I wanted to come up with an alternate bracket scoring system that rewards picking underdogs.
(For the complete super-long math backstory, you can click here.)
My proposal for year one is simple:
Each game is worth: Seed X Value
Here are the Values per round:
Round of 64 games: 1
Round of 32 games: 2
Sweet 16 games: 3
Elite 8 games: 5
Final Four games: 10
Championship game: 20
We'll see how it goes.
Some interesting and similar discussion from several years ago...ended up not far from what you've suggested here (though as a math nerd I like the use of the Fibonacci numbers :P)
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That system was the first I tried after layout out my hypotheses. http://hoagiecentral.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-latest-in-march-madness-innovation.html
ReplyDeleteIt ended up being overly complex and not rewarding enough for picking low seeds.
Ah, somehow I missed your other post...carry on ;)
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