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Local story about math and March Madness scores nationwide news coverage
From left: Liz Bouzarth, Kevin Hutson and John Harris, Department of Mathematics.
Multiple TV news outlets ran a story about how math professors Kevin Hutson, Liz Bouzarth and John Harris are using modeling and analytics to predict March Madness upsets. WYFF News 4 interviewed Hutson, who said the models lay out probabilities for upsets for lower seeded teams.
NBC News Now, the online version of NBC News, interviewed Hutson live on its morning show Friday, March 21. You can see him starting at the 46:30 mark of this video.
Local stations around the country also aired the WYFF story, including NBC Chicago and affiliates in Tampa Bay, Florida; Wichita Falls, Texas; Madison, Wisconsin; Austin, Texas; Wilmington, North Carolina; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Little Rock, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Rochester, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; Champaign, Illinois; Great Falls, Montana; Portland, Maine; Charlotte, North Carolina; Bangor, Maine; Lexington, Kentucky; Lincoln, Nebraska; North Platte, Nebraska; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Terre Haute, Indiana; Tri-Cities, Tennessee; Spokane, Washington; Minot, North Dakota; Savannah, Georgia; Greensboro, North Carolina; Sacramento, California; and South Bend, Indiana.
Other networks including CBS in Dallas, ABC stations in Peoria, Illinois, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and FOX in Wilmington, North Carolina, also picked up the story.
You can also read this Furman News story for more.