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ranked #1 in his personal college basketball team rankings for a long time now. For example, he still had them at #1 a month ago, when we released our "top
Internet-heavy sportswriters" list, included Pomeroy, and in discussing his rankings said Duke didn't deserve to be #1. Whoops. Pomeroy was
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573:"Talent Is Nice but Luck Is Vital"
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892:Rating Percentage Index (RPI)
501:rule for winning percentages"
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847:Advanced Football Analytics
840:Methods and computer models
761:Kenpom.com Official website
703:Walder, Seth (2020-02-20).
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497:"A justification of the
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548:"Ratings Explanation"
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1007:Bill James
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