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Down to a science? Math wont always add up during bracket time
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In this April 4, 1988, file photo Kansas Danny Manning, facing camera, left of center, is mobbed by fans and teammates after he led his team to an 83-79 victory over Oklahoma in the championship game of the NCAA mens basketball Final Four in Kansas City, Mo. Led by Manning, Kansas won the tournament, proving most every expert wrong. That team became known as Danny and the Miracles. - photo by AP Photo
Warning, analytics lovers: The next three weeks will not be easy.Like most sports, college basketball has been steadily infiltrated by math types who have built careers on analyzing every win, every loss, every strength of schedule — all in the name of gaining that .1 percent edge for those who take this bracket-filling thing seriously.Then the games start. March Madness. It’s a one-game, and, sometimes, one-shot proposition that may as well be called the Anti-Analytics championships.Jim Valvano.