Posts by Shane Ryan
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The Eight Factors: Ohio-North Carolina
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. In this installment: 13-seed Ohio (29-7) vs. 1-seed North Carolina (31-5). Factor 1: Better College Town I hit on this Thursday in the Wisconsin-Syracuse post, but let’s get lazy and just […]
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The Eight Factors: Xavier-Baylor
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. In this installment: 10-seed Xavier (23-12) vs. 3-seed Baylor (29-7). Factor 1: Better College Town In Thursday’s post, Cincinnati, Ohio, took a win in this category by virtue of going up […]
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About Last Night: Badgers Bow Out
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Wisconsin Badgers hit 14 of their 27 3-point attempts, but it wasn’t enough to hold off the efficient Syracuse Orange, who advanced to the Elite Eight with a 64-63 win. Fans of the Badgers’ plodding style […]
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The Eight Factors: Florida-Marquette
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. Eight factors for the Elite Eight? It just feels right. In this installment: 7-seed Florida (25-10) vs. 3-seed Marquette (27-7). Factor 1: Better College Town Here’s what I know about Gainesville, […]
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The Eight Factors: Cincinnati-Ohio State
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. In this installment: 6-seed Cincinnati (26-10) vs. 2-seed Ohio State (29-7) in the Ohio Derby. Factor 1: Better College Town It’s hard to really call Cincinnati a “college town,” in the […]
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The Eight Factors: Louisville-Michigan State
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. In this installment: 4-seed Louisville (28-9) vs. 1-seed Michigan State (29-7). Factor 1: Better College Town I will admit to not knowing much about Louisville, Kentucky, besides the fact that they […]
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The Eight Factors: Wisconsin-Syracuse
The Eight Factors measures four basketball criteria along with four non-basketball criteria to take the measure of who will win each Sweet 16 game. In this installment: 4-seed Wisconsin (26-9) vs. 1-seed Syracuse (33-2). Factor 1: Better College Town I say this with a heavy heart, because I was reared in upstate New York rooting […]
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About Last Night: Jets Just Got a Little More Insane
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Tim Tebow is officially a New York Jet. The Broncos traded their former quarterback to New York, along with a seventh-round pick, for two earlier picks in this April’s draft. As longtime readers of this post will […]
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About Last Night: Manning’s Rocky Mountain High
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. John Elway and the Denver Broncos officially introduced Peyton Manning in a press conference after signing the free agent to a deal that could be worth as much as $96 million over five years. “I’m happy to […]
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NCAA Prediction Guide for Stato-Mascotists (and Pacists)
Last week, I broke down the NCAA tournament by states, mascots, and relative pace of each team. This might sound arbitrary, but I’ve talked to several prominent scientists, none of whom stayed on the phone long enough to discredit the system. Now that we’re two (UGH, fine, three) rounds in, let’s see if we can […]
