Two more articles on what early results really mean.
First a fantastic follow-up to the great piece last week from The Arc:
Here’s a version of that graph extended to the full home-and-away season. Cool, IMO. Using this chart, you can look up how many games your team is on pace to win for the year. For example – if your team has won 6 from their first 9 (a 6-3 record), then they’re on pace to win 13.9 for the year – enough to comfortably make the finals.
Source: More on the importance of the early rounds | The Arc
And here’s a particular examination of Round 1 upsets by Hurling People Now:
We have considered two classes of results: eventual finalists beaten in round one by teams who missed the finals, and eventual finalists beaten by other finalists who finished lower down the ladder.