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Beside The Points For Friday, April 13, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Predators are the starless favorites The Nashville Predators are the betting favorites to win the Stanley Cup, with the team accumulating the most overall points this past season. What’s remarkable about the Predators is that they don’t have a single offensive star; seven forwards finished with at least 35 points […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, April 9, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Woods and Nicklaus are the only draws in golf Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are the only two players where high finishes have a statistically significant effect on Sunday ratings for the Masters tournament. When Tiger finished in the top 10, the average rating was a 10.0, and when Jack […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, April 9, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Woods and Nicklaus are the only draws in golf Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are the only two players where high finishes have a statistically significant effect on Sunday ratings for the Masters tournament. When Tiger finished in the top 10, the average rating was a 10.0, and when Jack […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, April 5, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Villanova team one of the best ever Villanova defeated Michigan to win the NCAA Men’s tournament Monday evening and in doing so cemented a legendary tournament run for the ages. On average their margin of victory was 17.7 above their opponents — we’d expect only a +7.9 points for that […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, April 5, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Villanova team one of the best ever Villanova defeated Michigan to win the NCAA Men’s tournament Monday evening and in doing so cemented a legendary tournament run for the ages. On average their margin of victory was 17.7 above their opponents — we’d expect only a +7.9 points for that […]

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