Elite 8

South

All computers take Florida over UCLA

Trevor, Silver & myself expect the Flyers to continue their Cinderella run against Stanford; the other 5 take Stanford.

Florida is heavy favorites to reach the Final 4.

East

 Silver & Stanford take Sparty over Virginia; the other 6 computers project that Virginia will survive.  KenPom, Massey & myself still hold the possibility of getting a Final 4 bonus point from Virginia; Silver still holds the possibility of a Final 4 Bonus point from Sparty.

Silver stands alone on picking UConn if you're looking for an upset.

All computers except Stanford and Trevor expect that the winner of Virginia-Michigan State will carry the region; those two computers expect Iowa State to carry the region.

Midwest

All computers project Louisville to beat Kentucky.

KenPom stands alone in projecting Tennessee to beat Michigan; Tennessee was 11th overall in his last pre-Tournament ranking.

Trevor is the only computer to have Michigan in the Final Four at this junction; all other computers project Louisville to take the region.

Stanford, KenPom, Sagarin, Silver & myself still have a chance to get the Final 4 Bonus Point from Louisville.

West

As you might expect, all computers expect an Arizona-Wisconsin showdown in the Elite 8.  All computers had Arizona reaching the Final 4 originally.

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