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Future Of Fantasy — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:26:56 +0000

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Future Of Fantasy — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:09:32 +0000

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Rating the Tournament Teams

Future Of Fantasy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:25:05 +0000

My model for rating College Basketball teams is far from perfect, but it is very servicable for predicting future outcomes. The one knock on it is the lack of Strength of Schedule accountability. Rather going through a complex process, which I will next year, I decided to go with a quick fix. I have added Variance into the mix. What this should do is weed out teams that are streaky, unreliable, or have benefited from an easy conference schedule.

For Example, Murray State is currently ranked 5th in my model. However, we can tell from the high variance that they benefited from an easy late-season schedule. Another example shows that while Texas has lost a lot of games at the end of the season, they have not actually faltered much in terms of efficiency. This makes Texas a scary #8 seed, considering they are still a Top 25 team by the numbers. Now here is the full list:

Rank	Team	Conference	Ranking	14-Mar	Variability	RankingPlusVariance
1	Kansas	B12	19.29	1	0.00	1.00
2	Duke	ACC	18.29	3	2.64	5.64
3	Brigham Young	MWC	15.88	4	3.93	7.93
4	Syracuse	BE	17.22	7	3.69	10.69
5	Ohio St.	B10	15.34	8	3.61	11.61
6	Utah St.	WAC	16.64	2	11.05	13.05
7	Kentucky	SEC	16.25	6	7.94	13.94
8	West Virginia	BE	14.07	12	3.78	15.78
9	Old Dominion	CAA	13.52	10	6.23	16.23
10	Purdue	B10	14.32	19	5.09	24.09
11	Michigan St.	B10	13.32	20	4.12	24.12
12	Texas El Paso	CUSA	12.75	22	5.24	27.24
13	St. Mary's	WCC	14.51	11	18.03	29.03
14	California	P10	11.82	15	14.93	29.93
15	Texas	B12	13.89	23	8.37	31.37
16	Notre Dame	BE	11.18	24	8.33	32.33
17	Wisconsin	B10	15.23	9	23.94	32.94
18	Georgetown	BE	11.85	27	8.10	35.10
19	Maryland	ACC	14.99	14	22.14	36.14
20	Murray St.	OVC	15.76	5	31.75	36.75
21	Kansas St.	B12	12.23	34	3.97	37.97
22	Marquette	BE	14.00	30	9.58	39.58
23	Temple	A10	10.24	18	21.71	39.71
24	Baylor	B12	13.53	13	28.51	41.51
25	San Diego St.	MWC	10.33	28	14.66	42.66
26	Gonzaga	WCC	11.36	21	22.35	43.35
27	Xavier	A10	10.92	26	17.46	43.46
28	Northern Iowa	MVC	13.15	16	27.82	43.82
29	Missouri	B12	12.82	39	6.62	45.62
30	New Mexico	MWC	11.71	36	11.00	47.00
31	Pittsburgh	BE	11.45	32	15.04	47.04
32	Minnesota	B10	10.83	37	15.42	52.42
33	Butler	Horz	12.11	17	36.75	53.75
34	Siena	MAAC	11.55	29	25.85	54.85
35	Washington	P10	10.24	38	18.17	56.17
36	Florida St.	ACC	10.51	49	8.44	57.44
37	Texas A&M	B12	11.01	44	13.59	57.59
38	Nevada Las Vegas	MWC	11.01	41	17.54	58.54
39	Florida	SEC	11.30	47	11.74	58.74
40	Villanova	BE	13.04	40	19.05	59.05
41	Clemson	ACC	10.79	46	13.77	59.77
42	Tennessee	SEC	12.35	51	15.83	66.83
43	Montana	BSky	9.76	48	19.12	67.12
44	Cornell	Ivy	11.13	35	32.16	67.16
45	Louisville	BE	12.07	53	20.08	73.08
46	Richmond	A10	8.84	58	17.27	75.27
47	Vanderbilt	SEC	10.81	45	32.70	77.70
48	Dayton	A10	10.14	54	37.85	91.85
49	Wofford	SC	7.23	52	40.74	92.74
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	10.04	75	20.14	95.14
51	Oklahoma St.	B12	8.66	76	23.96	99.96
52	Wake Forest	ACC	9.47	84	19.03	103.03
53	Vermont	AE	6.01	67	46.65	113.65
54	Houston	CUSA	5.00	110	6.74	116.74
55	Ohio	MAC	2.38	104	21.61	125.61
56	Sam Houston St.	Slnd	5.70	77	52.87	129.87
57	North Texas	SB	2.77	109	22.84	131.84
59	East Tennessee St.	ASun	3.58	122	26.64	148.64
60	Lehigh	Pat	3.13	105	57.38	162.38
61	Oakland	Sum	3.23	108	61.79	169.79
62	Robert Morris	NEC	0.56	132	51.44	183.44
63	New Mexico St.	WAC	0.94	157	37.59	194.59
64	UC Santa Barbara	BW	0.63	166	44.86	210.86
65	Winthrop	BSth	0.35	178	47.65	225.65
66	Arkansas Pine Bluff	SWAC	(2.15)	201	38.38	239.38

