One of the outstanding questions about the results of the trial-run/simulation of the 2011 season was how well this thing performed against the spread. I was able to find a source of 2011 lines, and I imported those lines so that I could compare results. Assuming I imported the data correctly, and that my database
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Updated 2011 Rankings
I re-ran the full simulation to rank the 2011 teams, as I hadn’t had a chance to do this after the revamp of the code base. Oddly enough, it likes Houston a helluvalot more. The top 25 is listed below, full rankings can be found here. Rank Team 2011 W-L Simulated Win Pct Weighted Pct
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Follow-up & quick analysis of 2011 simulation
I went through and completely revamped the scripts I used to generate the rankings in the original post so I wouldn’t have to do too much by hand this upcoming season. I found a minor error in the data I used to train my models, but I think it was mostly inconsequential. That said, I
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Computer Rankings via Google Prediction API
I originally posted this on thekeyplay.com‘s forums on August 5th. I am re-posting it here for archival purposes. – For those that follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed where I commented that I had an idea for a computer rankings system that uses the Google Prediction API. Well, it turns out that that
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