Go Billikens!
March Madness is in full swing at SLU - we're proud that our Billikens will be participating in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship this year!
For background on NCAA and college basketball, consult these excellent electronic encyclopedias.
Scholarly Articles
March Madness is a legitimate subject of academic inquiry! Use SLU Libraries' databases to learn about mathematical models for predicting the tournament champion, influences on workplace productivity, regional economic impacts, gender equity and much more - a small sample of scholarly articles are highlighted below. For full access to the articles, note that you may need to login with your SLU NetID and Banner password.
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College Basketball & Economics
- March Madness: Distracted workers, illegal gambling, loss of sleepThis story from the LA Times discusses the impact of the tournament on the workforce.
- March Payday MadnessThis special report from Bloomberg Businessweek focuses on college basketball coaches' salaries.
- Economics of College SportsThis book, available at Pius Library, contains a chapter on the NCAA Tournament.
- The Bottom Line: Observations & Arguments on the Sports BusinessThis book, also available in Pius Library, contains several chapters on college sports.
Debate: Should College Athletes be Paid?
Historian Taylor Branch says yes, while Joe Crowley, an ex-NCAA official, says no. See their interviews with PBS NewsHour:
Bracketology
- NCAA Bracketology: The Science Behind March MadnessThis story from PBS NewsHour discusses various scientific - and not so scientific - methodologies for completing the bracket.
- LRMCDeveloped by professors at Georgia Tech, this tool predicts tournament champions more accurately than other experts.
- Navigating March Madness BracketsAn NPR discussion of tournament brackets.
- 2012 NCAA March Madness Mens Basketball Interactive BracketOfficial interactive bracket from NCAA.com.
Have a Question? Search LibAnswers!
- Where can I find data on US business owners by gender, race or ethnicity?
- Where can I find valuation multiples?
- Where can I find data about short sales (or short interest) of stock?
- Where can I find defense expenditures by country?
- Where can I find financial soundness indicators (FSI) for various countries?
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