Category Archives: team evaluation

The Importance of Seeding

This post was a 2-part guest post at TeamRankings.com. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. With a month left in the season, most of college basketball is focused on who’s in and out of the tournament. Those teams near … Continue reading

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The Selection Question Revisited

The Philadelphia Eagles finished the season 8-8, but outscored their opponents by 68 points, the 5th-best mark in the NFC. Seven of their 8 losses were by one score or less, and they finished the season hot on a 4-game … Continue reading

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Quick Slant: Murray State punches ticket

One cool thing we can do with the rest-of-season simulation is look at the effect that the outcome of a specific game can have. As an example, take today’s headline BracketBusters game between Murray State and St. Mary’s that just … Continue reading

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The Achievement S-Curve: 2/13/2012

Quick update on the Achievement S-Curve. First, the bracket and the full ASC data here: The ASC is converging with Bracketology. Besides differences in doling out the automatic bids, just two of Lunardi’s at-large teams were not in my bracket–BYU … Continue reading

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Who’s REALLY Going Dancing?

Around this time of year, there’s lots of talk about who’s in and who’s out and who’s on the bubble. Plenty of chatter about what may or may not get your team into the Big Dance. Tons of discussion of … Continue reading

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The Achievement S-Curve: 1/30/2012

Those following along (those that have not, start here, here, and here) know that the goal of the Achievement S-Curve is to reward teams for what they have accomplished on the court. Wins and losses count. Strength of schedule counts. … Continue reading

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The Achievement S-Curve: 1/23/2012

I will try to update this every week, though I won’t provide nearly as much commentary. For an introduction and explanation, try these three posts. This week, I’ll get right to it with the chart. As always, the full S-Curve … Continue reading

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The Achievement S-Curve: 1/16/2012

Last year, I introduced the Achievement S-Curve. The idea behind it was that teams should be rewarded for their season based on their wins and losses and the strength of their schedule. This is in opposition to the other camp … Continue reading

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The Colts Decision

As a Colts fan since the Harbaugh days, I remember the last time the Colts had the number 1 pick. The decision then, however, was much different. Indianapolis was definitely drafting and keeping a QB, it was just a matter … Continue reading

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BCS Series: Review of Colley ratings

For those that have read the first five installments of my BCS Ratings review, you’ll notice one major theme: nobody publishes their full methodology for how they calculate their ratings. Many of them are a “black box” where the inputs … Continue reading

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