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Podcast: Jeff Haley on college basketball analytics

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Jeff Haley, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and the founder of hoop-math.com, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:

  • The data and insights on hoop-math.com (8:05)
  • The future of college basketball data (13:52)
  • The inspiration behind hoop-math.com (17:12)
  • 3 point defense (19:58)
  • Connecticut (28:58)
  • Miami (33:18)
  • Florida Atlantic (37:19)
  • San Diego State (42:54)
  • Texas from Jeff’s alumni perspective (46:09)

This was an amazing conversation, especially the part on 3 point defense. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: 3 insights into winning your 2023 March Madness pool

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You want to win your March Madness pool. The money is nice, but the bragging rights are even better. In this episode, I discuss three topics for the 2023 NCAA tournament:

  • The one thing you must get right to win, even before you use analytics (0:46)
  • Tennessee and their title chances (3:43)
  • How to predict March Madness upsets (6:54)

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Podcast: Andy Molitor on college basketball betting

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Andy Molitor, the Director of Content at Betsperts, joins the show for a wide ranging conversations. Highlights include:

  • His contrarian take on college basketball in March (4:28)
  • His data driven process for betting college basketball (10:30)
  • General outlook for the NCAA tournament (26:25)
  • Purdue (29:14)
  • Gonzaga (34:30)
  • Can a defense get better in the NCAA tournament by sheer effort? (38:15)
  • North Carolina (41:04)
  • Alabama (47:22)

We also had a great conversation on books at the end. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: Edward Golden on NFL, college basketball betting

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Edward Golden, the founder of Right Angle Sports (RAS), joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. RAS is one of the only pick selling services with a long term track record of winning and honesty. Highlights include:

  • How Edward built up RAS (7:15)
  • His approach to handicapping sports (15:00)
  • A week 9 NFL bet he likes (16:40)
  • College basketball betting (20:58)
  • How to run a picks service so that customers can get down (27:30)
  • How he balances betting with the service (32:13)
  • How the betting world has changed with legalization in the US (39:30)

There are not too many interviews out there with this betting legend. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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