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		By: jkb4acc		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jkb4acc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I did a statistical analysis for a graduate class several years ago. I used several team statistics (ft%, fg%, height, etc) to try and predict the number of wins in the ACC tourney. When using all the stats together, there was still only about a 30% correlation, basically the same as this analysis shows for polls. So there is some consistency here.

And the stat that most accurately predicted number of wins in the ACC Tourey: free throw %.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did a statistical analysis for a graduate class several years ago. I used several team statistics (ft%, fg%, height, etc) to try and predict the number of wins in the ACC tourney. When using all the stats together, there was still only about a 30% correlation, basically the same as this analysis shows for polls. So there is some consistency here.</p>
<p>And the stat that most accurately predicted number of wins in the ACC Tourey: free throw %.</p>
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		By: rtmsf		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rtmsf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben - good work there.  It&#039;s not an exact science prognosticating teams, that&#039;s for sure, but it seems that at least at the top, it&#039;s a little easier than we thought.  Keep up the good work.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ben &#8211; good work there.  It&#8217;s not an exact science prognosticating teams, that&#8217;s for sure, but it seems that at least at the top, it&#8217;s a little easier than we thought.  Keep up the good work.</p>
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		By: Ben		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I conducted a similar exercise with the ACC a few weeks ago.

http://www.dearolduva.com/basketball/virginia-basketball-odds-and-ends/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I conducted a similar exercise with the ACC a few weeks ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dearolduva.com/basketball/virginia-basketball-odds-and-ends/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.dearolduva.com/basketball/virginia-basketball-odds-and-ends/</a></p>
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