Bing predicts which NCAA basketball team will make it to March Madness

Do you want to know if your NCAA basketball team will make it to March Madness? Microsoft’s Bing Predicts can help you.

March Madness is still a couple of months away but it’s never too early to prepare for Microsoft as it launched its Bing Predicts’ new “Are We In” college basketball tool.

AreWeIn.net gives college basketball fans some daily updated predictions such as team’s probability of making the tournament, what the team will be seeded, how it will finish, and its conference standings.

According to ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Williams, Bing Predicts will take a look at the historical statistics to see which factors contribute to strong teams who make the tournament either automatically or as an at-large bid. Predictions are based data such as team’s strength of schedule, opponents’ win/lose record, and detailed statistical analysis regarding their on-court tendencies such as ball control, rebounding and field-goal percentage.  And since predictions are also subject to changes, it would also add web activity and social sentiment to tune the strengths, capturing real-time information like injuries and line-up changes.