by Mario Mergola | Jan 24, 2024
Once again, we couldn’t escape the power of the numbers. This time, however, they worked in our favor. We had three more wins in the playoffs, which already makes it a positive outcome with only three games left in the postseason, but the story isn’t about...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 17, 2024
That was a nice way to start the playoffs! Only one game went against us, and one other was even close to the spread. That’s the way it should be, and it was refreshing to see the results come from the read of the numbers as opposed to being protection against...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 10, 2024
This is always one of my favorite articles to write, and it’s because it works in conjunction with the picks. I’m able to multi-task in a way that is unique only to this week and the first of any given season. The difference between the start of the...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 10, 2024
In the end, it was average, at best. Everything about the regular season we just completed hovered around the mean and never deviated. But the biggest problem is that, when we did find opportunities to target a return to average, they were valued appropriately. So...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 3, 2024
The final week of the regular season is always full of playoff-clinching scenarios and dominoes that will fall over a short span of time. This season is no different. In fact, according to the Washington Post, there is a record-tying 20 teams alive heading into the...
