Luck can often play a bigger role than skill in a successful March Madness bracket

With the Big Ten Tournament underway and Selection Sunday ahead, you may be getting ready to fill out your March Madness Bracket.

Michigan State University faculty member and director of the Actuarial Science Program Albert Cohen studies sports analytics and says luck actually factors into a bracket win or bust more than you’d think.

“The ball can bounce the wrong way, especially towards the end of the game. There’s a lot of chaos that happens that can affect the final outcome,”he said…

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