Webquest - NCAA Tournament
INTRODUCTION
Let's get ready to rumble! It's March Madness time, which means, you guessed it - Basketball! Basketball is not only a sport filled with excitement, slam dunks, and unbelievable athletes; it also is full of mathematical concepts as you will find in this webquest!
TASK
In this webquest, you will look at many different areas of math found in the NCAA basketball tournament. You will use the NCAA bracket to look at all the teams participating in the tournament. The world of math will come alive as you find fractions, decimals, and percents; probability statistics; make predictions; and look for patterns.
By the end of this webquest, you will be able to relate a variety of math facts to the NCAA tournament and explain the importance of Mathematics in basketball.
PROCEDURES
1. You may work in groups of two, four, or individually. Your teacher will decide this before you begin.
2. Find a copy of this year's NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket in the resources provided.
3. Research the stats of the teams. If you are working in teams, each member may be responsible for one region (southeast, east, midwest, and west). You will be looking for information about the team's information, offensive stats, and win/loss record. Refer to the worksheet in your packet.
A. CBS Sportsline.com - Sortable Team Information and Statistics:
Ø Scroll to find your team and then look to the right under
the stats for PPG (Points per game)
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B. CBS Sportsline.com - Tournament Teams
Ø Find your team and write down the win/loss record
TEAM:_____________ Record:___________
Ø Click on each team and scroll down to find out where the school is located.
C. RPI (Rated Performance Index)
4. Probability is our next area of focus. Use the resources provided to find out where each college or university is located. If you are working in teams, located the states for the schools in your region. Only the state is needed. You may record this information on your bracket out beside the name of each school. Answer the probability questions below.
1. If the names of all the teams in the NCAA Basketball Tournament were put into a bag, what would be the probability of drawing the winning team out of the bag?
2. How many states are represented in this year’s tournament?
3. How many teams are from New York?
4. From which state would you have the best chances of choosing a team if the teams were drawn from a bag? Explain your answer.
5. What percentage of all 50 states is represented? Show your work below.