Professors predict NCAA tournament teams

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - For the second straight year, two university professors used computer software and a special formula to correctly predict nearly all of the teams in the NCAA men&#39;s tournament.<br> <br> Jay Coleman and Allen Lynch matched 63 of the 65 teams on this year&#39;s bracket. It raises their three-year record to 190-5 using their ``Dance Card&#39;&#39; formula.<br> <br> The software, developed by SAS Institute failed to predict the selection committee&#39;s inclusion of Alabama and North Carolina State, which is near SAS headquarters.<br> <br> Because 31 tournament slots are awarded through automatic conference bids, the formula is actually only needed to figure out the remaining 34 at-large slots.<br> <br> Coleman is an operations management professor at the University of North Florida and Lynch teaches economics at Mercer University in Georgia.