Eagle6Man
03-17-2006, 12:27 PM
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So here’s something we wish we would have had before we filled out our bracket: A complete dissertation of The Nerd Factor, a definitive way to predict college basketball games by alloting for a particular team’s “nerd atmosphere” and how it relates to on-court success. Factors include:
• Average SAT score
• Acceptance rate
• Alumni giving rate
• U.S. News overall academic ranking
• The prevalence of face painters
• The coaching staff’s geekability
http://www.thephatphree.com/features.asp?StoryID=2258&SectionID=1&LayoutType=1&StoryMonth=3&StoryYear=2006
So here’s something we wish we would have had before we filled out our bracket: A complete dissertation of The Nerd Factor, a definitive way to predict college basketball games by alloting for a particular team’s “nerd atmosphere” and how it relates to on-court success. Factors include:
• Average SAT score
• Acceptance rate
• Alumni giving rate
• U.S. News overall academic ranking
• The prevalence of face painters
• The coaching staff’s geekability
http://www.thephatphree.com/features.asp?StoryID=2258&SectionID=1&LayoutType=1&StoryMonth=3&StoryYear=2006