A Never-Ending Math Orgy with Ken Pomeroy

About this episode

Drew and Roth discuss March Madness with Ken Pomeroy, exploring bracket insights and listener questions.

Happy March Madness! As always, Drew and Roth are joined by Ken Pomeroy of KenPom.com to talk about the men’s bracket. Is Ken’s insight still the gold standard, or are AI rankings coming for his job? Do the top seeds all look ready to bloom on schedule, or is one of them obviously the cream of the crop? And who’s in everyone’s final four? Then, they open up the funbag… for corrections?  Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0! Stuff We Talked About Irish accents (of varying quality) Emergency Boozers A one-man anti-Arizona army Golf course dealmaking The death of the WAC & Cinderella Sponsors - Raycon , where you can get 20% off Essential Open Earbuds Credits - Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth - Producer: Brandon Grugle - Editor: Mischa Stanton - Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts - Subscribe to Defector ! About The Show The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Drew Magary, David Roth

Guest: Ken Pomeroy

Topics covered

• March Madness
• basketball
• bracket analysis
• AI rankings
• listener questions
• sports culture

Keywords

• March Madness
• Ken Pomeroy
• basketball rankings
• final four
• listener questions
• sports podcast

Sponsors

Raycon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KenPom.com, Defector, Multitude Podcasts

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