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Archive for January, 2012

Brad-ketology: January 30th Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 30th January 2012

The teams below are displayed below on an S-curve, so they are ranked from left to right within each seeding line.  The italicized teams are ones predicted to win their conference tourney and gain an automatic bid to the dance.  For the conferences who currently have NCAA tourney teams, it is assumed that one of those teams will win [...]

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Mid-Major Cinderella Watch

Posted by deaconcat08 on 29th January 2012

We are less than two month away from the start of March Madness, so it’s time to see which Cinderella stories could emerge.  The mid-major conference tournaments are the source much of the early holiday season drama, as only the tourney champion will be able to put on their dancing shoes.  While almost all mid-major NCAA teams have [...]

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Brad-ketology: January 28th Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 28th January 2012

The teams below are displayed below on an S-curve, so they are ranked from left to right within each seeding line.  The italicized teams are ones predicted to win their conference tourney and gain an automatic bid to the dance.  For the conferences who currently have NCAA tourney teams, it is assumed that one of those teams will win [...]

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Brad-ketology: January 23rd Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 23rd January 2012

These bracket projections are now included in the prestigious bracket project poll that can be found at: http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm.  The teams below are displayed below on an S-curve, so they are ranked from left to right within each seeding line.  The italicized teams are ones predicted to win their conference tourney and gain an automatic bid to the dance.  For the conferences who [...]

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Brad-ketology: The Inaugural 2012 Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 19th January 2012

With college football season over and NFL playoffs winding down, it’s time to start dreaming about March.  Which means it’s also time for me to publish my first edition of Brad-ketology for the 2012 season (my personal NCAA/NIT bracket projections).  Brad-ketology is a little different than other NCAA tourney predictors in that it is much more expansive, as it also [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- My Final Rankings

Posted by deaconcat08 on 17th January 2012

Thanks everyone for reading my season-in-review analysis and also following my college football entries throughout the season.  I hope I was able to bring you some insightful and entertaining analysis/commentary.  This will likely be my last college football entry for a while, as it is now time to turn to college bball season.  I will be debuting [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- National Rankings

Posted by deaconcat08 on 16th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- The “what were they thinking” entry

Posted by deaconcat08 on 16th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- The “what was I thinking” entry

Posted by deaconcat08 on 16th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Disappointment Picks

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Here are my preseason disappointment teams in order of the relative disparity between my picks and the experts’ average while also taking into account the relevance of the pick.  The numbers in parentheses in the “My predictions” column represent the numerical difference between my pick and that of the experts, both nationally and within each team’s conference.  [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Surprise Picks

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Here are my preseason surprise teams in order of the relative disparity between my picks and the experts’ average while also taking into account the relevance of the pick.  The numbers in parentheses in the “My predictions” column represent the numerical difference between my pick and that of the experts, both nationally and within each team’s conference.  [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Preseason Bowl Picks

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Sun Belt

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- MAC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- WAC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 15th January 2012

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how accurate my preseason predictions were compared to the experts.  Overall, this is the fifth season I’ve conducted this full, in-depth analysis of my preseason picks and have had mixed results in doing so.  I ended up being more accurate [...]

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