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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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The Better Team Doesn’t Always Win

There’s an interesting post over at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on the accuracy of the power rankings for ESPN versus Football Outsider’s.  I mostly just wanted to point to it, but I have a couple thoughts below.

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Super Bowl Recap

I watched the Super Bowl last night with a few friends and when the game was over, they were all either disappointed or unimpressed with the game.  I think it’s because no one had a vested interest and so they … Continue reading

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At Long Last, The Super Bowl Pick

I said that I would get my Super Bowl pick up last week, but thanks to the complete lack of pressure to do so I waited a bit.  Today the wait is over: here are the model picks for Ravens … Continue reading

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NFL Conference Championship Recap

The two conference championship games this weekend were both very interesting.  The Patriots-Ravens game was interesting in that the Ravens won while the Patriots were big favorites – there were also a few interesting decisions that you may have read … Continue reading

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