NCAA logoRead moreUTC student used data analysis and still got a busted bracket
When the men’s Final Four tips off Saturday evening in Dallas, it’s a safe assumption that most of America’s NCAA Tournament brackets will have long been busted to smithereens. Especially with top-seeded Florida being joined by the unlikely trio of second seed Wisconsin, seventh seed Connecticut and eighth seed Kentucky.
Just don’t expect Ringgold, Ga., electrician Robert Mule to feel anyone else’s bracket pain.
Of the more than 11 million online entries to ESPN’s Bracket Challenge, the 29-year-old Mule (pronounced Moo-LAY) is tied for ninth, his 1,080 points just 40 behind the overall co-leaders’ 1,120.
“If Florida beats Kentucky in the title game, I think I’m going to win it,” he said, knowing the point totals for each victory increase to 160 for the semis and 320 for the title game. “I’ve looked at the other brackets and no one ahead of me has the Gators beating Kentucky on Monday night.”