March Madness: Saturday night live update
We're setting up for an outstanding Sweet Sixteen. Here are the latest numbers.
Wasn’t planning on doing this, but I feel blessed by the Tournament Gods1 and I know we have a lot of new paid subscribers who are here for the tourney projections. Plus I’m trying to pilot some Silver Bulletin content strategies. So here are updated NCAA tournament projections after Saturday’s games. This email blast is going out to paid subscribers only. If you’re a paid subscriber and appreciate this, maybe share with a friend?
First, updated numbers for the East region, where the model has an irrational love for Illinois (the author of this post is from a Big Ten town) and thinks their Sweet Sixteen matchup against Iowa State is a tossup, a proposition that Vegas disagrees with:
Onto the West, where my hometown Michigan State Spartans flopped in the second half against North Carolina. But the model still prefers Arizona over UNC to win the region: