Simulate the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Try the simulation for yourself as many times as you want to see the results and storylines of March Madness 2021 using data

Which team might have the last shot at the basket? Simulation tools can help us peer into the future. Photo by Markus Spiske via rawpixel (CC0 1.0).

Last year, on Friday, March 12th, 2020, the NCAA Men’s March Madness basketball tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. To fill the void, many fans, myself included, simulated how the tournament would have turned out.

I was pleasantly surprised by the positive reception my simulation received from some of the best in the industry:

This year, after the longest hiatus in tournament history, a champion should be crowned (fingers crossed). Nonetheless, I always find it fun to explore the future, and so I’ve re-built the simulation for 2021.