Applying Machine Learning To March Madness

The two words that can send goosebumps to every college basketball fan in the country. It's the month where every fan will fill out a bracket, each thinking that they picked the right 12 over 5 seed upset or that they were the only one to pick the Cinderella team that makes it to the Elite 8. The month where people will spend hours watching regular season games, pouring over stats and expert analysis, trying to carefully predict the most likely winner, only to find their pick lose in the first round (Thanks Michigan State). The month where your younger sister ends up having a better bracket than you because she picked the teams with the "cooler" mascots (Sad, but true story). March Madness is the sports phenomenon that incites anxiety, regret, elation, and every other possible emotion in the spectrum. And it's about to start in 4 days.