The Bracket Project
Ranking the Bracketologists



What's this all about?

Using the final results from the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 matrices, each site was graded based on a scoring system made by Paymon at PHSports.  This rubric awards 3 points for each team correctly picked, 2 points for each team correctly seeded, and 1 point for each team correctly seeded within one seed line.  With 65 teams, a perfect score is 390.  The variance section of the data table below lists the absolute deviation between each score and the mean for that particular year.  Thus, a 10 point variance means that site's bracket scored 10 points higher than the average bracket that year.

Track your favorite bracketologist in this year's Bracket Matrix here.


      PAYMON SCORE   VARIANCE   AVERAGE
      2006 2007 2008 2009   2006 2007 2008 2009    
    AVERAGE 284.4 285.9 309.1 303.6              
                           
1 B101 Bracketology 101 298 295 332 315   13.6 9.1 22.9 11.4   14.2
2 MMAS March Madness All Season 295 287 333 312   10.6 1.1 23.9 8.4   11.0
3 BP The Bracket Project 291 311 313 311   6.6 25.1 3.9 7.4   10.7
4 Graph Bracketography 293 277 318 325   8.6 -8.9 8.9 21.4   7.5
5 TBB The Bracket Board 289 286 318 315   4.6 0.1 8.9 11.4   6.2
6 Bub Bubble Teams 295 294 313 295   10.6 8.1 3.9 -8.6   3.5
7 WN Warren Nolan 297 281 304 307   12.6 -4.9 -5.1 3.4   1.5
8 S64 Schmolik 64 291 284 303 310   6.6 -1.9 -6.1 6.4   1.2
9 MAG MAG 293 286 314 293   8.6 0.1 4.9 -10.6   0.7
10 ESPN ESPN Bracketology with Joe Lunardi 296 275 307 307   11.6 -10.9 -2.1 3.4   0.5
11 BrP Bracket Predictions 289 280 317 298   4.6 -5.9 7.9 -5.6   0.2
12 BW Bracket Watch 272 291 300 303   -12.4 5.1 -9.1 -0.6   -4.3
                           
1 WAG Bracket WAG   293 326 310     7.1 16.9 6.4   10.1
2 CBS CBS Sports - Gary Parrish   296 313 311     10.1 3.9 7.4   7.1
3 NHD NCAA Hoops Digest 295 283 322     10.6 -2.9 12.9     6.8
4 Palm Jerry Palm - CollegeRPI.com and CBS Sports 277   314 315   -7.4   4.9 11.4   3.0
5 FOX - ML FOX Sports - Michael Lazarus 288 290 307     3.6 4.1 -2.1     1.8
6 PH PHSports   292 303 305     6.1 -6.1 1.4   0.5
7 SI - SM Sports Illustrated - Stewart Mandel 280 282 312     -4.4 -3.9 2.9     -1.8
8 BE BracketExpress 270 285 310     -14.4 -0.9 0.9     -4.8
9 BtE Beating the Experts   291 298 295     5.1 -11.1 -8.6   -4.9
10 BaP Basketball Predictions   287 297 296     1.1 -12.1 -7.6   -6.2
11 MM09 March Madness '09   272 295 309     -13.9 -14.1 5.4   -7.5
12 CtD Crashing the Dance   273 296 306     -12.9 -13.1 2.4   -7.9
13 JCI JCI Rankings - The Colton Index 263 263 286     -21.4 -22.9 -23.1     -22.5
                           
