Weighted Random Bracket Generator
I am a big fan of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. I like to fill out online brackets at ESPN.com for fun every year. Well, I noticed there was an option to randomly generate the bracket this year. For each game, each team had a 50/50 chance of winning. This can quickly turns into a bracket buster when a large amount of lower seeded teams advance. I also know ESPN has what they call their power index for each team and determine the odds of each team advancing to each round ( found here ). So I decided to make a weighted random bracket generator to actually make a more intelligent selection for each game based on these odds. Unfortunately, I am a little late in completing it as the first two rounds have already been completed. But ESPN does offer a Second Chance Bracket to fill out as well for the Sweet 16. So this would be beneficial for those interested in that. The teams that have won already have a 100% chance to reach the Sweet 16 as my program still creates a bracket through all 6 rounds.
Feel free to give it a go!