An Update on Brackets Created with WalterPicks
The state of brackets made with WalterPicks as we enter the Final Four. SPOILER ALERT: Nobody was even close.
July 23, 2024
Patrick McDonnell
An Update on Brackets Created with WalterPicks
Percentage of brackets with champion picks still alive:
- UConn - 21.02%
- Purdue - 8.89%
- Alabama - 0.8%
- NC State - 0.06%
Total: 30.77%
Percentage of brackets with each team in the Final 4 (compared to the quadrant favorite):
- UConn - 48% (favorite)
- Purdue - 36.28% (favorite)
- Alabama - 5.46% (favorite - North Carolina - 36.1%)
- NC State - 0.83% (favorite - Houston - 49.05%)
Other Notes
- None of our brackets have all four of the Final Four correct. 0.79% have 3 out of 4 remaining.
- Our AI brackets were 1.45x more likely to send Illinois to the Elite Eight (31.58% vs 21.75%).
- Our AI brackets were 1.85x more likely to send Duke to the Elite Eight (26.36% vs 14.25%).
- Our AI brackets were 2.5x more likely to send Clemson to the Elite Eight as our human brackets (4.77% vs 1.92%).
- Our AI brackets were 2.7x more likely to send Alabama to the Final Four (9.48% vs 3.51%).
March Madness is hard to predict. The machines are winning.
