Mathematicians Are Hoping Their Calculations Add Up to the Perfect Bracket
NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 15, 2014

“Typically, when the worlds of math and sports collide, name calling, noogies and maybe even a wedgie follow. But that was not the case Thursday night at the National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan, where 50 would-be mathematicians huddled in a windowless classroom to harness the power of linear algebra and complex computer codes to predict the outcome of each of the 67 games in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament.”