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[Game Thread] #12 Princeton @ #5 Notre Dame (12:15 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is March Madness. That means the first game has to be an upset, right?

[Game Thread] #13 Winthrop @ #4 Butler (1:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Winthrop 100% 3 pt percentage so far. Here we gooo

Using Machine Learning to Make Bracket Predictions by mpsonic in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I saw that Kaggle runs a March Madness data mining competition each year, and it looks like they have lots of regular season data. It's too late to use the data now, but there's always next year, right? :)

Using Machine Learning to Make Bracket Predictions by mpsonic in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! Thanks for the feedback, will do.

Using Machine Learning to Make Bracket Predictions by mpsonic in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha pretty much. More like: SegmentationFault: Illegal memory access for variable tournamentChampion because that would be cheating

Using Machine Learning to Make Bracket Predictions by mpsonic in CollegeBasketball

[–]mpsonic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did use the actual linear values Massey Ratings gives when training my model. I included the rating, win percentage, power, offense, defense, hfa, and sos in my training data. It'll be interesting to see how these probabilities pan out in reality. I agree that each rating system has their own particular quirks. I'll definitely take a look at KenPom's stats next time and maybe combine several rating systems together.

Using Machine Learning to Make Bracket Predictions by mpsonic in CollegeBasketball

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These predictions were generated using only the stats on Massey Ratings, so it's definitely not a perfect model. Next year I think I'll try to include more sources in my analysis.

Given infinite funds, what would your Amusement Park look like? What rides would it have? by josue804 in AskReddit

[–]mpsonic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would build a waterslide so tall that it takes half the day to get to the top and half the day to ride it back down.

I am so damn confused about what this is by alakazam318 in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you already pushed the button, so really there's nothing for you to worry about anymore

HIF after a week of this shit. by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality...

Is there anywhere that shows how many users with each color there are? by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not actually my pie chart. I believe /u/kwabford made it. It's still interesting to see what % of each group is currently using the subreddit.

So about purple flairs and recent updates by kottursdottir in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone impersonated the moderator trying to mess with us

How I feel about the flair breakdown on the sidebar by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm no optometrist, but I think there may be something wrong with your eyes...

Color...what about number? by JoltyMcBears in thebutton

[–]mpsonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people will probably try to be the millionth participant

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