bracketology
[ brak-i-tol-uh-jee ]
/ ˌbræk ɪˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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noun Sports.
a system of diagrammatically predicting and tracking the process of elimination among sequentially paired opponents in a tournament, especially an NCAA basketball tournament.
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