Blogging the Bracket, College Basketball Bracketology

Plenty of changes from last week, and from the first actual bracket of the season, which I released just four weeks ago.

It's time for my annual bracketology chat with Joel and Will.

This week (and next week too), I've gone with a shorter take on bubble watch over at SB Nation, counting teams in and out. I'll focus more on profiles once February rolls around and the field thins out a bit moer.

SB Nation's Golden Gopher blog has the Minnesota perspective on the bubble, and what that team needs to do to get in, as they find themselves back in the fringes of the discussion. A highly recommended read.

Being a sabermetrician by trade, I tried to apply some statistical reasoning to one of the pools I participate in. This particular pool uses upset bonus points, so I applied expected values to determine which underdogs to pick. The main link is my introductory post from last year, and here's this year's follow-up.