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How To Build A Bracket For This Wide-Open NCAA Tournament

After a chaotic regular season in men’s college basketball — during which 18 separate teams ranked among the AP’s top 5 at various points — it’s finally time for the real Madness to begin. And that means we’re breaking out the FiveThirtyEight NCAA Tournament model to help you make all of your bracket picks, as […]

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2018 March Madness Predictions

FiveThirtyEight 2018 March Madness Predictions In-game win probabilities and chances of advancing, updating live. How this works | ESPN coverage Men Women 6:40 p.m. EDT | truTVSCOREWIN PROB. ‘ Radford16—67% ‘ Long Island16—33% 9:10 p.m. EDT | truTVSCOREWIN PROB. ‘ UCLA11—54% ‘ St. Bon.11—46% Round-by-round probabilities Bracket Table CHANCE OF REACHING ROUND TEAMREGIONPOWER RATING1ST2NDSWEET 16ELITE […]

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2018 March Madness Predictions

FiveThirtyEight 2018 March Madness Predictions In-game win probabilities and chances of advancing, updating live. How this works | ESPN coverage Men Women 6:40 p.m. EDT | truTVSCOREWIN PROB. ‘ Radford16—67% ‘ Long Island16—33% 9:10 p.m. EDT | truTVSCOREWIN PROB. ‘ UCLA11—54% ‘ St. Bon.11—46% Round-by-round probabilities Bracket Table CHANCE OF REACHING ROUND TEAMREGIONPOWER RATING1ST2NDSWEET 16ELITE […]

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How Our March Madness Predictions Work

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from previous articles about how our March Madness predictions work. We’ve been issuing probabilistic March Madness forecasts in some form since 2011, when FiveThirtyEight was just a couple of people writing for The New York Times. Initially, we focused on the men’s NCAA Tournament, publishing a table that gave […]

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How Our March Madness Predictions Work

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from previous articles about how our March Madness predictions work. We’ve been issuing probabilistic March Madness forecasts in some form since 2011, when FiveThirtyEight was just a couple of people writing for The New York Times. Initially, we focused on the men’s NCAA Tournament, publishing a table that gave […]

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