As outlined yesterday, I am ranking the watchability of the games in each round in an effort to focus my limited time in front of the TV. The two parameters I am looking at are projected margin of victory and average tempo of each game. I am ranking the parameters for each game and then taking the average of the two rankings. One is the best score possible. The final result is a game score similar to NERD that was introduced by Carson Cistulli at Fangraphs, which he uses to rank baseball games every night. If you have limited time, choose the game with the lowest score and watch that game. The break down for the games on Tuesday and Wednesday is below.
And the winner is Long Island-Brooklyn vs. James Madison. Long Island-Brooklyn plays at the fastest pace among the eight schools listed and gives up a ton of points. My advice would be to watch this game if you have the chance. I am personally also going to watch the Middle Tennessee vs. St. Mary's matchup as well because I have either of those teams upsetting Memphis in Round 2.
Happy watching. I'll be back on Thursday to break down Round 2.
Nice post dude. I like the silly advanced metrics. I may have a rooting interest in the LIB/JMU game by tomorrow night. I have a phone call scheduled with the head of the Bio dept tomorrow morning.
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