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Stats, when referring to basketball, are Points, Rebounds, FG%, Steals etc. I wouldn't call the reputation of a coaching staff or an injury at measurable "stat". However, yes, external factors are obviously a major factor when breaking down a game. I'd say even moreso than the season's statistics.
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And that's all I'm saying. Maybe this kid was able to wrap his head around all these factors and make better guesses because of them.
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| Cylinsier wrote: | | Which is more valuable in determining a team's skill? Points, rebounds, steals etc? In what combination? What factor does average height of players play into it? What about the distance each team has to travel to get to the game? What about the proximity of fans to the game? And the reputation of teams to win or lose if they are playing with fans present? And their reputation of each team's coaching staff? And who is injured? And how each team plays when they have an injury? Its a lot more complex than just points and boards. Pretty sure there is no agreed upon objective formula for which stats are most important and which are just details. |
Which is more valuable in determining a team's skill?
The Final Score . Winning is everthing, winning the stats is like getting KOed in a boxing match, and feeling good cause you got more punches in before you got knocked on your azz.  |
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And exactly how do you determine the "final score" statistic prior to the game?
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| dick wrote: | | And exactly how do you determine the "final score" statistic prior to the game? |
who in the hell cares, to the victor goes the money, the titles, and the glory,
To the loser, well this
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Bus is a .gif machine today!
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So it turns out that the pool that kid is in has brackets you can edit after the games have been played. His brother runs the pool they are in. No one is calling foul yet, but IMO sounds like it could be made up. Oh well, it was fun to believe it anyway.
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| Cylinsier wrote: | | So it turns out that the pool that kid is in has brackets you can edit after the games have been played. His brother runs the pool they are in. No one is calling foul yet, but IMO sounds like it could be made up. Oh well, it was fun to believe it anyway. |
Looks like Butler is a force to be reckoned with
Looks like Butler is a much huger force to be reckoned with
Home sweet home! Butler in first Final Four
wonder how that kids perfect streak is going? |
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Cylinsier wrote:
So it turns out that the pool that kid is in has brackets you can edit after the games have been played. His brother runs the pool they are in. No one is calling foul yet, but IMO sounds like it could be made up. Oh well, it was fun to believe it anyway.
Looks like Butler is a force to be reckoned with
Looks like Butler is a much huger force to be reckoned with
Home sweet home! Butler in first Final Four
wonder how that kids perfect streak is going? |
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Well, as I recall, the kid picked Purdue to win it all. Oops.
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His bracket is already busted. He's missed a few since his story came out.
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Had all the trappings of a hoax.
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Yep, once they said the brackets could be edited after the fact, it was too obvious.
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When you've been in the newspaper business as long as I have, you develop tremendous cynicism, a gift for sarcasm and a pretty good bullcrap detector.
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