The overall schedule of March Madness 2020 is announced in NCAA's official website.
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n- Selection Sunday — March 15, 2020
\n- First Four — Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17-18, 2020
\n- NCAA Tournament Round 1 — Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020
\n- NCAA Tournament Round 2 — Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, 2020
\n- Sweet 16 — Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, 2020
\n- Elite 8 — Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2020
\n- Final Four — Saturday, April 4, 2020
\n- 2020 NCAA championship game — Monday, April 6, 2020
\n
Some words are new for me, therefore I looked up the meaning of them in some websites.
\n- Selection Sunday: (Wiktionary, refereed on 2020-02-21)
\n\n\nThe Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.
\n
First Four: (Wikipedia , refereed on 2020-02-21)
\n\n\n\n\nthe First Four are a series of play-in games played since 2011. The games are contested between teams holding the four lowest seeded automatic bids and the four lowest seeded at-large bids.
\n
Both \"automatic bids\" and \"at-large bids\" are the ways how colleges are selected as teams which can advance to the NCAA tournament; they are explained in NCAA's official website.\nAutomatic bid is described as follows.
\n\n\n\n\nThe 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament.
\n
And at-large bid is as follows. (I refereed them on 2020-02-22)
\n\n\nAn at-large bid is the only avenue into the NCAA tournament for a team that didn't win its conference tournament. The selection committee (more on them in a second) convenes on Selection Sunday, after all regular season and conference tournament games are played, and decides which 36 teams that are not automatic qualifiers have the pedigree to earn an invitation to the tournament. Any Division I team that did not win its conference tournament and is not banned from postseason play is eligible to be selected as an at-large bid.
\n
Sweet 16, Elite 8: Best 16 and 8.
The overall schedule of March Madness 2020 is announced in NCAA's official website.
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n- Selection Sunday — March 15, 2020
\n- First Four — Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17-18, 2020
\n- NCAA Tournament Round 1 — Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020
\n- NCAA Tournament Round 2 — Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, 2020
\n- Sweet 16 — Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, 2020
\n- Elite 8 — Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2020
\n- Final Four — Saturday, April 4, 2020
\n- 2020 NCAA championship game — Monday, April 6, 2020
\n
Some words are new for me, therefore I looked up the meaning of them in some websites.
\n- Selection Sunday: (Wiktionary, refereed on 2020-02-21)
\n\n\nThe Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.
\n
First Four: (Wikipedia , refereed on 2020-02-21)
\n\n\n\n\nthe First Four are a series of play-in games played since 2011. The games are contested between teams holding the four lowest seeded automatic bids and the four lowest seeded at-large bids.
\n
Both \"automatic bids\" and \"at-large bids\" are the ways how colleges are selected as teams which can advance to the NCAA tournament; they are explained in NCAA's official website.\nAutomatic bid is described as follows.
\n\n\n\n\nThe 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament.
\n
And at-large bid is as follows. (I refereed them on 2020-02-22)
\n\n\nAn at-large bid is the only avenue into the NCAA tournament for a team that didn't win its conference tournament. The selection committee (more on them in a second) convenes on Selection Sunday, after all regular season and conference tournament games are played, and decides which 36 teams that are not automatic qualifiers have the pedigree to earn an invitation to the tournament. Any Division I team that did not win its conference tournament and is not banned from postseason play is eligible to be selected as an at-large bid.
\n
Sweet 16, Elite 8: Best 16 and 8.
Thank you ^^ I could learn about the terms
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you ^^ I could learn about the terms", "votes": null }, { "id": "753874", "postDate": "02/22/2020 18:59:27", "content": "It is always good to get more context like this, but remember that you won't need to worry too much about why teams are picked or how teams are picked; you will be making predictions about the games played among the teams that do get picked.
", "rawMarkdown": "It is always good to get more context like this, but remember that you won't need to worry too much about why teams are picked or how teams are picked; you will be making predictions about the games played among the teams that do get picked.", "votes": null }, { "id": "754814", "postDate": "02/24/2020 04:59:56", "content": "Jeff, can you clarify your comment? It sounds like you are telling Tomoki not to try and understand the context of the tournament - just make your prediction. I thought he posted some good information here.
", "rawMarkdown": "Jeff, can you clarify your comment? It sounds like you are telling Tomoki not to try and understand the context of the tournament - just make your prediction. I thought he posted some good information here.", "votes": null }, { "id": "754825", "postDate": "02/24/2020 05:18:15", "content": "Yeah my comment probably wasn't too helpful - sorry about that. Certainly it is a great idea to track down the meaning of terms that you are not familiar with, and to share them with everyone. I just meant that we don't need to model the selection process itself, because we don't need to predict which teams will be selected for the tournament. Stage 2 starts once the teams have already been selected. But greater understanding and clarity (about any of this) can only be helpful.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yeah my comment probably wasn't too helpful - sorry about that. Certainly it is a great idea to track down the meaning of terms that you are not familiar with, and to share them with everyone. I just meant that we don't need to model the selection process itself, because we don't need to predict which teams will be selected for the tournament. Stage 2 starts once the teams have already been selected. But greater understanding and clarity (about any of this) can only be helpful.", "votes": null }, { "id": "754918", "postDate": "02/24/2020 08:08:34", "content": "Baek Kyun Shin:\nYou are welcome !
", "rawMarkdown": "Baek Kyun Shin:\nYou are welcome !", "votes": null }, { "id": "754945", "postDate": "02/24/2020 08:56:55", "content": "Jeff:\nThank you for giving me advice. I'm sorry for replying late.
\nI know that we don't know everything about NCAA D-1 men's tournament for prediction. I posted this just for help those who are't familiar with NCAA with understanding contexts. I know almost nothing about NCAA and basketball then I found a lot of unfamiliar words when I read data description. That sometimes become noise and stops me considering how to predict games' results. I thought someone might have the similar trouble and it would be nice if there were a simple dictionary about NCAA and basketball. \nIf my post is not apporopriate, I will apologize about it.
@JohnM Thanks!
", "rawMarkdown": "JohnM Thanks!", "votes": null }, { "id": "755156", "postDate": "02/24/2020 13:56:16", "content": "Thanks Tomoki, I think it's great for you to post useful information like this - I appreciate you doing it!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Tomoki, I think it's great for you to post useful information like this - I appreciate you doing it!", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 753856, "author_name": "werooring", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/22/2020 18:19:07", "content": "Thank you ^^ I could learn about the terms
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 754918, "author_name": "tomokikmogura", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/24/2020 08:08:34", "content": "Baek Kyun Shin:\nYou are welcome !
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 753874, "author_name": "jeffsonas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/22/2020 18:59:27", "content": "It is always good to get more context like this, but remember that you won't need to worry too much about why teams are picked or how teams are picked; you will be making predictions about the games played among the teams that do get picked.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 754814, "author_name": "jpmiller", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/24/2020 04:59:56", "content": "Jeff, can you clarify your comment? It sounds like you are telling Tomoki not to try and understand the context of the tournament - just make your prediction. I thought he posted some good information here.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 754825, "author_name": "jeffsonas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/24/2020 05:18:15", "content": "Yeah my comment probably wasn't too helpful - sorry about that. Certainly it is a great idea to track down the meaning of terms that you are not familiar with, and to share them with everyone. I just meant that we don't need to model the selection process itself, because we don't need to predict which teams will be selected for the tournament. Stage 2 starts once the teams have already been selected. But greater understanding and clarity (about any of this) can only be helpful.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 754945, "author_name": "tomokikmogura", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/24/2020 08:56:55", "content": "Jeff:\nThank you for giving me advice. I'm sorry for replying late.
