Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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According to Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of computer science and the director of the simulation and optimization laboratory at Illinois, picking the higher-seeded team to beat a lower-seeded opponent usually works only in the first three rounds of the tournament.

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L. Brian Stauffer

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