Final Four Sleeper
BYU

Elite Eight Sleepers
Old Dominion
San Diego State

Sweet Sixteen Sleepers
Murray State
Utah State
UTEP
St. Mary’s

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Off-Topic: Black Friday Deals

Future Of Fantasy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:33:45 +0000

This is a fantasy sports blog of course, but even the most hardcore fantasy players cannot avoid that one day a year known as Black Friday. As a blogger, I am naturally lazy, so why would I drag myself out of bed bright and early to elbow my way to the front of lines? Well, I won’t… but I will definitely be scouring the web for all the latest online deals.

Things I’m eying from Amazon:

Slumdog Millionaire Blu-Ray ($15)
FIFA Soccer 2010 ($44)
Logitech MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse ($30)
Chicago Gaming Pinnacle Foosball Coffee Table
Cowboys Full by James McManus

Top 5 Things you can’t buy on Black Friday

A guarantee that your fantasy team stays healthy
The firing of Don Nelson. You know why if you own Anthony Randolph
A new home for Allen Iverson
The ability to go back to draft day and not make that mistake that’s been haunting you ever since
If you’re the New Jersey Nets, A WIN

Happy Shopping! If you do choose to leave the comfort of your own home to shop, don’t forget to set your lineups, those lines won’t be short!

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Compete against Future of Fantasy Authors in NFL Pigskin Pick’Em

Future Of Fantasy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:32:35 +0000

Come join the Future of Fantasy Pigskin Pick’Em group over at ESPN.com to compete against the Future of Fantasy community all season long. For the time being this is just for fun, but we may add contests in the near future if we get a large enough group. Spread the word, and see if you can beat us Future of Fantasy authors, where all we do is pick winners.

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David Wright’s New Helmet

Future Of Fantasy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:25:41 +0000

David Wright either has a tiny head or his new helmet is huge, you be the judge:

Some players refuse to wear these new helmets that provide better protection, and for good reason. I think we’ll see a small group of players adopt this helmet style, but the majority of players will prefer fashion over health.

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Free $20 Sign Up Bonus to FanDuel: Daily Head-to-Head Fantasy Sports

Future Of Fantasy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:49:03 +0000

The newest trend in fantasy sports is daily contests. After learning about FanDuel, I knew I needed to try it out on my own. I was very happy with the experience. Here are my thoughts on FanDuel after a couple days of playing:

The scoring format is simple enough that you don’t need extensive research to find the best value players.
The head-to-head format is very exciting, and provides a lot of strategic opportunities.
The Live scoring feature allows you to watch your match up in real-time.
They currently offer fantasy baseball contests, but will also be running football, basketball and hockey contests as each season starts.
The PayPal withdrawal option is easy, reliable, and secure.
The $10 sign up bonus makes it easy to try out for yourself.

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After confirmation of your signing up, we will transfer an additional $10 into your PayPal for joining through Future of Fantasy.
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Future Of Fantasy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:02:36 +0000

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Dog of the Day: Red Sox +130

Future Of Fantasy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:10 +0000

My first dog of the day failed when Johnathan Lackey got ousted by the Rangers, but this one looks like a real winner.

Boston Red Sox +130 at Detroit Tigers
Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Rick Porcello

What’s not to love? Dice-K is 0-3 with a 8.82 ERA facing the hottest pitcher in the league. Porcello led all starting pitchers in the month of May with a 1.50 ERA but this is definitely a mirage. Porcello’s fastball has some of the most movement in the entire majors, but that is his only major league worthy pitch. Expect Porcello to implode in June, starting with this disaster vs the Red Sox.

Prediction: 7-3 Red Sox win

Result: Win (+1.3 Units) Season: 1-1 (+0.30 Units)

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Damien Walters is Flippin’ Crazy!

Future Of Fantasy — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:56 +0000

This guy makes Jackie Chan’s self-stunts look amateur. I’d like to see Walters suit up for a professional sports team…

NFL – Walters could play Running Back, and do back flips off of would-be tacklers.

NBA – Not sure how good his shot is but he could come off the bench in blowouts and be famous for his alley-oop flip dunks.

MLB – Plug Walters in as a pinch runner, and try to see how many outs he could dodge.

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