I must apologize, but I made a tactical mistake. I noticed on the NCAA Official Site that they have much more available information on the games and thought it would be good to leverage the official source. Figured this would save me lots of time figuring out the neutral games since their schedule would officially say what were neutral games (instead of the obnoxious process I have had to do in previous years of getting all the stats and then manually identifying all the games).
Well, I went in this morning to update all the schedules, read in all the games, and started to do a quick sanity check on standings. Much to my chagrin, the site is fully updated through Thursday – with some Friday games. And of course, my standings are updated through Saturday. 🙂 Who would have guessed that the official NCAA site would not have their stats available for games that happened over 24 hours ago. So now I don’t know if I am missing anything. While I always say take the stats with a grain of salt, it also feels horrible to put the data out there without knowing that I have all the games.
I am looking for some other ways to sanity check (without having to look through the schedules of 347 teams – which is over 5,700 games). I will try to get this out by the time the weekend ends – sadly, this might impact my ability to put out a bracketology page (or maybe I will wildly try to take a stab at a bracket in one hour late Sunday afternoon).
At least this gives me an excuse to stay awake and watch / listen to the Pac 12 championship game between UCLA and Oregon. See what the Bruins do without Jordan Adams….
One response to “For those waiting for stats….”
Go Tom Go!
Oh, please please do stay awake. Get those data flows (mostly) straightened out. The whole world is waiting for your announcement.
And, your commentary. While I continue to try to intuit just the optimal point-differential and end-of-season up-weighting (instead of actually setting up my model as the time-varying mixed-model it really should be, and thus estimating the correct coefficients), you are actually showing us that it is possible to understand. To describe. To explain. To inspire. Ahh, to breath and to live. I suppose it is good that Shakespeare did not have March Madness or else he for sure would have been a commentator on victory and defeat in hoops rather than historical England. Fortunately though, we have you to fill the void that the Bard missed.
If you need any hi-octane coffee (or Red-Bull or No-Doz) you just let us know and I’ll have your local pharmacy hand deliver immediately.
Thank you Tom for putting on the show again. I am, as always, greatly looking forward to the data and everyones’ picks. Now with my basketball tournament simulator I can run a million tournaments and see the probability for any single, or set, of outcomes. And see how pathetic my chance of ever scoring big really is.
Take another swig of Red Bull. Go Tom.
-Bill
From http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm
Coffees Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee with Turbo Shot large, 20 fl. oz. 436
Starbucks Coffee venti, 20 fl. oz. 415
Starbucks Coffee grande, 16 fl. oz. 330
Panera Frozen Mocha 16.5 fl. oz. 267
Starbucks Coffee tall, 12 fl. oz. 260
Starbucks Caffè Americano grande, 16 fl. oz. 225
Panera Coffee regular, 16.8 fl. oz. 189
Starbucks Espresso Frappuccino venti, 24 fl. oz. 185
Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee medium, 14 fl. oz. 178
Starbucks Caffè Mocha grande, 16 fl. oz. 175
Starbucks Iced Coffee grande, 16 fl. oz. 165
Maxwell House Ground Coffee—100% Colombian, Dark Roast, Master Blend, or Original Roast 2 Tbs., makes 12 fl. oz. 100-160
Dunkin’ Donuts Cappuccino large, 20 fl. oz. 151
Starbucks—Caffè Latte, Cappuccino, or Caramel Macchiato grande, 16 fl. oz. 150
Starbucks Espresso doppio, 2 fl. oz. 150
Keurig Coffee K-Cup, all varieties 1 cup, makes 8 fl. oz. 75-150
Folgers Classic Roast Instant Coffee 2 tsp., makes 12 fl. oz. 148
Starbucks Doubleshot Energy Coffee, can 15 fl. oz. 146
Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino venti, 24 fl. oz. 140
Starbucks VIA House Blend Instant Coffee 1 packet, makes 8 fl. oz. 135
McDonald’s Coffee large, 16 fl. oz. 133
