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Tag Archives: Bracketology
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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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: 2/21/2013
It’s time to re-introduce the Achievement S-Curve for the 2013 season. For those of you that are new, I’ll give a quick recap in this post but check out previous posts that go into more detail about the system (try … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, simulation, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, New Mexico, Pitt
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The Achievement S-Curve: 3/10/2012
About half of the automatic bids are still up for grabs this weekend, but the NCAA Tournament picture is starting to take shape. It’s time for one last Achievement S-Curve update. As always, the full ratings can be found here. … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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The Blindness of the Blind Resume
I love the spirit of the blind resume. I hate the execution. With Selection Sunday just hours away, you will undoubtedly be inundated with blind resumes comparing multiple teams and asked to decide which team is in and which is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bracketology, March Madness, NCAA Tournament
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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
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
Posted in College Basketball, March Madness, Quick Slant, simulation, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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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
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, predictive, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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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
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, predictive, simulation, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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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
Posted in College Basketball, descriptive, March Madness, predictive, team evaluation
Tagged Bracketology, NCAA Tournament, S-Curve
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