The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng

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Bracket Wisdom #5: Gonzaga Mar 14, 2025

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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.

Bracket Wisdom is the daily podcast series on The Football Analytics Show to get you ready to win your March Madness pool. To get my free cheat sheet for filling out your bracket, sign up for the free newsletter here:

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Bracket Wisdom #4: SEC dominance Mar 13, 2025

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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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Bracket Wisdom #3: How your brain prevents an optimal bracket Mar 12, 2025

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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.

Bracket Wisdom is the daily podcast series on The Football Analytics Show to get you ready to win your March Madness pool. To get my free cheat sheet for filling out your bracket (which you should use for every game), sign up for the free newsletter here:

https://thepowerrank.com/

Bracket Wisdom #2: The top seeds to fade during March Madness Mar 11, 2025

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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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Bracket Wisdom #1: The simple, smart way to fill out your bracket Mar 10, 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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Dr. Nick Giffen on college basketball analytics in 2025 Mar 06, 2025

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Dr. Nick Giffen, a mathematics Ph.D. from North Carolina State that works at the Action Network, joins me for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His journey to math Ph.D. and then sports betting (1:11). College basketball player and team projections (7:14). The aspect of college basketball predictions that a math PhD does manually (9:50). Mathematical distribution of player points (16:25). Gonzaga (18:05). March Madness rollover strategy (20:12). NFL player in-game predictions (24:53).

The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here:

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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:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6

Evan Miyakawa on college basketball analytics in 2025 Feb 25, 2025

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Evan Miyakawa, a statistics Ph.D. from Baylor and college basketball analytics expert, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How to build a college basketball team now (1:15). Michigan (4:58). Florida (10:24). How the player and team ratings work at EvanMiya.com (12:33). Cooper Flagg of Duke (17:33). Who is Joseph Tugler? (19:50). Surprise team to win the NCAA tournament (23:34).

The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics. To get the March Madness cheat sheet that makes it drop dead easy to fill out your bracket, sign up for the free newsletter here:

https://thepowerrank.com/

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:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6

60 Minutes on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Feb 22, 2025

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We take a one week break from sports to bring you a story of going to the Buffalo Trace Distillery.

Carl Sack on model driven NBA betting Feb 14, 2025

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Carl Sack, a professional sports bettor who has gone by NBA Guru, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: Model driven NBA betting (4:22). Preparing for the NBA season and adjusting on teams (10:19). Data driven situational analysis (17:30). How his model changed with the Luka Doncic trade (27:55).

https://thepowerrank.com/

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:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6

How Regression Impacts the Super Bowl, Part 2: Saquon Barkley Feb 09, 2025

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Philadelphia RB Saquon Barkley has crushed it this season, but will his success continue in the Super Bowl. I update previous research that suggested a huge random component in explosive plays.

https://thepowerrank.com/

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:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6

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