2008 March Madness - the REAL brackets

[Dan_ref]

http://www.payscale.com/2008-march-m...htm?basketball

[Adam]

They should run these figures against the cost of living index for their respective locations. San Diego wouldn't have beat Drake by nearly as much, otherwise.

[Mark Padgett]

If the brackets were originally determined by that criteria, the final would be between Harvard (Bill Gates' school - even though he dropped out) and Oregon (Phil Knight's alma mater). Those two would probably skew the numbers enough.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

They should run these figures against the cost of living index for their respective locations. San Diego wouldn't have beat Drake by nearly as much, otherwise.

That assumes that every Stanford grad finds a job in the bay area and every Drake grad finds a job in Des Moines, don't you agree? And look who came in second... I don't think South Bend is exactly a high cost of living place to live. CS Fullerton comes in near the bottom... Orange County CA is not the cheapest place to live in the country.

[Welpe]

I went to the wrong school and/or picked the wrong career.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

That assumes that every Stanford grad finds a job in the bay area and every Drake grad finds a job in Des Moines, don't you agree? And look who came in second... I don't think South Bend is exactly a high cost of living place to live. CS Fullerton comes in near the bottom... Orange County CA is not the cheapest place to live in the country.

Not every grad, just a statistically significant percentage.

I think some universities are, by nature regional in that there grads are more likely to stay in the region because their students are more likely to come from that area. Drake is a high quality school, but I'd bet a higher percentage of their students can get to Mom and Dad within a 3 hour drive than Notre Dame, UCLA, Duke, Standford, etc.

California state schools are different due to their hierarchical nature. Cal Berkley has far more stringent entrance requirements than Fullerton, for example.

[Welpe]

Fullerton is a Cal State school whereas Berkeley is a University of California school. The UC system's requirements on paper are higher than the CSU schools. You are correct though that some are harder to get into than others. It is very hard to get into UC Berkeley or UCLA, and much easier to get into UC Santa Cruz. Then there are the high quality CSU schools such as Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (Go Mustangs!) that are harder to get into than the lower tier UC schools.

What's my point? I have no idea, I just felt like talking about how wonderful California is.....or isn't.

On a side note, I am working about an hour north of Palo Alto (where Stanford is) and I started making about half of their median wages. I wonder if most of these jobs are in engineering, because I'm not sure what other entry level jobs would pay $100,000 for a new hire with just a bachelor's, even if it is from Stanford.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

http://www.payscale.com/2008-march-m...htm?basketball

Lateesha's Beauty School had a play-in game against Devry. We will be back next year.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Welpe

What's my point? I have no idea, I just felt like talking about how wonderful California is.....or isn't.

But we all know who would win if the brackets were based on "quality college" officials.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

If the brackets were originally determined by that criteria, the final would be between Harvard (Bill Gates' school - even though he dropped out) and Oregon (Phil Knight's alma mater). Those two would probably skew the numbers enough.

Not twue.......even though I got a C in statistics, I do remember that median is not an average just a middle point.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Lateesha's Beauty School had a play-in game against Devry. We will be back next year.

Keep an eye on ITT Technical...heard they had a great recruiting class this year.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Not twue.......even though I got a C in statistics, I do remember that median is not an average just a middle point.

They didn't teach me that at the Frankfort Undergraduate College of Kentucky. Good old FU....., well, never mind.

BTW - I wonder how hard it is to get into the on-line school from which my sister-in-law was able to obtain a PhD in theology for her dog? Now the dog is licensed to perform marriages here in Oregon! It's twue, it's twue.

[rgncjn]

Cool.

For the first time in tournament history, a #16 seed up-ended a #1 seed.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

They should run these figures against the cost of living index for their respective locations. San Diego wouldn't have beat Drake by nearly as much, otherwise.

Yabut, if you're living in California, you're virtually guaranteed a ton of D-I games on your schedule. That has to raise the median income somehow.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by rgncjn

Cool.

For the first time in men's tournament history, a #16 seed up-ended a #1 seed.

Fixed it.

FWIW, on the women's side, no 15 seed has ever upset a 2.