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These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn

Only four teams remain standing in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and, as has been the case all season, one stands quite a bit taller than the rest. The UConn women won all 32 regular-season games by an average margin of 40.3 points per game and then somehow improved on that during the NCAA Tournament — […]

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The Warriors Have An 85 Percent Chance Of Getting At Least 73 Wins

Here are the first points scored in Wednesday night’s game between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz: And here are the last in regulation, when Golden State needed a last-second three to force overtime: The Warriors won easily in the extra period, mainly behind Draymond Green’s burly defending. Of course they did. Golden […]

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The Warriors Have An 85 Percent Chance Of Getting At Least 73 Wins

Here are the first points scored in Wednesday night’s game between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz: And here are the last in regulation, when Golden State needed a last-second three to force overtime: The Warriors won easily in the extra period, mainly behind Draymond Green’s burly defending. Of course they did. Golden […]

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Updated Odds Of The Warriors Going 73-9

With the NBA regular season winding down, the Golden State Warriors are 66-7 and need to go 7-2 over their final nine games to break the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record for most wins in a season. We have a guess for how this will play out: Our CARM-Elo prediction system says Golden State has about […]

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Updated Odds Of The Warriors Going 73-9

With the NBA regular season winding down, the Golden State Warriors are 66-7 and need to go 7-2 over their final nine games to break the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record for most wins in a season. We have a guess for how this will play out: Our CARM-Elo prediction system says Golden State has about […]

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