UConn professor, Yale alum used exam to gloat about Huskies' upset

Joe Chen is both a math professor at UConn and a Yale alumnus. So when the Bulldogs pulled off a shocking upset over the Huskies, Chen used the moment to

Joe Chen is both a math professor at UConn and a Yale alumnus. So when the Bulldogs pulled off a shocking upset over the Huskies, Chen used the moment to inspire a question on his final exam. 

What is the probability, Chen asked, that UConn loses to an Ivy League opponent again? 

SI's College Basketball Portraits

Earl Boykins

Peter Read Miller/SI

A trip down memory lane, featuring some of SI's best portraits of college basketball players and coaches over the years.

Eric Montross

Bill Frakes/SI

Billy Donovan

Bill Frakes/SI

Joey Graham

Bill Frakes/SI

Robin and Brook Lopez

John Burgess/SI

Pat Summitt

Lynn Johnson/SI

Pete Maravich

Rich Clarkson/SI

Lew Alcindor, John Wooden

Neil Leifer/SI

Wilt Chamberlain

Rich Clarkson/SI

Bill Bradley

Mark Kauffman/SI

Michael Jordan

Lane Stewart/SI

Larry Bird

Lane Stewart/SI

Steve Nash

John W. McDonough/SI

Emeka Okafor

Jeffery A. Salter/SI

Jeremy Lin

Peter Gregoire/SI

Brittney Griner

Robert Seale/SI

Candace Parker

Bill Frakes/SI

Bryant Reeves

Peter Read Miller

Danny Manning

Andy Hayt/SI

Tim Duncan

Manny Millan/SI

Christian Laettner

Peter Read Miller/SI

Danny Fortson

Peter Gregoire/SI

Antawn Jamison

Jim Gund/SI

Jimmer Fredette

Peter Read Miller/SI

Hasheem Thabeet

Robert Beck/SI

Steve Wojciechowski

SI

Anthony Davis

Al Tielemans/SI

Avtar and Varinder Bhullar

John W. McDonough/SI

Aaron Craft

Todd Rosenberg/SI

Russ Smith

Jeffery A. Salter/SI

Doug McDermott

Al Tielemans/SI

Jason Williams

Peter Gregoire/SI

Calvin and Grant Hill

Manny Millan/SI

Chris Paul

Jeffery A. Salter/SI

Cody Zeller

Todd Rosenberg/SI

Greg Oden

Joe McNally/SI

Jerry Lucas

Neil Leifer/SI

Ernie Grunfeld, Bernard King

John Iacono/SI

Dwayne Pearl Washington

Jerry Wachter/SI

David Thompson

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

Paul Pierce

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

Adam Morrison

Rich Frishman/SI

Rony Seikaly

Tony Tomsic/SI

Leon Powe

Jeffery A. Salter/SI

Mark Aguirre, Ralph Sampson, Albert King

Raeanne Rubinstein/SI

Courtney Paris, Blake Griffin

Robert Beck/SI

Alana Beard

Jeffery A. Salter/SI

UConn Women

Bill Frakes/SI

Tony Mitchell

Bill Frakes/SI

Charles Hayward

Greg Foster/SI

Maya Moore

Robert Beck/SI

Chen told CBSSports.com that he collected data from Sports-Reference.com to see how UConn has fared against smartypants since 1980. He realized the sample size was large enough "that the central limit theorem can be applied to a very good approximation!" Indeed.

• Georgetown taught its bulldog mascot to skateboard​

Chen told CBSSports that while he was happy his alma mater got the victory, he was upset with the way the Huskies have played during their three-game losing streak.

UConn gets a chance to break the streak on Sunday against Coppin State. 

#http://www.120sports.com/video/v103780060/wright-leads-utah-comeback

- Dan Gartland