bracketology

[ brak-i-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

, Sports.

1. a system of diagrammatically predicting and tracking the process of elimination among sequentially paired opponents in a tournament, especially an NCAA basketball tournament.

Other Words From

• brack·et·ol·o·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracketology¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; bracket ( def ) (in the sports sense of “a diagram for tracking advancement in tournament”) + -o- ( def ) + -logy ( def )