NCAA comparison

Comparison of 2005 NCAA Men's BB Tournament results as predicted by different ranking systems.

Each ranking system's predictions are compared using the standard office pool scoring (1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 16 - 32).

	CollegeRPI	Consensus (Massey)	Greenfield	Massey Probability	Massey Ratings	Pomeroy	Sagarin	Simpson
Score (192 possible):	82	102	102	101	109	108	104	119
# correct (out of 63):	40	41	41	39	43	42	42	45
Predicted Final Four:	Kansas Illinios Washington Duke	Illinios UNC Duke Wake Forest	Illinios UNC Duke Wake Forest	Illinios UNC Duke Wake Forest	Illinios UNC Washington Wake Forest	Illinios UNC Duke Wake Forest	UNC Illinios Duke Wake Forest	Illinios UNC Louisville Duke
Predicted Finalists:	Kansas Illinios	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC	Illinios UNC
Predicted Champion:	Kansas	Illinios	Illinios	Illinios	Illinios	Illinios	Illinios	Illinios

Black = High Score, Red = Incorrect Pick

(All values for the vaious ranking systems were collected before the NCAA tournament began. Those sites that continue to update throughout the tournament may not still agree with the orginal data.)