knickerblogger.net - 12/5/2007
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Last year I unveiled OTTER, an objective team ranking system. It had two parts, a pre-season predictive team aspect and a in season aspect. Unfortunately I’ve decided to put part one on hold for now. I’d like to find a better way to predict performance from season to season.
However I’m still able to publish [...]
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Shock: The Bulls Aren't Good
Thank You Isiah —
... , or the Colley Rankings, you may not realize just how poorly the Bulls have played. Or maybe you do, but you're kind of an ass-headed jerk if you think you know better than 3 different objective ranking systems. ...
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... this game didn t really stand for a whole lot, so we ll just direct you to the Knicker Blogger reader comments , where a Knicks fan named T-Mart felt the need to mention that ...
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