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SportsLine Optimal Bracket Simulates Entire 2020 NCAA Tournament

In this bracket, the team that wins more than 50 percent of computer simulations is picked to advance each round. Our optimal bracket beat over 92% of CBS Sports Bracket Challenge players over the past two years.

By@SportsLineUpdated: Mar 09, 2020 1:45PM UTC . 1 min read
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Our model simulated the entire 2020 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times, just like in the bracket above. It absolutely crushed its March Madness picks last year, beating nearly 90 percent of all CBS Sports brackets one year after finishing in the top five percent. The model also nailed a whopping 14 teams in the Sweet 16 last year. 

It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 15 of the 26 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds the last four years. It also nailed some massive upsets last year, including huge wins by No. 13 seed UC-Irvine over No. 4 seed Kansas State, No. 10 seed Florida over No. 7 seed Nevada, and No. 12 seed Oregon over No. 5 seed Wisconsin.

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