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2013 NHL Stanley Cup Prediction

The Stanley Cup finals start tonight with the Blackhawks taking on the Bruins.  The model makes a straightforward prediction as always: Chicago was the better team during the season (prorated to a regular number of games, Chicago had a 53 … Continue reading

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2013 NBA Finals Prediction

Now that the Heat have finally finished off the Pacers, the Finals are set: Spurs at Heat.  Let’s do a little recapping and make the pick for who will take home the title.

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2013 NHL Conference Finals Predictions

It’s a bit belated because I was out of town, but here are the predictions for the NHL conference finals.  Having played back-to-back games to start the series for some crazy reason, the Blackhawks are already up 2-0 on the … Continue reading

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The Pacers were Fortunate to Make Overtime

Frank Vogel is taking a lot of heat today because of his decision to put Roy Hibbert on the bench for the final play of overtime, perhaps allowing LeBron James an easy path to the basket for the winning layup.  … Continue reading

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2013 NBA Playoff Conference Championship Predictions

I was out of town for a long weekend, so I’m a bit behind here on the predictions.  The quick recap of Round 2: the Heat won as expected, the Pacers won their series with the Knicks in what was … Continue reading

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2013 NHL Round 2 Playoff Predictions

With two game 7s in the books (and again slightly behind schedule), it’s time to make predictions for the second round of the NHL playoffs.  The results of the first round were only surprising if you’ve never watched hockey before.  … Continue reading

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2013 NBA Playoffs: Round 2 Predictions

The first round of the playoffs are over now that the Bulls have eliminated the Nets (and actually we’re already into the second since the Grizzlies and Thunder have started), so it’s time to see how the predictions went and … Continue reading

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2013 NHL Playoff Round 1 Predictions

The NBA gets a bit of a head start, but the NHL season is largely overlapping (when they don’t have a lockout) and the playoffs start tomorrow.  I sadly wasn’t able to watch many games, so I don’t have a … Continue reading

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The Best Team Should Always Win

The description alone should be of interest to lots of sports people, but mostly I’m putting this here as a placeholder so that I’ll hopefully remember to grab the actual article and talk about it soon: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422154923.htm

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NBA 2013 Playoff Round 1 Predictions

Every year I predict how the playoffs are going to go, for both the NHL and NBA.  With the NBA regular season wrapping up last night, I can start with round 1 predictions today.  The method behind the predictions are … Continue reading

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