NCAA Math.
Used in a sentence: "No wonder the association takes such a hit when it gets slammed for 'student athlete' being an oxymoron; if I understand NCAA math right -- the Big 10 has 12 teams and the Big 12 has 10 teams!"
This all kind of reminds me of Clock Arithmetic (or was it Z Module Math) from Unified Math in high school (where 7+7 =2). Or maybe its just that the calculations associated with the amount of money affiliated with these college sports teams is so astronomical and out-of-proportion to the scholarly budgets, that a new math system is essential to fully understand the way things all interact. [Joe Pa, I couldn't possibly mean you or the Penn State juggernaut, so let's just consider that present company excluded.]
As it is, my employer uses the NCAA basketball bracket each year as a key part of a WoW moment -- and now that 68 (and not 96 or 128) is the new 64+1, we have to go reprint all of that material!
Maybe it's just me and sports and math that's not the right combination. I mean if we can advance in the World Cup by scoring in the 91st minute of a 90 minute game ('cause the ref can add some injury time if he wants to?), then I'm just content to be confused with athletic arithmetic.
And, sure ... Go USA!
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THAT CONFERENCES NEED SOME RE-NAMING:
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/06/so_what_to_call_the_big_12_now.php
EXPLANATION OF CLOCK ARITHMETIC (BUT NO MR. MILLER IN SIGHT):
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~wcherowi/clockar.html
I'M NOT AS ANGRY AS HE IS ABOUT STUDENT-ATHLETE:
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Is-The-Term-Scholar-Athlete/6479/
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