By Dean Lowery '27, Alex Jessey '28, and Benjamin Ross '28
Welcome to Week 3 of the DSA Basketball Bracketology. This is not a complete effort to try and predict the bracket, but rather a thought experiment using only strength of schedule and strength of victory.
Methodology
Teams are ranked according to their “quad-score”. The formula follows as such:
6 * Q1 Wins - Q1 Losses + 4 * Q2 Wins - 2 * Q2 Losses + 2 * Q3 Wins - 4 * Q3 Losses + Q4 Wins - 6 * Q4 Losses
Teams are ranked according to this, and then adjusted for conferences.
*Two teams from the same conference cannot play in the first round.
Last Four In: Texas, N. Carolina, Georgia, Cincinnati
First Four Out: West Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas