UPDATED: Tournaments have been canceled. See this post for the latest updates.
\n\nHey All,
\n\nThe latest announcement from the NCAA has announced that they will continue with the NCAA tournaments, but with no fans in attendance (limited fans like family and essential personnel are allowed).
\n\nWe have no intention of canceling this Kaggle competition as long as the games are still scheduled to occur. As there will be no one in attendance, make appropriate adjustments to your model (as you see fit) should any weights accounts for a \"home-team advantage\" or some related geography feature.
\n\nThe NBA regular season has been suspended, as a player from the Utah Jazz has tested positive for the coronavirus. We don't think think this will have an impact on the NCAA tournament, but we're monitoring the news to see if anything changes.
\n\nIn the rare instance that the full tournament be postponed, suspended, or canceled, we (Kaggle) will consider alternatives to keep the Kaggle community involved in some form or fashion, with a worst-case scenario being that we cancel the competition.
\n\nAs we fully anticipate the tournament to move forward, let the feature engineering begin in lieu recent news!
\n\nHappy Modeling!
\n\nKaggle
", "messages": [ { "id": "769648", "postDate": "03/12/2020 05:36:17", "content": "UPDATED: Tournaments have been canceled. See this post for the latest updates.
\n\nHey All,
\n\nThe latest announcement from the NCAA has announced that they will continue with the NCAA tournaments, but with no fans in attendance (limited fans like family and essential personnel are allowed).
\n\nWe have no intention of canceling this Kaggle competition as long as the games are still scheduled to occur. As there will be no one in attendance, make appropriate adjustments to your model (as you see fit) should any weights accounts for a \"home-team advantage\" or some related geography feature.
\n\nThe NBA regular season has been suspended, as a player from the Utah Jazz has tested positive for the coronavirus. We don't think think this will have an impact on the NCAA tournament, but we're monitoring the news to see if anything changes.
\n\nIn the rare instance that the full tournament be postponed, suspended, or canceled, we (Kaggle) will consider alternatives to keep the Kaggle community involved in some form or fashion, with a worst-case scenario being that we cancel the competition.
\n\nAs we fully anticipate the tournament to move forward, let the feature engineering begin in lieu recent news!
\n\nHappy Modeling!
\n\nKaggle
", "rawMarkdown": "UPDATED: Tournaments have been canceled. See [this post](https://www.kaggle.com/c/google-cloud-ncaa-march-madness-2020-division-1-womens-tournament/discussion/135259) for the latest updates.\n\nHey All,\n\nThe [latest announcement from the NCAA](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-03-11/ncaa-announces-division-i-mens-and-womens-basketball) has announced that they will continue with the NCAA tournaments, but with no fans in attendance (limited fans like family and essential personnel are allowed). \n\nWe have no intention of canceling this Kaggle competition as long as the games are still scheduled to occur. As there will be no one in attendance, make appropriate adjustments to your model (as you see fit) should any weights accounts for a \"home-team advantage\" or some related geography feature.\n\nThe [NBA regular season has been suspended](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus), as a player from the Utah Jazz has tested positive for the coronavirus. We don't think think this will have an impact on the NCAA tournament, but we're monitoring the news to see if anything changes. \n\nIn the rare instance that the full tournament be postponed, suspended, or canceled, we (Kaggle) will consider alternatives to keep the Kaggle community involved in some form or fashion, with a worst-case scenario being that we cancel the competition.\n\nAs we fully anticipate the tournament to move forward, let the feature engineering begin in lieu recent news! \n\nHappy Modeling!\n\nKaggle", "votes": null }, { "id": "770095", "postDate": "03/12/2020 14:59:51", "content": "@addisonhoward This implies for other related competitions there may be a new feature: with Audience or without Audience.
So excited this event and GBU for all coronavirus suspect.
", "rawMarkdown": "So excited this event and GBU for all coronavirus suspect.", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 770095, "author_name": "anshumoudgil", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 14:59:51", "content": "@addisonhoward This implies for other related competitions there may be a new feature: with Audience or without Audience.
So excited this event and GBU for all coronavirus suspect.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "769648": "UPDATED: Tournaments have been canceled. See [this post](https://www.kaggle.com/c/google-cloud-ncaa-march-madness-2020-division-1-womens-tournament/discussion/135259) for the latest updates.\n\nHey All,\n\nThe [latest announcement from the NCAA](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-03-11/ncaa-announces-division-i-mens-and-womens-basketball) has announced that they will continue with the NCAA tournaments, but with no fans in attendance (limited fans like family and essential personnel are allowed). \n\nWe have no intention of canceling this Kaggle competition as long as the games are still scheduled to occur. As there will be no one in attendance, make appropriate adjustments to your model (as you see fit) should any weights accounts for a \"home-team advantage\" or some related geography feature.\n\nThe [NBA regular season has been suspended](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus), as a player from the Utah Jazz has tested positive for the coronavirus. We don't think think this will have an impact on the NCAA tournament, but we're monitoring the news to see if anything changes. \n\nIn the rare instance that the full tournament be postponed, suspended, or canceled, we (Kaggle) will consider alternatives to keep the Kaggle community involved in some form or fashion, with a worst-case scenario being that we cancel the competition.\n\nAs we fully anticipate the tournament to move forward, let the feature engineering begin in lieu recent news! \n\nHappy Modeling!\n\nKaggle", "770095": "addisonhoward This implies for other related competitions there may be a new feature: `with Audience or without Audience`.", "770512": "So excited this event and GBU for all coronavirus suspect." }, "source": "meta" }