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		By: KCarpenter		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Keith,

You are right on the money and there is a lot of work to be done to get some real answers. The use of percentages is meant to work around some of the scheduling problems inequities but even that isn&#039;t totally satisfying.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Keith,</p>
<p>You are right on the money and there is a lot of work to be done to get some real answers. The use of percentages is meant to work around some of the scheduling problems inequities but even that isn&#8217;t totally satisfying.</p>
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		By: Keith		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The bigger question is the predictive factor for teams as a whole: Can we make reasonable predictions that a team is a Final Four or Championship caliber team based on their percentage of blowouts? Are there teams not listed that had lots of blow outs bit DIDN&#039;T make the Final 4?

The NBA works better because of similar schedules, where the NCAA allows team to schedule themselves... so more &#039;blowouts&#039; might in fact be schedule related.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The bigger question is the predictive factor for teams as a whole: Can we make reasonable predictions that a team is a Final Four or Championship caliber team based on their percentage of blowouts? Are there teams not listed that had lots of blow outs bit DIDN&#8217;T make the Final 4?</p>
<p>The NBA works better because of similar schedules, where the NCAA allows team to schedule themselves&#8230; so more &#8216;blowouts&#8217; might in fact be schedule related.</p>
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