This is the last week of the college basketball season before conference tournaments start. There are two games I am watching today. The model says Auburn will beat Kentucky and Michigan State will beat Maryland. Vegas says Kentucky and Maryland will win.
Month: February 2020
NCAA Basketball Predictions 22 Feb 2020
After feedback last week I added another variable to the calculation of the c_score. There was an issue where mid majors and below were on the same level as power five D1 schools. Taking some advice I added the SRS in the calculation SRS – Simple Rating System; a rating that takes into account average
Predicting NCAA basketball Games 15 Feb 2020
While writing my last post I noticed I had the equation for FTR(Free Throw Rate) incorrect. I was using FT(Free Throws made) when I should have been using FTA(Free Throw Attempts). When I adjusted the equation I did notice a slight change in percent correct. I picked 16 games from yesterday and predicted the winners.
Predicting Men’s College Basketball Games
For a little over a month now I have been working on an algorithm to predict winners and losers in college basketball. I first started looking at what stats would help me figure out what team would win. I read many articles and blog post about what good teams did to win basketball games. I