sagarin Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
The BCS System: Rate Not, Lest Ye Be Rated
Can the BCS computers pick next week’s—or last week’s—winners? There’s a great scene near the climax of the 2001 film Zoolander in which Hansel, played by Owen Wilson (hook ‘em), grabs a late-90s iMac and as then-BCS Coordinator John Swofford looks on in horror, yells: "We got thirty years of...
The Song Remains The Same
You may remember a look at how Penn State stacked up against Notre Dame through the eyes of the computer models. And so to beat a dead horse give you all an update for Thursday's (nit) National Championship matchup: School KenPom Rank KenPom Score Predicted W...
Notre Dame Is In The Computer
Only becuase it's the first Google image result for "subway domers basketball" A look at Penn State, Notre Dame, and the MSG in ones and zeros. KenPom... School KenPom Rank KenPom Score Predicted W Notre Dame 34 .8865 66% Penn State 68 .8014 34% We...
Texas Basketball Rankings Dec. 17th
It’s Monday and time to look at the various rankings of the men’s basketball team.Associated Press: 4th Coaches' Poll: 5th RPI: 6th Ken Pomeroy: 9th ESPN Bracketology: #1 seed Sagarin: #1 in Elo Chess (winning margin doesn’t matter) and #8 Predictor (pure points and best indicator).At 10-0, it’s...
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