{"id":31873,"date":"2006-03-17T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2006\/03\/17\/raymonds-highly-scientific-predictions-for-the-2006-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament\/"},"modified":"2006-03-17T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2006-03-17T07:00:01","slug":"raymonds-highly-scientific-predictions-for-the-2006-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20060317-01\/?p=31873","title":{"rendered":"Raymond&#039;s highly scientific predictions for the 2006 NCAA men&#039;s basketball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2006\/03\/16\/552822.aspx\"> Methodology explained earlier<\/a>.\n <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=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Dayton mini-bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Monmouth (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Hampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Hampton (1978)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr> <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Atlanta bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Duke (2004)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Duke<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">George (*)<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">George<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">George<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Geo. Washington (1988)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">George<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">UNC-Wilmington (2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Syracuse (2004)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Syracuse (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Syracuse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">LSU (2005)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">LSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">West Virginia (1995)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">West<br \/>Virginia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">West<br \/>Virginia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">West<br \/>Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Southern Illinois (2001)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Iowa (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Iowa (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">California (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">California (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">NC State (2005)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Texas (2006)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Oakland bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Memphis (2001)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Memphis<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Arkansas<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas<\/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 valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Arkansas (1997)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Arkansas (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Bucknell (2004)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Pittsburgh (1996)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Kansas (1995)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Kansas (x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Indiana (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">San Diego St. (*)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">San Diego St.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Marquette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">San Diego St. (1996)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Gonzaga (1998)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Gonzaga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Marquette (1995)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Marquette (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Marquette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Alabama (2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">UCLA (1997)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">UCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Washington, D.C. bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Connecticut (1996)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Connecticut<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Connecticut<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Connecticut<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Seton Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Kentucky (2001)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Kentucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">UAB (2002)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Washington (2004)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Washington<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Washington (!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Illinois (2005)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Michigan State (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">George<br \/>Mason (!)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">George<br \/>Mason (!)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Seton Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">George Mason (1996)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">North Carolina (2000)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">North<br \/>Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Wichita State (1999)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Seton Hall (*)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Seton Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Seton Hall (1995)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Tennessee (2004)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Minneapolis bracket<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Villanova (1988)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Villanova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Villanova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Villanova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"23\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Villanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Arizona (1997)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Wisconsin (2004)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Nevada (2005)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Nevada (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Boston<br \/>College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Boston College (1996)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Boston<br \/>College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Oklahoma (1994)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Oklahoma (x)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"11\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Oklahoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">UW-Milwaukee (2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Florida (2003)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Georgetown (2001)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Northern<br \/>Iowa (*)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Northern<br \/>Iowa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Northern Iowa (1995)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Ohio State (2002)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\">Ohio State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 60%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/p>\n<h4>Finals<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">George Washington (1988)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">George<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"5\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">George<br \/>Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Kansas (1995)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Seton Hall (1995)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"border-left: solid black .75pt;padding-left: 1ex\" bgcolor=\"#ff99cc\">Villanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"CENTER\">Villanova (1988)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> As I noted yesterday, the final will be very close, with George Washington University edging out Villanova by two months, 1988.08.01 to 1988.10.05.<\/p>\n<p> Other people have come up with their own systems. 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