March Madness
Friday, March 16th, 2007
Scientists outline theories behind NCAA picks
In the upcoming scientific journal Nature, TSE scientists discuss in depth the theories and calculations that guided their NCAA tournament bracket selections. Their theories are predicated upon seemingly unimportant details such as campus size, gym temperature, and school rivalaries. Teams of volunteers and a handful of 443tx robots were necessary to sufficiently cover the breadth of the data collection.
Parkway Mac labs was solicited (initially without agreement) to provide the unique technology to process the raw data. Their so called “blue collar” scientists oversaw the processing of the eclectic set of variables such as jersey color, rebound to slam dunk ratio, sneaker sponsor, number of black players, average age of player, cheerleader ratings, three point percentage, pyramid height, and free throw ability. The results of the three month long scientific expedition can be viewed at scientificNCAApicks.com. It is noted in the conclusion that the scientists were requested to withhold their results until moments prior to the start of the tournament to avoid the likely scenario where amassive amounts of capital ventures are initiated predicated on their findings. Having declared midway through experiment that scientific freedom was to be considered the uttermost priority it is highly doubtful that the TSE scientists gave the request any heeding. “It is only coincidence”, the lead scientist proclaimed convincingly at the heavily attended Doubletree reception, “that our thesis was delivered twenty minutes before the first tipoff. “

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