Congrats to Dayton CBS's NCAA simulator champs

[B1GEast]

Simulation Sunday: Dayton wins first title as SportsLine simulates entire 2020 NCAA Tournament

 

[glastonbury50]

With Houston as an 8 seed and Cincinatti as an 11, I guess they are assuming Cincinatti won the American tournament.

 

[the Q]

With Houston as an 8 seed and Cincinatti as an 11, I guess they are assuming Cincinatti won the American tournament.

probably gave cincy the auto bid since they finished first?

 

[glastonbury50]

probably gave cincy the auto bid since they finished first?

My reasoning being that If Houston won the conference you would imagine they would be higher than an 8 seed.

 

[HuskyOfLeisure]

Even the computer didn't give the AAC respect. Both out in the first round

 

[Ts5034]

This is absolutely ridiculous. If they finished the conference tournaments, then maybe it would be cool to release a bracket, but the fact that the conference tournaments were not completed, its impossible to release a full out bracket, let alone do a simulation for the whole tournament.

 

[Hi-Low]

Even the computer didn't give the AAC respect. Both out in the first round

Wichita also lost in "first four' round as the last team in the field, so 3 AAC teams made it in.

Silliness from CBS though with no completion of conf tourneys. The NCAA was considering putting out a bracket but decided it was unfair to put anything out without any major conference tourneys played.

 

[QuickDraw]

4-1seeds, 2-2's & 2-3's make the elite 8, they really went out on a limb without a Cinderella in the bunch, very realistic

 

[HooperScooper]

This is absolutely ridiculous. If they finished the conference tournaments, then maybe it would be cool to release a bracket, but the fact that the conference tournaments were not completed, its impossible to release a full out bracket, let alone do a simulation for the whole tournament.

It's a simulation for pure fun. Who cares?

 

[Waquoit]

It's a simulation for pure fun. Who cares?

Duke. If they won it they'd be hanging a banner.

 

[Waquoit]

Even the computer didn't give the AAC respect. Both out in the first round

And PC!

 

[housekeys]

Clearly a flawed simulation; UConn is not in the field of 64?!? BS.

 

[LIuconn]

But Florida’s govt declared FSU champs, what’s this all about?

 

[AllAbout5]

You know it's accurate when all the one seeds make the elite eight

 

[bendm]

only first round upsets were an 11, 10, and three 9s

 

[navery12]

I see a lot of people in this thread are not familiar with the word simulation

 

[QuickDraw]

I see a lot of people in this thread are not familiar with the word simulation

simulations should have some semblance of reality, this does not

 

[billybud]

But Florida’s govt declared FSU champs, what’s this all about?

The sim has FSU in the Final Four....Losing to Gonzaga.

The Senators are supportive and whooped it up....May have lost a few Gator voters though..LOL

 

[the Q]

simulations should have some semblance of reality, this does not

It’s playing the odds. Even the highest upset probabilities are less than a coin toss.

 

[navery12]

simulations should have some semblance of reality, this does not

I get what you're saying but it's looking at it as a game between East Tennessee State and Wisconsin or Stephen F Austin and Penn State as opposed to a 12/5 matchup with a probable upset

 

[Kitaman]

This is absolutely ridiculous. If they finished the conference tournaments, then maybe it would be cool to release a bracket, but the fact that the conference tournaments were not completed, its impossible to release a full out bracket, let alone do a simulation for the whole tournament.

Expect more of this. Boredom even for computers is a biatch. Sports junkies including me, are freaking out.

At least we have something to talk about.

I'd say crown Sacred Heart University 2020 National Champions. Its actually the same thing.

 

[Jay-Bone]

This has got to be salt in the wound for Dayton fans. Oh, you would've done the miraculous, but we'll never know.

 

[Get a Job]

simulations should have some semblance of reality, this does not

This is precisely the beauty of March Madness. The chaos we see every spring has no semblance to the outcomes a computer would predict. An algorithm can't account for a hot shooter, or a team that finally clicks at the right time, or a Kemba Walker. A simulation by its nature will predict mostly chalk; the real thing produces pure, beautiful pandemonium.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I would have loved to see a Dayton-Gonzaga championship game, with the P5 poobahs and promoters in the media ____ting themselves.

 

[gtcam]

No 1st round upsets and virtually follows the seedings through the entire simulation - so unrealistic
But in these unrealistic times its par for the course