Shortly after the Super Bowl, I wrote about how dead-on the simulation was in not only picking the winner, but even having many of the correct stats. Well, if EA can nail the NCAA Tournament like they did the Super Bowl, they'll have the eye of degenerate gamblers everywhere. And for those of you keeping track, NCAA Basketball 09 has Louisville cutting down the nets in Detroit.
According to this morning's release from EA, the game correctly picked 27 of 32 first-round games last year. It's not such a rate that you'd be guaranteed to win every pool or anything, but given the number of strange first-round results last year, it's pretty impressive.
This season, NCAA Basketball 09 has Louisville, Memphis, Pitt and North Carolina in the Final Four with Louisville defeating Pittsburgh, 76-70. If you want to check out the full simulation, visit the EA Sports web site link here (PDF warning).
Just some other highlights from the simulation, in case you don't want to read the entire bracket.
-- The sim picks eight games in the first round where lower seeds win. Those lower seeds are Siena, Dayton, USC, Utah State, Maryland, Butler, Western Kentucky and VCU.
-- If you're looking for this year's double-digit seed into the Sweet Sixteen, EA Sports likes No. 11 seed Dayton.
-- Five of the Elite Eight teams will be from the Big East.
-- If the sim holds true, the first No. 2 seed to lose will be Oklahoma, which will go out against No. 7 seed Clemson in the second round.
Last time I posted this stuff there was a lot of doubt, but with the track record of success that Madden has had, and a 27-for-32 showing in last year's first round, is it time to start listening to the games?
Also, if you're in a tournament mood and you want to update your game, don't forget about the recently released downloadable content for NCAA Basketball 09 owners on the Xbox 360.
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