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VCU statistics professor discusses the improbability of the Rams’ Final Four Run

The VCU men’s basketball team’s run to the Final Four represents a highly unlikely statistical event, but Laura McLay, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research at VCU, cautions against taking the Rams’ odds-busting success as an argument against using statistical analysis to predict sports outcomes.

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