Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight Resurfaces Just in Time for March Madness

Picks Louisville to win it all

Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight is back up today with predictions for the forthcoming NCAA tournament, tabbing Louisville as the odds-on favorite even though the Cardinals are only a fourth seed in the tourney. The pick isn't a total shocker, despite the somewhat middling seed for Louisville, since many observers believe the talented team is as probable as any in the field to take home the crown.

At any rate, Silver's site relaunch is much anticipated. The 36-year-old gained fame in 2012 for correctly projecting the presidential election in favor of Barack Obama for The New York Times while others had pegged challenger Mitt Romney to win.

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