1 F&B The Hoop Group's Facts and Bracks     328 309       18.9 5.4   12.1
2 OSF-E Online Sports Fanatic - Daniel Evans     325 311       15.9 7.4   11.6
3 Mike Mike on Sports     326 307       16.9 3.4   10.1
4 BtB Blogging the Bracket (BracketDobber)     323 307       13.9 3.4   8.6
4 CHN College Hoops Net - Shawn Siegel     328 302       18.9 -1.6   8.6
6 Rivals Rivals - Mike Huguenin     311 318       1.9 14.4   8.1
7 Rack Bracket Racket 298 286       13.6 0.1       6.8
8 JN Juinor Noboa     315 305       5.9 1.4   3.6
8 WT The Washington Times' D1Scourse     319 301       9.9 -2.6   3.6
10 CB Coolpohle's Bracketology     322 295       12.9 -8.6   2.1
11 TMC The Meaningful Collateral (Netwire)   294 300       8.1 -9.1     -0.5
12 Yahoo Yahoo! Sports - Brad Evans     318 293       8.9 -10.6   -0.9
13 Mr. B Mr. Bracket   287 305       1.1 -4.1     -1.5
14 FPO Feature Presentation Online   277   307     -8.9   3.4   -2.8
15 NYP New York Post     303 291       -6.1 -12.6   -9.4
16 Bryce Bryce's Bracket Predictions     297 296       -12.1 -7.6   -9.9
17 Joey Joey's Sports Blog     304 286       -5.1 -17.6   -11.4
18 THR The Hoops Report     297 290       -12.1 -13.6   -12.9
                           
1 Base Baseline Stats       317         13.4   13.4
2 BV Bracketville       316         12.4   12.4
3 CBS-GD CBS Sports - Gregg Doyel 295         10.6         10.6
4 CSF College Sports Fans       314         10.4   10.4
4 OSF-H Online Sports Fanatic - Hofstad       314         10.4   10.4
6 RTS Round Table Sports       313         9.4   9.4
7 Back The Backboard   295         9.1       9.1
8 B3 Bracketology3     317         7.9     7.9
8 Nuge Nuge's Bracketology     317         7.9     7.9
10 BR-MB Bleacher Report - Matt Browning       311         7.4   7.4
11 B65 Bracketology 65       310         6.4   6.4
12 VTS VTS       309         5.4   5.4
13 ACC ACCnodefense     313         3.9     3.9
14 FOX FOX Sports - Frank Burlison       307         3.4   3.4
14 Lobo Lobofan2003       307         3.4   3.4
14 Rain Rainmaker's Bracketology       307         3.4   3.4
17 BB Bracket Bash       305         1.4   1.4
17 Beer Beer's Bracket       305         1.4   1.4
19 CD The Columbus Dispatch       304         0.4   0.4
19 Rush Rush the Court       304         0.4   0.4
19 TBBB Bluejay Basketball's Bracketeer       304         0.4   0.4
22 OS The Orlando Sentinel     309         -0.1     -0.1
23 CBS-TM CBS Sports - Tony Mejia 284         -0.4         -0.4
24 TE The Eclecticist       303         -0.6   -0.6
25 TGG TGG Bracket   285         -0.9       -0.9
26 CBFB College Basketball's Finest Bloggers     308         -1.1     -1.1
27 Rock Rock-M-tology       300         -3.6   -3.6
28 SI Sports Illustrated - Andy Glockner       298         -5.6   -5.6
28 SN The Sporting News - Ryan Fagan       298         -5.6   -5.6
30 DB DBacks414     303         -6.1     -6.1
31 NB NCAA Bracket       297         -6.6   -6.6
31 TSR The Schoeneck Republic       297         -6.6   -6.6
33 Fiddle Fiddle's Bracketology     302         -7.1     -7.1
34 John Bracket John     299         -10.1     -10.1
35 BT-M The Bracket of Truth - Mike       287         -16.6   -16.6
36 CV Court Visions' Bracket Junkie     292         -17.1     -17.1
37 JW James Worthy     291         -18.1     -18.1
37 SP SportProjections.com     291         -18.1     -18.1
39 BR-JS Bleacher Report - Jordan Schwartz       284         -19.6   -19.6
40 VCR VanDongen Computer Rankings       281         -22.6   -22.6
41 CR Cincinnati Rivals 252         -32.4         -32.4
42 M&B Maize and Blue Matters       270         -33.6   -33.6
43 RPI RPI Forecast     270         -39.1     -39.1
44 FR Federal Review 241         -43.4         -43.4














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