Many of the top-ranked teams competing in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship tournament look familiar.
Mathematics
Mar 16, 2011
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By examining historical data, statisticians in the College of Science at Virginia Tech have quantified biases that play a role in granting Division I at-large basketball teams inclusion in the NCAA March Madness Tournament.
Mathematics
Mar 1, 2011
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Why is it that the same teams seem to dominate the annual men's collegiate basketball tournament? For that matter, why does the same small group of institutions seem to top annual best-college rankings?
Mathematics
Mar 1, 2011
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For the average college basketball fan looking for an edge in a March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois expert in statistics and data analysis has some advice on how to pick winners: After the Sweet Sixteen round ...
Mathematics
Mar 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw - a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the game clock winds ...
Engineering
Nov 4, 2009
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For budding "bracketologists" busily weighing picks for their annual March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois professor has some advice on how to pick winners: In the later rounds of the tournament, ignore a team's ...
Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with a new creation: ...
Engineering
Feb 23, 2009
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Athletes and sporting teams have frequently used the Olympics and other sporting events to make political statements through boycotts and protests. Ahead of the Paris Olympics kicking off this month and amidst the current ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2024
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Playing in front of fans improves the home court advantage of elite basketball teams, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2023
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A new analysis of NBA basketball broadcasts from 1998 to 2018 reveals a decline in acts of physical violence, such as pushing and elbowing, and a rise in acts of symbolic violence, such as shouting, trash talking, and menacing ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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