This project uses the data provided by the Kaggle Machine Learning Mania challenge and generates predictions for March Madness brackets. More about the competition: https://www.kaggle.com/c/mens-machine-learning-competition-2018
power_5
: used indicator directly fromTeamConferences.csv
preseason_rank
: found the first ranking using minimum day of ranking fromMasseyOrdinals.csv
champ
: usedConferenceTourneyGames.csv
to find the winning team for the last day of conference play for given season, then converted to binary for if the team was the champ that season- validated with
ConferenceChamps_2018.csv
using data from cbssports.com
- validated with