Big Ten Tournament Preview: News, Notes, and Predictions
"The idea is to smooth out individual game performance to see the general direction a teamโs performance seemed to be moving in at a given point in the season. Intuitively, this should tell us whether a team is on the upswing or downswing as the regular season endsโalthough I canโt definitively say the method is predictive. I should also note there are a couple flaws in this approach:"
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* It doesnโt account for quality of oppositionโan upward trend could represent a grouping of weak opponents on the schedule (or vice versa).
* It doesnโt account for home/away game. Other than the occasional three-game bunch of home or away games for a particular team, though, the home/away factor should be smoothed out by the trend lines in most cases."
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Essentially, if your team is improving, you'll see that blue line start trending up and the red move down. And does it ever in the Badgers' case! KJ is careful to note that this may be misleading because the Penn State and Northwestern massacres are likely pulling those curves apart artificially, but any time you can get a Spartan fan to call your team's performance "frightening," you're definitely getting somewhere.
What they're saying about the Big Ten Tournament
Obviously the time for prognostication is upon us. Here are some selected takes...
So what's really going to happen during the Big Ten Tournament?
Glad you asked; my picks are up in the comments at Spartans Weblog where I am going to win a sweet frickin' t-shirt...
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