Men's NCAA Tournament consensus bracket predictions: The Athletic's staff makes its picks
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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51% : * Twenty-nine teams received at least one vote to win in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite 8, including four double-digit seeds: No. 10 seeds Arkansas and Vanderbilt, No. 11 seed VCU and No. 12 seed Colorado State.50% : No. 2 seed Michigan State got five more votes than No. 1 Auburn (nine) in the South.
49% : In the Midwest, No. 3 Kentucky got 11 votes to top No. 6 Illinois (10), No
49% : And in the South, No. 5 seed Texas A&M got 11 votes to top No. 5 Michigan (seven), No. 12 UC San Diego (four) and
33% : * Nobody could be convinced to go out on a limb enough to pick a No. 15 seed over a No. 2 or a No. 16 seed over a No. 1.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.