2026 Kaggle Rooting Interest

XGBoost PRUNED-25 Model · Brier 0.1871 · Rooting Interest + Model Analysis
Region Power Rankings
Upset Alerts — First Round
Region Favorite Underdog Upset Probability
Head-to-Head Heatmap — Top 16 Seeds
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100% P(row team wins)
Us vs Vegas vs History — First Round
Three benchmarks: Our Model (XGBoost PRUNED-25), Vegas Lines (ESPN/BetMGM opening moneylines, converted to implied probability), and Historical seed win rates (1,279 R64 games from tournament database).
Region Matchup Us Vegas Hist Us-Vegas Signal
Rooting Interests — Round 1
In a Brier-scored competition, you gain the most when you're right and the field is wrong. These are the games where our predictions diverge most from the field. Sorted by total Brier advantage (this game + downstream impact).