When Chris Berman was doing his "2 minute drill" segment on Sportscenter tonight, they put up some interesting stats. Considering we heard all offseason from certain people that preseason doesn't matter, I found this correlation to be semi-relevant:
(Note: I may not have the exact numbers right from memory, but they're close)
These numbers are all since 1980
# of teams that have gone 0-4 in preseason: 49
# of said teams that have made the playoffs: 6 (12.2%)
# of teams that have gone 4-0 in preseason: 53
# of said teams that have made the playoffs: 31 (58.5%)
Preseason may not matter, but I'd certainly rather have a good record in preseason than a bad one if that's the correlation.
Thoughts?
(Note: I may not have the exact numbers right from memory, but they're close)
These numbers are all since 1980
# of teams that have gone 0-4 in preseason: 49
# of said teams that have made the playoffs: 6 (12.2%)
# of teams that have gone 4-0 in preseason: 53
# of said teams that have made the playoffs: 31 (58.5%)
Preseason may not matter, but I'd certainly rather have a good record in preseason than a bad one if that's the correlation.
Thoughts?
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