March Madness Infects Facebook Data Science Team
With the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament set to tip off Tuesday, Michael Bailey of the Facebook Data Science Team filled out his brackets with information on Facebook likes in a note on the Sports on Facebook page.
With the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament set to tip off Tuesday, Michael Bailey of the Facebook Data Science Team filled out his brackets with information on Facebook likes in a note on the Sports on Facebook page.
Bailey wrote that at least 1 million Facebook users like one of the 68 teams’ pages, and his analysis on all four regions in the bracket follows:
West: No. 1 seed Gonzaga “enjoys a sprawling fan base throughout the west and, most important, in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, where it is hoping to advance through the bracket,” and large statewide fan bases are boasted by Iowa State, Minnesota, Kansas State, New Mexico, and Mississippi.
East: This region features a three-way battle between three teams that are actually from the Midwest in terms of geography: by Indiana, Marquette, and Illinois.
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