Transcript Webquest

March Madness
 It’s tournament time and its going to be
awesome baby!! Throughout this web
quest you are going to realize how we
use graph theory in our everyday lives,
even in basketball!!
Introduction
 Scheduling for basketball tournaments can be
very intricate due to special circumstances
and criteria that needs to be met.
 In this web quest, you will explore and apply
the concepts of graph theory as it relates to
scheduling a NCAA basketball tournament.
Tasks
 This activity focuses on applying graph theory to
derive a schedule to meet the criteria of a
tournament.
 You will look at many different concepts of
geometry and graph theory found in scheduling a
NCAA basketball tournament.
 By then end of this web quest, you will be able to
relate a wide variety of math concepts to the NCAA
tournament and explain how we use graph theory in
scheduling a basketball tournament.
Procedures
1) You will be broken into seven groups of
four prior to the start of this activity. Each
group will be given a compact disc with
access to this web quest.
2) Each individual will be given an activity
sheet with all of the criteria for this activity
clearly stated. Each group will be given a
box of colored pencils to help them draw
their graphs, and a floppy disk to save all of
your groups work if needed.
Procedures
3) Use the resource page to research the
statistics of the NCAA division one
conferences and teams.
4) As a group select the top four
conferences in division one basketball.
5) As a group select the five best teams
within each of the four conferences
you selected to compete against each
other in this tournament.
Procedures
6) Work in your groups to develop your
own solutions and methods to deriving
a schedule so that all of the criteria of
the tournament are met.
7) As a group devise a schedule that your
group believes best meets all of the
criteria of the tournament.
Procedures
8) When everyone is finished, each group
will have their spokesperson share
their methods and the processes they
used to develop their schedule.
9) As a class we will discuss each of the
groups methods and decide which
groups schedule was the most
efficient.
On Your Paper:
1) Write a paragraph of at least 100 words
on how graph theory helped your group
devise a schedule so that all the criteria
of the tournament were met.
2) Draw graphs that helped your group
devise a tournament schedule that met all
of the criteria.
3) Neatly print the tournament schedule that
your group produced.
Evaluation
 Integration of statistics of the NCAA teams
and conferences into your schedule.
 Accuracy and neatness of your graphs.
 Completeness and accuracy of your
paragraph on how graph theory helped you
devise your schedule.
 Accuracy of your tournament schedule
such that all the criteria of the tournament
was met.
Conclusion
 From searching web pages and exploring the
concepts of geometry, you should have learned
more about graph theory as it relates to scheduling.
 You should also understand how we use graph
theory in real life situations, even in basketball.
 You should now see all the mathematics that
surround the NCAA basketball tournament.
Resources
Tasks
Procedures Evaluation Conclusion
 NCAA Tournament Activity Sheet
 Official NCAA Site
 College Sports Online
 List of Division One Basketball Teams
 List of Division One Conferences
 Team Statistics
The End
Created By:
Ms. Kinder