Upsets Are Surging in March - Here’s Why

March Madness…has been getting crazier.

The last ten years has lead to an increase in upsets, but why? What is causing this, and how have underdogs statistically faired? Better yet, why are we so drawn to underdogs?
Betting on the underdog is a bold move…but it might not be. In this video, I went back through about forty years of betting history, and tournament data. I knew the game had changed, but I wasn’t sure how the numbers would line up…
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Citations and more supporting info will be coming tomorrow…I am writing this at 4am, wanted to get this out before people started filling out their brackets. My favorite time of year….


00:00 Things are getting crazier…
01:50 Fallacy, and More Findings
03:00 What’s Causing This?
07:55 Our Strange Love Examined…





You Aren’t Imagining it – Upsets Are Surging in March

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