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Duke survived a 16 seed by 2 points this week, trailing at halftime. That margin of survival is exactly why championship rings are not forward-looking data. The market keeps pricing them like they are.
By Nina Torres · 3 min read
Travis Steele couldn't get a return call from power programs two years ago. Now his Miami of Ohio team holds opponents under 41% effective field goal percentage and bracketologists still reach for chalk. The gap is real. The format is not.
By Rook Calloway · 3 min read
Barcelona paid a refereeing official $7 million over 17 years and called it consulting. Auburn is defending a tournament bid at 16-15 because the name on the building still counts for something. These are not isolated scandals; they are the same mechanism.
By Jax Moreno · 3 min read
Analytics models are not failing March Madness—the first round's single-elimination, low-possession format is deliberately amplifying variance beyond any model's reach. The question was never whether upsets happen; it is whether predicting which ones is even the right ask.
By Jax Moreno · 3 min read
The 2025 NCAA Tournament produced only the second all-No.-1-seed Final Four in history, and the 2026 odds board is even more lopsided. NIL and the transfer portal built this top-heavy monster. The value isn't in fighting it, it's in finding the one or two teams the market priced wrong inside it.
By Nina Torres · 4 min read