As the chart indicates, the mean prediction for 2012 was 1, 360, which is about 5% below the current level of 1, 430.

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Sagarin, who has one of the older and more respected prediction equations in the business, said a year or two of success does not mean a model will continue to foretell the outcome of the tournament correctly.

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