CNBC.com reports: Paul Bessire, who runs the sports simulation site PredictionMachine.com, says he has run every possible matchup in the NCAA tournament 50,000 times through what he calls his Predictalator, which uses season stats to guide the program.
"The idea is that the unpredictable never happens," said Bessire, who has his masters degree in quantitative analysis. "It's whether a likely situation will happen or not."
Bessire has No. 3 seed Baylor reaching the Final Four and says the lowest seed that has the highest probability of winning its first-round game is No. 11 Old Dominion, which Bessire's Predictalator has winning 65 percent of the time over No. 6 Notre Dame.
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"The idea is that the unpredictable never happens," said Bessire, who has his masters degree in quantitative analysis. "It's whether a likely situation will happen or not."
Bessire has No. 3 seed Baylor reaching the Final Four and says the lowest seed that has the highest probability of winning its first-round game is No. 11 Old Dominion, which Bessire's Predictalator has winning 65 percent of the time over No. 6 Notre Dame.
Get the full story: CNBC.com
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