NCAA Tournament Upsets
Using the The Sosna Upset-Biased NCAA Bracket Pointing System (© 2024, Scott C Sosna, all rights reserved) in your friendly tournament wagering is only meaningful if, in fact, a decent…
Meandering Thoughts #29
The talk before the WNBA draft was that Caitlin would not have to carry the scoring load that she did at Iowa, that she would be surrounded by superior talent…
Pointing NCAA Brackets Differently
Pointing models NCAA tournament brackets are almost exclusively based on how many winners of the 63 games you correctly pick. Even when a round multiplier is applied (e.g., Round 1…
Meandering Thoughts #21
Who is responsible for creating the WNBA schedules? As a University of Iowa alum and long-time women's basketball fan, I am curious where the Indiana Fever (and, by extension, Caitlin…
Audi Crooks
Friday night, Iowa State's Audi Crooks scored 40 points, leading Iowa State to a comeback 93-86 win over Maryland in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.…
Meandering Thoughts #20
My name Scott Sosna is not common, largely because Sosna is not very common in the US: the only other person I know of is a financial advisor in New…
Random Learnings #26
In the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, the first two rounds are hosted by top-four regional seeds. Though not guaranteed, the home court advantage does increase teams' chances of making it…
Big Ten’s Epic Fail
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed attending the 2023 women's basketball tournament at Target Center in Minneapolis. Great basketball, knowledgeable fans, and a smackdown victory by Iowa over Ohio State…
Meandering Thoughts #19
This overtime made possible by Progressive Insurance .... Really? Perhaps I'm naive or uninformed, but fairly sure overtime would have been played regardless of Progressive Insurance's sponsorship. Even if no…
Growing Iowa Women’s Basketball
In 1983, I matriculated at the University of Iowa to study computer science. Also in 1983, C. Vivian Stringer was hired as head coach for the University of Iowa women's…