Showing posts with label probability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label probability. Show all posts

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Freakish Final Four?

(Cross-posted on my Algebra class blog, but thought I'd share here as well.)

ESPN had over 5.9 million entries to its Tournament Challenge. Only two of them have the final four correct (here's one of the two, the one currently leading the overall challenge).



Given what you know about college basketball, the NCAA Tournament, and probability, are you surprised there are two that are correct? Or would you have expected there to be more that were correct? Or less?

If you answer, make sure you justify your answer.