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Bracket Wisdom #4: The extra edge beyond points per possession

By Dr. Ed Feng 1 Comment

Points per possession is the gold standard for evaluating college basketball teams. However, you can sometimes do better than this standard by isolating one element with a lot of randomness.

This episode uses Alabama and Kansas as examples of this extra edge in analyzing the 2022 NCAA tournament.

This episode of Bracket Wisdom is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Filed Under: Bracket Wisdom, College Basketball, Podcast

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