Bracketonomics

By Nate Silver > New York Times, Photo by: Scott Dierdorf

 

When is 10^th place – or even 12^th, 13^th, 14^th and maybe even 15^th place – better than 8^th place? According to some studies, in March Madness NCAA rankings. Because of the matchups each ranking faces, a lower ranking could translate into a longer tournament run. Read more about the phenomenon on the FiveThirtyEight blog at nytimes.com.