{"id":14583,"date":"2010-03-16T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2010\/03\/16\/raymonds-highly-scientific-predictions-for-the-2010-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament\/"},"modified":"2010-03-16T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T07:00:01","slug":"raymonds-highly-scientific-predictions-for-the-2010-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20100316-01\/?p=14583","title":{"rendered":"Raymond&#039;s highly scientific predictions for the 2010 NCAA men&#039;s basketball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, it&#8217;s time for Raymond to come up with an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2009\/03\/18\/9485231.aspx\"> absurd<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2008\/03\/21\/8328616.aspx\"> arbitrary<\/a> criterion for filling out his NCAA bracket.\n This year, we go to the well-known dispute arbiter Google Fight. The criterion is the number of Google hits for the quoted phrase <tt>\"%s basketball\"<\/tt>, divided by the school&#8217;s seed. (I would have used Bing hits, except Bing&#8217;s numbers are highly erratic. Only 291 hits for <tt>\"Arkansas-Pine Bluff basketball\"<\/tt>? The results may be more meaningful, but I&#8217;m not looking for meaningful results; I&#8217;m looking for numbers I can plug into my bracket-o-matic.)\n Once the field has been narrowed to eight teams, the results are determined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/college\/ct-spt-0314-ncaa-seeds-professor-illinois20100313,0,3088174.story\"> by a coin flip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <b>Update<\/b>: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Correct predictions are in green. <\/li>\n<li>Incorrect predictions are in red. <\/li>\n<li>(!) marks upsets correctly predicted. <\/li>\n<li>(*) marks upsets predicted but did not take place. <\/li>\n<li>(x) marks actual upsets not predicted. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 60%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><\/p>\n<h4>Opening Round Game<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Arkansas-Pine Bluff<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(80,900)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Arkansas-Pine Bluff<br \/>(80,900)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Winthrop<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(29,200)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><\/p>\n<h4>Midwest bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Kansas<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(94,200)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kansas<br \/>(94,200)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas<br \/>(94,200) (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas<br \/>(heads)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<td>Lehigh<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(1,400)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>UNLV<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(43,875)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Northern Iowa<br \/>(57,444) (!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Northern Iowa<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(57,444)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Michigan State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(15,120)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Michigan State<br \/>(15,120)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Maryland<br \/>(27,750) (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td>New Mexico State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(11,083)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Maryland<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(27,750)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Maryland<br \/>(27,750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Houston<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(6,784)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Tennessee<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(11,550)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">San Diego State<br \/>(17,272) (*)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Georgetown<br \/>(24,766)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Ohio State<br \/>(tails)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td>San Diego State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(17,272)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Georgetown<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(24,766)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Georgetown<br \/>(24,766) (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Ohio<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(2,057)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>Oklahoma State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(2,857)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Oklahoma State<br \/>(2,857) (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Ohio State<br \/>(34,700)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td>Georgia Tech<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(2,750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>Ohio State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(34,700)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Ohio State<br \/>(34,700)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>UC Santa Barbara<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(4,746)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><\/p>\n<h4>West bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Syracuse<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(131,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Syracuse<br \/>(131,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Syracuse<br \/>(131,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Syracuse<br \/>(tails)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<td>Vermont<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,312)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>Gonzaga<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,325)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Gonzaga<br \/>(5,325)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Florida State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(1,644)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Butler<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(26,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Butler<br \/>(26,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Vanderbilt<br \/>(61,750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td>UTEP<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(7,600)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Vanderbilt<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(61,750)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Vanderbilt<br \/>(61,750) (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Murray State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(6,761)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Xavier<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(26,500)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Xavier<br \/>(26,500)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Pittsburgh<br \/>(54,666) (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Pittsburgh<br \/>(heads)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(3,427)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(54,666)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Pittsburgh<br \/>(54,666)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Oakland<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(1,728)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>BYU<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(6,785)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">BYU<br \/>(6,785)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kansas State<br \/>(25,000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td>Florida<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,850)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>Kansas State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(25,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kansas State<br \/>(25,000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>North Texas<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(7,066)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><\/p>\n<h4>East bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Kentucky<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(285,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kentucky<br \/>(285,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kentucky<br \/>(285,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kentucky<br \/>(tails)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">New Mexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<td>East Tennessee State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(3,687)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>Texas<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(24,250)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Texas<br \/>(24,250) (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Wake Forest<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(3,022)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Temple<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(32,600)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Cornell<br \/>(60,000) (!)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Cornell<br \/>(60,000) (!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td>Cornell<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(60,000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(8,325)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Wisconsin<br \/>(8,325)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Wofford<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(2,192)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Marquette<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(15,283)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Marquette<br \/>(15,283) (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">New Mexico<br \/>(17,633)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">New Mexico<br \/>(heads)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td>Washington<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(4,009)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>New Mexico<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(17,633)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">New Mexico<br \/>(17,633)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Montana<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(1,778)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>Clemson<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(4,885)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Clemson<br \/>(4,885) (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">West Virginia<br \/>(10,800)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td>Missouri<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(3,700)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>West Virginia<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(10,800)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">West Virginia<br \/>(10,800)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>Morgan State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,686)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><\/p>\n<h4>South bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Duke<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(363,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Duke<br \/>(363,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Duke<br \/>(363,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Duke<br \/>(heads)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Duke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<td>Arkansas-Pine Bluff<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,056)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>California<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(2,487)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Louisville<br \/>(17,444) (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Louisville<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(17,444)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Texas A&amp;M<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(156,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Texas A&amp;M<br \/>(156,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Texas A&amp;M<br \/>(156,000) (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td>Utah State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(0,883)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Purdue<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(12,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Purdue<br \/>(12,000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Siena<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(0,900)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Notre Dame<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(14,450)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Old Dominion<br \/>(14,454) (!)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Old Dominion<br \/>(14,454) (*)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Villanova<br \/>(tails)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td>Old Dominion<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(14,454)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Baylor<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(11,100)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Baylor<br \/>(11,100)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Sam Houston State<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(4,671)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>Richmond<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(5,714)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Saint Mary&#8217;s<br \/>(9,900) (!)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Villanova<br \/>(18,000) (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td>Saint Mary&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(9,900)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>Villanova<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">(18,000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 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This year, we go to the well-known dispute arbiter Google Fight. The criterion is the number of Google hits for the quoted phrase &#8220;%s basketball&#8221;, divided by the school&#8217;s seed. (I would have used Bing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,103],"class_list":["post-14583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-highly-scientific","tag-non-computer"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Once again, it&#8217;s time for Raymond to come up with an absurd, arbitrary criterion for filling out his NCAA bracket. This year, we go to the well-known dispute arbiter Google Fight. The criterion is the number of Google hits for the quoted phrase &#8220;%s basketball&#8221;, divided by the school&#8217;s seed. 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