\nI know that we don't know everything about NCAA D-1 men's tournament for prediction. I posted this just for help those who are't familiar with NCAA with understanding contexts. I know almost nothing about NCAA and basketball then I found a lot of unfamiliar words when I read data description. That sometimes become noise and stops me considering how to predict games' results. I thought someone might have the similar trouble and it would be nice if there were a simple dictionary about NCAA and basketball. \nIf my post is not apporopriate, I will apologize about it.
@JohnM Thanks!
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 755156, "author_name": "jeffsonas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "02/24/2020 13:56:16", "content": "Thanks Tomoki, I think it's great for you to post useful information like this - I appreciate you doing it!
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "753780": "The overall schedule of March Madness 2020 is announced in [NCAA's official website](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/march-madness-2020-schedule). \n\n>- Selection Sunday — March 15, 2020 \n- First Four — Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17-18, 2020 \n- NCAA Tournament Round 1 — Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020\n- NCAA Tournament Round 2 — Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, 2020\n- Sweet 16 — Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, 2020\n- Elite 8 — Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2020\n- Final Four — Saturday, April 4, 2020\n- 2020 NCAA championship game — Monday, April 6, 2020 \n\nSome words are new for me, therefore I looked up the meaning of them in some websites. \n- **Selection Sunday:** *([Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Selection_Sunday), refereed on 2020-02-21)*\n\n >The Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.\n \n- **First Four:** *([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Four) , refereed on 2020-02-21)*\n\n >the First Four are a series of play-in games played since 2011. The games are contested between teams holding the four lowest seeded automatic bids and the four lowest seeded at-large bids. \n \n Both \"automatic bids\" and \"at-large bids\" are the ways how colleges are selected as teams which can advance to the NCAA tournament; they are explained in *[NCAA's official website](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2019-02-05/what-large-bid-march-madness)*.\nAutomatic bid is described as follows. \n >The 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. \n\n And at-large bid is as follows. (I refereed them on 2020-02-22)\n \n >An at-large bid is the only avenue into the NCAA tournament for a team that didn't win its conference tournament. The selection committee (more on them in a second) convenes on Selection Sunday, after all regular season and conference tournament games are played, and decides which 36 teams that are not automatic qualifiers have the pedigree to earn an invitation to the tournament. Any Division I team that did not win its conference tournament and is not banned from postseason play is eligible to be selected as an at-large bid.\n\n- **Sweet 16, Elite 8:** Best 16 and 8.\n- **Final Four:** Semi-final of the tournament.", "753856": "Thank you ^^ I could learn about the terms", "753874": "It is always good to get more context like this, but remember that you won't need to worry too much about why teams are picked or how teams are picked; you will be making predictions about the games played among the teams that do get picked.", "754814": "Jeff, can you clarify your comment? It sounds like you are telling Tomoki not to try and understand the context of the tournament - just make your prediction. I thought he posted some good information here.", "754825": "Yeah my comment probably wasn't too helpful - sorry about that. Certainly it is a great idea to track down the meaning of terms that you are not familiar with, and to share them with everyone. I just meant that we don't need to model the selection process itself, because we don't need to predict which teams will be selected for the tournament. Stage 2 starts once the teams have already been selected. But greater understanding and clarity (about any of this) can only be helpful.", "754918": "Baek Kyun Shin:\nYou are welcome !", "754945": "Jeff:\nThank you for giving me advice. I'm sorry for replying late. \nI know that we don't know everything about NCAA D-1 men's tournament for prediction. I posted this just for help those who are't familiar with NCAA with understanding contexts. I know almost nothing about NCAA and basketball then I found a lot of unfamiliar words when I read data description. That sometimes become noise and stops me considering how to predict games' results. I thought someone might have the similar trouble and it would be nice if there were a simple dictionary about NCAA and basketball. \nIf my post is not apporopriate, I will apologize about it.", "755057": "JohnM Thanks!", "755156": "Thanks Tomoki, I think it's great for you to post useful information like this - I appreciate you doing it!" }, "source": "meta" }