Under the hood of the NCAA bracket builder

How to join the network

Every March a sacred ritual is reënacted around the country as millions take the time to fill out their NCAA March Madness bracket.

While the majority of fans might rely on their knowledge of the game, popular sports analysts, water cooler talk and a gut feeling, machine learning scientists are building a predictor tool to help the masses complete the ultimate bracket and win a few bucks from the office pool.

For the 2016 March Madness tournament, Microsoft Bing and NCAA are partnering up once again to bring fans their smarter bracket, powered by Bing Predicts.

The Bing Predictor tool is the foundation for the smarter bracket which has been used to pick winners for…