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NCAA Tournament brackets: Strength in numbers

Liz Bouzarth, Kevin Hutson and John Harris, Department of Mathematics

Last updated March 21, 2022

By Tina Underwood

For the past nine years, three Furman University mathematics professors, Liz Bouzarth, John Harris and Kevin Hutson, have built a reputation as national experts on predicting upsets in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. They work with sports writers to make predictions based on stats like strength of schedule, points scored, pace of play and more. WYFF News 4 caught up with Hutson, who offered some insight into the model.

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