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Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois

Caption: Sheldon H. Jacobson, professor of computer science, says that a top-3 seeded team’s odds of winning games past the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are statistically no different than a coin flip.

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer

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