Operations researchers Sharif Melouk and Burcu Keskin at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, developed a method to reduce travel distances when assigning teams to the initial tournament game locations. The method maintains the guidelines expressed by the NCAA, such as rewarding top teams with games relatively close to home and avoiding early-round battles between teams from the same conference. See the news story on this paper: NCAA Tournament Math: More than Adding Up Ones, Twos and Threes The story on FoxNews: NCAA proposes math-based bracket tweak to boost attendance, lower costs For the original article, please see the journal's website: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 63, Issue 5, pp. 620-630, 2012 My article on NCAA tournament scheduling that is co-authored by Dr. Sharif Melouk is highlighted on ESPN, Fox Sports, and UA research magazine.
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