A random bracket selector.

bracket-madness.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""Randomly select your March Madness bracket.
"""

import random


south = (
    (
        (
            ('Kansas', 'Austin Peay'),
            ('Colorado', 'Connecticut'),),
        (
            ('Maryland', 'South Dakota St.'),
            ('California', 'Hawaii'),
        )
    ),
    (
        (
            ('Arizona', 'Vanderbilt/Wichita St.'),
            ('Miami', 'Buffalo'),
        ),
        (
            ('Iowa', 'Temple'),
            ('Villanova', 'UNC Asheville'),
        )
    )
)
west = (
    (
        (
            ('Oregon', 'Holy Cross/Southern'),
            ('Saint Joseph\'s', 'Cincinnati'),),
        (
            ('Baylor', 'Yale'),
            ('Duke', 'UNC Wilmington'),
        )
    ),
    (
        (
            ('Texas', 'Northern Iowa'),
            ('Texas A&M', 'Green Bay'),
        ),
        (
            ('Oregon St.', 'Virginia Commonwealth'),
            ('Oklahoma', 'Cal St. Bakersfield'),
        )
    )
)

east = (
    (
        (
            ('North Carolina', 'FGCU/Fairleigh Dickinson'),
            ('USC', 'Providence'),),
        (
            ('Indiana', 'Chattanooga'),
            ('Kentucky', 'Stony Brook'),
        )
    ),
    (
        (
            ('Notre Dame', 'Michigan/Tulsa'),
            ('West Virginia', 'Stephen F. Austin'),
        ),
        (
            ('Wisconsin', 'Pittsburgh'),
            ('Xavier', 'Weber St.'),
        )
    )
)

midwest = (
    (
        (
            ('Virginia', 'Hampton'),
            ('Texas Tech', 'Butler'),),
        (
            ('Purdue', 'Little Rock'),
            ('Iowa State', 'Iona'),
        )
    ),
    (
        (
            ('Seton Hall', 'Gonzaga'),
            ('Utah', 'Fresno St.'),
        ),
        (
            ('Dayton', 'Syracuse'),
            ('Michigan St.', 'Middle Tennessee'),
        )
    )
)

tournamet = (
    (south, west),
    (east, midwest)
)


def find_winners(tourny):
    left, right = tourny
    if isinstance(left, tuple) and isinstance(right, tuple):
        left = find_winners(left)
        rght = find_winners(right)
        final_faceoff = (left, rght)
        winner = find_winners(final_faceoff)
        return winner

    if isinstance(left, str) and isinstance(right, str):
        print("\n\n{} VS. {}".format(left, right))
        winner = random.choice([left, right])
        print("{} wins!".format(winner))
        return winner


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print("thinking...")
    final_winner = find_winners(tournamet)
    print("\n\nTHE BIG WINNER IS {}".format(final_winner.upper()))