Before the tournament, I predicted Michigan State would have a difficult time making the Final Four based on a surprising predictor of tournament performance. Now, I revisit that claim and look at Sparty's chances in the South region starting on Friday night.

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The 60 Minute Guide to the 2024 Football Season is an audiobook with two deep dive, analytics for sports betting stories. Think John Oliver at Bet Bash. To check it out on Spotify, click here:

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The 8 seeds in the 2025 NCAA tournament are particularly good. Edward Egros identifies which of these teams could take down a 1 seed this weekend.

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Edward Egros breaks down this team that shoots a lot of threes and has a nice path to the Sweet Sixteen. This team also has a unique advantage the first weekend of the NCAA tournament.

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Duke looked like the favorite to win the NCAA tournament until the Cooper Flagg injury. Edward Egros looks at the betting implications of that injury and breaks down this talented team.

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Points per possession is the bedrock of basketball analytics. But can we do even better? This episode looks at three point defense and how it impacts Tennessee and Houston.

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Gonzaga doesn't seem like an elite team with 8 losses this season. However, Edward Egros makes the argument for Gonzaga as a championship contender through two key pieces of information. 

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The numbers love the SEC conference, but will this lead to NCAA tournament success? Edward Egros uses The Power Rank team rankings to evaluate the SEC and breaks down three teams.

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The human brain does not deal with randomness well, as explained in this episode through the light detection experiment. This has implications for your 2025 NCAA tournament bracket.

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The preseason AP poll is a remarkable predictor of the NCAA tournament despite not having any access to data from the current season. It also can identify overrated teams, and host Ed Feng discusses one possible team for 2025.

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How well do the college basketball team rankings at The Power Rank predict winners in the NCAA tournament? These predictive analytics are compared to the closing market over a huge data set.

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