Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings

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The Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings are a series of predictive ratings of men's college basketball teams published free-of-charge online by Ken Pomeroy. They were first published in 2003. [1]

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The sports rating system is based on the Pythagorean expectation, though it has some adjustments. [2] Variations on the Pythagorean expectation are also used in basketball by noted statisticians Dean Oliver and John Hollinger. According to The New York Times , as of 2011, the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings have a 73% success rate, which is 2% better than the Ratings Percentage Index. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings". Kenpom.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ "the kenpom.com blog". Kenpom.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ Silver, Nate (March 11, 2011). "In N.C.A.A. Tournament, Overachievers Often Disappoint". Fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Brennan, Eamonn. "Saddle Up: Beware the bid thieves – College Basketball Nation Blog". ESPN. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Bracket Preview: Complete Texas-San Antonio Tournament Primer (First Four Team #8)". SBNation.com. March 13, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Unfiltered". Basketball Prospectus. March 7, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ "CJOnline Blogs – Ken Pomeroy needs to just stop". Blogs.cjonline.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ "College Hoops Blogger Ken Pomeroy Is One Game From Looking Like A Genius". Mediaite. April 5, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ Bialik, Carl (December 27, 2010). "College Basketball: Preseason Rankings Should Be Heeded – The Daily Fix – WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ Bialik, Carl (February 28, 2011). "NCAA Tournament 2011: Big East Again Is College Basketball's Top Conference – The Daily Fix – WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  11. ↑ Bialik, Carl (April 10, 2008). "Ken Pomeroy's Winning Bracket – The Numbers Guy – WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Numbers game adds more to NCAA story lines – Men's College Basketball". ESPN. March 15, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Four teams getting star production from replacements – Men's College Basketball". ESPN. December 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  14. ↑ "When it comes to NCAA Tournament selection shows, Dick Vitale the best of on-air Madness makers". Daily News. New York. March 13, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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