Department of Statistics — NCAA Contest 2022

How to Play

• Contest Rules
• Contest Registration (due by Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:00am)
• NCAA Tournament Brackets
  • MEN’S
  • WOMEN’S

2022 Standings (posted after each round)

1. List of Players and their Subsets
2. Results after Round 1
3. Results after Round 2 – Sweet Sixteen
4. Results after Round 3 – Elite Eight
5. Results after Round 4 – Final Four
6. Results after Round 5 – Semifinals
7. 2022 FINAL RESULTS
   • Individual Champion in Men’s Tourney: TBD
   • Team Champions in Men’s Tourney: TBD
   • Individual Champion in Women’s Tourney: TBD
   • Team Champions in Women’s Tourney: TBD

PAST CONTEST RESULTS

Contest Year	Individual Champions	Team Champions	Full results
2021	Kelly Findley (FS)	Faculty/Staff	link
2019	Matt Schroeder (UG) Tanner Harlow (UG)	Faculty/Staff	link
2018	John Marden (FS)	Faculty/Staff	link
2017	William Biscarri (GR)	Graduates	link
2016	Kevin Suchy (UG)	Faculty/Staff	link
2015	Xiaofeng Shao (FS)	Faculty/Staff	link
2014	Will Bywaters (UG)	Faculty/Staff	link

Interesting statistical sites about the NCAA Tournament

• Ken Pomeroy’s blog
• FiveThirtyEight March Madness predictions
• Bracket Odds by CS Dept at Illinois
• Kaggle’s March Machine Learning Mania contest (Men’s; Women’s)
• Roger Koenker’s Quantile Regression Bracketology
• Tim Chartier’s Bracketology research paper

Thanks and Credit

• Prof. James Stapleton for devising the contest
• Prof. Alex Stepanov for bringing the contest to our department