As of press time for this book, the most recent NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 2007 tournament, won by the University of Florida (for the second year in a row). Of course, on the Sunday evening...

As of press time for this book, the most recent NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 2007 tournament, won by the University of Florida (for the second year in a row). Of course, on the Sunday evening when the 64-team field was announced, we did not know which team would win. All we knew were the pairings (which teams would play which other teams) and the team ratings, based on Jeff Sagarin’s nationally syndicated rating system. We show how to simulate the tournament and keep a tally of the winners.

Objective To simulate the 64-team NCAA basketball tournament and keep a tally on how often each team wins the tournament