I looked it at and it brought back memories of this post. Back in 2014, I was trying to solve how to do a bracket scoring system that properly weights upsets.
Who's offering this?
Well, on ncaa.com, they have something called Upset Bonus Scoring:
But CBS, apparently allows custom scoring, which is what my friend was using. Unfortuanetly, as the brackets are closed for this year, I'll have to wait until next year to play around with it to see what options they really have. But for now, let's go back to my 2014 blog post and see if this new system is better than my old thoughts.
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In this new scoring system...
Getting one 15-seed correct in the first round is worth 20 points. Getting 3 2-seeds correct is worth 21 points.
Getting one 6-seed in the third round is worth 21 points. Getting 3 2-seeds is worth 51 points.
Getting a 3 in the title is worth 33 pts. Getting a 1 in the title is worth 31 points.
Unfortunately, this system doesn't reward upsets enough to make it interesting. It still rewards chalk from top to bottom.
It seems that the best model I had in 2014 was:
Seed X Value per round. For starters, I'll use 1-2-3-5-10-20.
But perhaps Seed X value per round with 2-3-5-8-13-21 is even better.
Maybe I'll remember next year to try a CBS bracket with custom scoring.
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