Hoop-a-nator

2022 Hoop-a-nator Game Changer

For the 2022 NCAA tournament the Evolytics team used our custom built, Predictive Analytics application—Hoop-a-nator—to enter bracket contests and bet on the NCAA tournament games in Las Vegas. We’re so confident in it’s predictions (or maybe we were just crazy) that we put up $1,000 of our own cash to bet on the games, with proceeds going to a deserving organization that directly touches more than 20 million Americans each year and supports millions of Americans with a pioneering model of education, advocacy, and research, the American Lung Association.

View our data science-based picks below, and check back to see what we’re betting on and how we’re performing in each round. Let the Madness begin!

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OUR ROUND OF 64 PICKS

Thursday, March 17, 2022

As we kick off the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament today, let’s get a WOOF WOOF in the house! The Evolytics Hoop-a-nator is beginning with a clean slate, and boy do we have an underdog slate for you all! These are 32 of our best bets for the first round, all weighted slightly different based on perceived edge, to provide the maximum winning potential. Check out the picks below:

Round of 64 Bets (March 17-18, 2022):

  1. Colorado State +1.5 (Predicted Final Score: Mich 66.59 – CSU 65.42)
  2. Providence -2 (Prov 72.52 – SDSU 69.48)
  3. Boise State +3 (BSU 66.94 – Memphis 65.06)
  4. Norfolk State +20.5 (Baylor 70.99 – NSU 67.01)
  5. Longwood +18 (Tenn 69.47 – Longwood 63.53)
  6. Richmond +10.5 (Iowa 73.19 – Richmond 67.81)
  7. Georgia St +23.5 (Gonzaga 74.17 – Georgia St 65.83)
  8. Marquette +3.5 (UNC 76.50 – Marquette 73.50)
  9. New Mexico State +6.5 (UCONN 66.53 –  NMSU 62.47)
  10. St Peters +18 (Kentucky 71.98 – St. Peters 65.02)
  11. Indiana +2.5 (St. Marys 70.45 – IU 69.55)
  12. Creighton +2 (Creighton 62 – SDSU 62)
  13. Vermont +5 (Arkansas 72.27 – Vermont 71.73)
  14. Murray St -2 (Murray St 69.96 – San Fran 67.04)
  15. Akron +13.5 (UCLA 66.99 – Akron 66.01)
  16. Texas Southern +21.5 (KU 75.39 – TSU 67.61)
  17. Ohio State PK (OSU 69.03 – Loyola Chicago 62.97)
  18. Jacksonville St +14.5 (Auburn 73.29 – JSU 68.71)
  19. Montana St +14.5 (TTU 66.8 – Montant St 62.2)
  20. Yale +16 (Purdue 71.93 – Yale 65.08)
  21. Delaware +15.5 (Villanova 62.66 – DU 58.34)
  22. Miami FL +1.5 (USC 67.51 – 66.49)
  23. Notre Dame +4 (NDU 76.50 – Alabama 74.50)
  24. Virginia Tech +1 (VA Tech 70.52 – Texas 68.48) 
  25. Chattanooga +8 (Illinois 66.06 – Chatt 64.94)
  26. Cal St Fullerton +16.5 (Duke 71.49 – CSFU 64.51)
  27. Iowa St +4 (LSU 70.55 – ISU 67.45)
  28. Wright State +21.5 (Arizona 76.65 – Wright St 68.35) 
  29. UAB +8.5 (Houston 76.92 – UAB  69.08)
  30. Davidson +1 (Davidson 69.38 – Mich St 66.63)
  31. Colgate +8 (Wisconsin 71.56 – Colgate 66.44)
  32. Seton Hall -1 (Seton Hall 64.85 – TCU 63.15)