Welcome NCAA Tournament fans!
Project: Perfect
Bracket (PPB) is my attempt to predict a perfect NCAA Bracket using
systems of analysis. Many of you may remember a website called Bracket
Science. Created by legendary Bracket Analyst Peter Tiernan, Bracket
Science used a rule-based approach based on historical data to pick the
63 games in a NCAA Bracket. Sadly, Peter took a pause from Bracket
Science following the end of the 2014 NCAA Tournament to pursue personal
dreams, and I surely wish him well in his endeavors. I think I speak
for all of his followers when I say, "I miss you, Pete!" Nevertheless,
my dream of picking a perfect break still continues, which is why I
created this blog.
Throughout the College Basketball season, I hope this blog will provide thought-provoking analysis and insights and an objective, error-free approach to bracket-picking for NCAA tournament.
Furthermore, PPB will provide a medium for collaboration among all of
the PPB followers. For example, if anyone has a bracket model or a
selection system that they would like to share or recruit others to help
complete it, feel free to use PPB for these goals. If it is well-researched and written, it could even be featured on the blog. If any of the Bracket Science regulars would like to be contributors to this
blog, your analysis and insights are more than welcome!
Until then, let's keep the bracket popping to a minimum.
Are you planning on putting out brackets based on the different factors like Pete Tiernan did with bracket science before the tournament?
ReplyDeleteI will not be putting out bracket models like Pete did with Bracket Science. I did not do this last year either. I've always felt that those models were his proprietary work, and if he ever returned to doing Bracket Science, having those models and how to create them on my site (or in any public space for that matter) would be a detriment to that end.
DeleteAs a huge fan of the Bracket Science website, I'm really glad that I found your blog. Keep up the great work! I look forward to reading your articles.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for reading! Like yourself, I miss Bracket Science, but doing this is fun and interesting, and like Pete, I don't mind sharing my findings.
DeleteWhat's the best site to use to populate the spreadsheet template?
ReplyDeleteOfficial Team sites are usually the best. For example, for North Carolina, you would go to goheels.com. Each team can be searched with the parameters: "[Team Name] men's basketball" and the team site should be listed in the first 3 sections. For coaching data, Wikipedia is awesome.
DeleteLove your work bro. Is there any way I could contact you outside of these message boards?
ReplyDeleteOnly other contacts I have are phone and personal email, and for obvious reasons I don't give those out. These boards will have to do for communication, and I work 60 hours a week and sleep most of the rest, so I can't even promise instant responses.
DeleteThanks for your work. Loved Bracket Science and Peter's work back in the day
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thanks and for reading. I too loved Bracket Science and I definitely miss Pete.
DeleteIs anyone working on the stat sheet?
ReplyDeleteI have no clue if anyone is. I never kept up with seed round-by-round guidelines, and therefore never worked on the stat sheet. It was Pete's prodigy and I'm not comfortable taking other people's ideas/work. I also haven't heard from any of the Bracket Science followers. We talked regularly around Feb-Mar each year but 2020's cancellation and each of IRL events have changed our priorities.
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