The Big Dance

Hey, what are you doing? Are you filling out a bracket sheet? You're supposed to be doing work, you know.

Well, if you insist on wasting your employer's precious time trying to win that unauthorized NCAA tournament office pool, you might as well give yourself a fighting chance with this research described by Michael Trick, a professor of operations research in the Tepper School of Business. According to the system, the top four teams going into the tournament are UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas and Texas A & M. Incidentally, Peter Leo in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has some interesting March Madness trivia and bracket tips.

Now get back to work. 

Jonathan Potts