Maxwell House International Café, all flavors 2⅔ Tbs., makes 12-16 fl. oz. 40-130
Seattle’s Best Coffee—Iced Latte or Iced Mocha, can 9.5 fl. oz. 90
Starbucks Frappuccino Coffee, bottle 9.5 fl. oz. 90
International Delight Iced Coffee 8 fl. oz. 76
Maxwell House Lite Ground Coffee 2 Tbs., makes 12 fl. oz. 50-70
Dunkin’ Donuts, Panera, or Starbucks Decaf Coffee 16 fl. oz. 15-25
Maxwell House Decaf Ground Coffee 2 Tbs., makes 12 fl. oz. 2-10
Teas Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Starbucks Tazo Awake—Brewed Tea or Tea Latte grande, 16 fl. oz. 135
Starbucks Tazo Earl Grey—Brewed Tea or Tea Latte grande, 16 fl. oz. 115
Starbucks Tazo Chai Tea Latte grande, 16 fl. oz. 95
Starbucks Tazo Green Tea Latte—Iced or regular grande, 16 fl. oz. 80
Black tea, brewed for 3 minutes 8 fl. oz. 30-80
Snapple Lemon Tea 16 fl. oz. 62
Lipton Pure Leaf Iced Tea 18.5 fl. oz. 60
Green tea, brewed for 3 minutes 8 fl. oz. 35-60
Lipton 100% Natural Lemon Iced Tea, bottle 20 fl. oz. 35
Arizona Iced Tea, black, all varieties 16 fl. oz. 30
Nestea Unsweetened Iced Tea Mix 2 tsp., makes 8 fl. oz. 20-30
Arizona Iced Tea, green, all varieties 16 fl. oz. 15
Lipton Decaffeinated Tea—black or green, brewed 8 fl. oz. 5
Herbal Tea, brewed 8 fl. oz. 0
Soft Drinks Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
FDA official limit for cola and pepper soft drinks 12 oz. 71 (200 parts per million)
Pepsi MAX 12 oz. 69
Mountain Dew, regular or diet 12 oz. 54 (20 oz. = 90)
Diet Coke 12 oz. 47 (20 oz. = 78)
Dr Pepper or Sunkist, regular or diet 12 oz. 41 (20 oz. = 68)
Pepsi 12 oz. 38 (20 oz. = 63)
Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, or Diet Pepsi 12 oz. 35 (20 oz. = 58)
Barq’s Root Beer, regular 12 oz. 23 (20 oz. = 38)
7-Up, Fanta, Fresca, ginger ale, or Sprite 12 oz. 0
Root beer, most brands, or Barq’s Diet Root Beer 12 oz. 0
Energy Drinks Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
5-hour Energy 1.9 fl. oz. 208
Full Throttle 16 fl. oz. 200
Monster Energy 16 fl. oz. 160
Rockstar 16 fl. oz. 160
AMP Energy Boost Original 16 fl. oz. 142
Red Bull 8.4 fl. oz. 80
V8 V-Fusion+Energy 8 fl. oz. 80
Ocean Spray Cran-Energy 20 fl. oz. 55
Glacéau Vitaminwater Energy 20 fl. oz. 50
Starbucks Refreshers 12 fl. oz. 50
Caffeinated Snack Foods Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Crackheads Espresso Bean Candies, hyper 1 box, 40g 600
Crackheads Espresso Bean Candies, regular 1 package, 28 pieces 200
Wired Waffles 1 waffle 200
Perky Jerky 1 package, 1 oz. 150
Arma Potato Chips 1 package, 2 oz. 70
Cracker Jack’D 1 package, 2 oz. 70
MiO Energy, all flavors 1 squirt, ½ tsp. 60
Crystal Light Energy ½ packet 60
Jelly Belly Extreme Sport Beans 1 package, 1 oz. 50
Jolt Gum 1 piece 45
Ice Cream & Yogurt Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Cold Stone Creamery Mocha Ice Cream Gotta Have It, 12 oz. 52
Starbucks Coffee Ice Cream 4 oz. 45
TCBY Coffee Frozen Yogurt large, 13.4 fl. oz. 42
Dannon All Natural Coffee Lowfat Yogurt 6 oz. 30
Häagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream 4 fl. oz. 29
Stonyfield Gotta Have Java Nonfat Frozen Yogurt 4 oz. 28
Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino Ice Cream 4 oz. 25
Baskin Robbins Jamoca Ice Cream 4 oz. 20
Dreyer’s or Edy’s Grand Ice Cream—Coffee or Espresso Chip 4 oz. 17
Breyers Coffee Ice Cream 4 oz. 1
Häagen-Dazs Coffee Almond Crunch Snack Size Bar 1.8 oz. 10
Dreyer’s, Edy’s, or Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Ice Cream 4 oz. less than 1
Chocolate Candy & Chocolate Drinks Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Starbucks Hot Chocolate grande, 16 fl. oz. 25
Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Bar 1.5 oz. 20
Hershey’s—Milk Chocolate Bar 1.6 oz. 9
Hershey’s Kisses 9 pieces, 1.4 oz. 9
Hershey’s Cocoa 1 Tbs. 8
Dove Dark Chocolate Silky Smooth Promises 5 pieces, 1.4 oz. 4
Silk Chocolate Soymilk 8 fl. oz. 4
Hershey’s Chocolate Lowfat Milk, bottle 12 fl. oz. 2
Over-The-Counter Pills Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Zantrex-3 weight-loss supplement 2 capsules 300
NoDoz or Vivarin 1 caplet 200
Excedrin Migraine 2 tablets 130
Midol Complete 2 caplets 120
Bayer Back & Body 2 caplets 65
Anacin 2 tablets 64