Thanks to the Sports Prof, I found Ken Pomeroy's blog on college basketball stats -- which got me to thinking of this passage I read recently on the Sports Grinder:
A friend email recently to ask if I've ever considered handicapping college sports. My answer was no for several reasons. First, the fact that the season is relatively short (40 games max) and the pool of teams so large, statisical analysis is difficult (IMHO). Teams play each other at most twice, and even the number of common opponents can be small since there are so many non-conference teams out there. The NBA has a longer season, and each teams plays all others several times.The second reason has to do with the fact that I just don't trust amateur sports . . .
Read the rest right now to find out why. And then take a look back at my archives, where we've dealt with this issue before.
