It’s that time again — March Math Madness, where we fill out an NCAA men’s tournament bracket with the best math department winning every game. As always, this bracket was filled out by a highly trained team consisting of myself and a group of procrastinating grad students, making decisions by voice vote, and if you disapprove of one of our choices, I’m sure it’s somebody else’s fault. This is Berkeley’s first championship after falling to Harvard in 2012; meanwhile, Michigan sees its second final in three years but falls short again…
Update: In the 34th percentile at ESPN after one day of play — thanks, Yale!
Update: Down to the 5th percentile and only Duke and UVa are left out of my final 8 picks. Not gonna be the math bracket’s finest year.