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Here are three more thoughts on the NCAA (a popular topic in this forum lately!)
Lately this has been a somewhat odd website. We have some amazingly loyal readers who — judging from the stats WordPress provides — seem to show up on a regular basis. But the content doesn’t seem to be as faithful. Today I am hoping we are going to start making …
Jonathan Weiler recently offered three comments on the NCAA that are well worth reading.
Three stories — on tanking and advanced stats — that people might find interesting.
Here is a link to my interview today on Bloomberg Radio. In addition, here are some Wins Produced numbers for the players you will see.
About five years ago, Brian Burke – of Advanced NFL Stats – wrote a post in this forum on modeling win probability in college basketball, demonstrating that Brian Burke can do more than just talk football and stats! Before the tournament started, Dave Collins – host of the Advanced NFL Stats podcast (where he interviews …
A link to a conversation I had with Three Shades of Blue Radio and some more thoughts on Carmelo Anthony.
Here is another quick snapshot of underpaid players in college basketball.
Derek Thompson of the Atlantic Magazine has an excellent article on NBA tanking.