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Category Archives: review
Grading the Selection Committee’s In-Season Preview
Today, the NCAA Selection Committee put out their first ever in-season preview, releasing the current top 16 if the season were to end today. Let’s see how they did. First, here is their s-curve alongside my own Achievement Rankings, ESPN’s … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, review, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, ncaa selection committee
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Conference Tournament Predictions 2015 – Final Results
Three years ago, I compiled predictions for the conference tournaments from three sources–my own, Ken Pomeroy, and Team Rankings. When the dust settled, Team Rankings had narrowly edged out KenPom for the title as I lagged behind a distant third. … Continue reading
The Silliness of Bracketology
We’re less than one month from Selection Sunday, which means the burgeoning field often called Bracketology is in full swing. Bracketology has taken on some broader meanings over the years, but it most often refers to predicting the selection and seeding of … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, review
Tagged bracketologists, Bracketology, Joe Lunardi, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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The Achievement S-Curve – 2013 Final
Selection Sunday 2013 is in the books. Time to release the final Achievement S-Curve of 2013 and see how it compares to the actual bracket. The 2013 Achievement S-Curve (click twice to embiggen):
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, predictive, review, team evaluation
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Conference Tournament Predictions – Update 3/14/2013
As I laid out in my introductory post, I am laying out my conference tournament predictions in order to compare them to other predictions out there. The two that I know of are Ken Pomery’s Log5 predictions and TeamRankings predictions. … Continue reading
Conference Tournament Predictions – 2013
Conference tournaments got under way today with the 1st Round of the Big South and Horizon tournaments. This year I’m going to put my predictions on “paper” and compare them to some other predictions out there, notably Ken Pomeroy’s Log5 … Continue reading
An Improved Look at Pre-season Strength of Schedule
As we gear up for another NFL season kicking off in just over a week, there will be lots of discussion of Super Bowl contenders and playoff predictions. Which teams will improve and which will decline. One of the big … Continue reading
Posted in Football, predictive, review, team evaluation
Tagged NFL, Strength of schedule
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What the RPI is and what it is not
Earlier today on CBSsports.com, Matt Norlander wrote an article about the much-maligned RPI. He comes to this conclusion: If anything else, this chart proves there are far too frequent communication breakdowns with teams across the board, enough so that the … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, predictive, review, team evaluation
Tagged March Madness, NCAA Tournament
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