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The Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings are a series of predictive ratings of men's
college basketball teams published free-of-charge online by
Ken Pomeroy . They were first published in 2003.
[1]
The
sports rating system is based on the
Pythagorean expectation , though it has some adjustments.
[2] Variations on the Pythagorean expectation are also used in basketball by noted statisticians
Dean Oliver and
John Hollinger . According to
The New York Times , as of 2011, the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings have a 73% success rate, which is 2% better than the
Ratings Percentage Index .
[3]
Pomeroy is routinely mentioned on, or interviewed for, sports blogs, including
ESPN 's 'College Basketball Nation Blog,
[4] SB Nation,
[5] Basketball Prospectus,
[6] The Topeka Capital-Journal,
[7] Mediaite
[8] and
The Wall Street Journal ' s 'Daily Fix'.
[9]
[10]
[11] He has also been a contributing writer for
ESPN 's "Insider" feature.
[12]
[13] In addition, his rating system has been mentioned in newspapers and sites including the
New York Daily News ,
[14]
References
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"2012 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings" . Kenpom.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"the kenpom.com blog" . Kenpom.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
^ Silver, Nate (March 11, 2011).
"In N.C.A.A. Tournament, Overachievers Often Disappoint" . Fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
^ Brennan, Eamonn.
"Saddle Up: Beware the bid thieves – College Basketball Nation Blog" . ESPN. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"NCAA Bracket Preview: Complete Texas-San Antonio Tournament Primer (First Four Team #8)" . SBNation.com. March 13, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"Unfiltered" . Basketball Prospectus. March 7, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"CJOnline Blogs – Ken Pomeroy needs to just stop" . Blogs.cjonline.com. Archived from
the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"College Hoops Blogger Ken Pomeroy Is One Game From Looking Like A Genius" . Mediaite. April 5, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
^ Bialik, Carl (December 27, 2010).
"College Basketball: Preseason Rankings Should Be Heeded – The Daily Fix – WSJ" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
^ Bialik, Carl (February 28, 2011).
"NCAA Tournament 2011: Big East Again Is College Basketball's Top Conference – The Daily Fix – WSJ" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
^ Bialik, Carl (April 10, 2008).
"Ken Pomeroy's Winning Bracket – The Numbers Guy – WSJ" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"Numbers game adds more to NCAA story lines – Men's College Basketball" . ESPN. March 15, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"Four teams getting star production from replacements – Men's College Basketball" . ESPN. December 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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"When it comes to NCAA Tournament selection shows, Dick Vitale the best of on-air Madness makers" . Daily News . New York. March 13, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .
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