College Of Charleston: Math Students Pick Best March Madness Shots Ever

Mount Pleasant SC

14 April, 2022

10:37 AM

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Press release from College of Charleston: March 30, 2022 Sports prediction website Pickwise asked sports analyst Tim Chartier of Davidson College and former college basketball star turned CofC mathematics Professor Amy Langville to come up with the list based on the Top 12 shots from 1982 to 2021 that nine experts chose. The pair worked with CofC students Kristen Looney, Orel Robino, Jenna Snead and Zack White, who ranked the shots based on pressure and probability, along with the rankings from the experts, which they aggregated using the Borda count method (consensus based rather than majoritarian). The students weighted the shots in order of pressure, shot probability and expert rankings with a ratio of 3 : 1.5 : 2, respectively. This press release was produced by College of Charleston. The views expressed here are the author's own.