Rating System Challenge: Think the National Title Game Was Ugly?

So in the end it was Connecticut who won it all: not favored Ohio State; not perennial powerhouse Duke; and not Cinderella Butler.

In what many analysts and fans are calling the ugliest national title game ever--but what more observant individuals recognize as a fantastic defensive effort on both sides--Connecticut polished off an improbable run that consisted of eleven straight wins and a 14-0 record in tournament play.*

*Disclaimer: I'm an unabashed Connecticut fan, and at this moment have no interest in presenting an unbiased view on the subject.

Truly Jonathan, the UConn Huskies' mascot (pictured top right), is sticking is sticking out his tongue not only at Connecticut's vanquished foes but at the ratings systems that performed so poorly this year.

We covered just about everything we could cover in this regard in the previous post, but here are the final standings with the ultimate percentile rankings for each system.

Congratulations, Connecticut!

RNK	ENTRY	R64	R32	S16	E8	FF	NCG	CHAMPION	PPR	TOTAL	PCT
1	ESPN National Bracket	220	200	160	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	580	75.5
2	FiveThirtyEight	250	200	120	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	570	72.6
2	Pure Chalk	250	200	120	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	570	72.6
4	Vegas	210	200	120	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	530	56.3
5	Nolan Power Index	230	200	80	0	0	0	Kansas	0	510	47.4
5	Sonny Moore	230	200	80	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	510	47.4
7	Pomeroy	260	200	40	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	500	42.8
8	Lunardi RPI	220	180	80	0	0	0	Kansas	0	480	33.6
8	NCAA Official RPI	220	180	80	0	0	0	Kansas	0	480	33.6
10	Jeff Sagarin	230	200	40	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	470	29.2
11	Preseason AP Poll	240	140	80	0	0	0	Duke	0	460	25.1
12	LRMC Bayesian	250	160	40	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	450	21.3
13	ESPN Decision Tree	230	160	40	0	0	0	Kansas	0	430	14.6

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