Unbeatable March Madness Bracket Strategies

With March Madness in full swing–and many brackets already busted–Blog thought it would be a good idea to compile the most successful bracket strategies for next year’s tournament.Machine Learning AlgorithmWhy not have one your CS friends create a machine learning algorithm to predict the results? If you don’t have any CS friends, now’s your time to learn the skill of the future with the help of this handy guide! When creating the algorithm, just remember to use random forest feature reduction in conjunction with KNN and limit the number of features to five.FiveThirtyEightSure statistician Nate Silver may have been wrong about Trump, but he was right about all 50 states in the 2012 election. Who’s to say he’s not right about March Madness, too?Ask your dadIf you know absolutely nothing about basketball, asking someone who does might help. Next year, why not call your dad up and ask him who he thinks will win.Pick the cuter mascotIf you can’t decide between two teams, why not go by what you know best, the cuteness of their mascot. Can’t decide between Georgetown or Akron? Doesn’t matter! Zippy is clearly cuter than Jack, so Akron wins!Let your dog pickPaul the Octopus shocked the world in 2010 when he correctly picked 12 out of 14 World Cup matches. Paul was presented with two boxes of food, each decorated by the different team flags of the competitors in upcoming matches. Why not recreate the magic of Paul with your pet and present your pup with boxes of food representing all 67 games.Images via, via, and via.