Upset Sunday: Arizona, Duke, and Wisconsin all lost on Sunday yet all remained in the KPI Top 10 Rankings. All three losses were on the road to three teams who have a combined record of 33-16. Virginia vs. Kentucky: Virginia has three of the top 11 wins of the season […]
Kentucky: Forget what the Wildcats might do for now, instead let’s focus on what they have done. UK is the No. 1 defensive team and No. 9 offensive team by the DIFFs algorithm. They have five wins against the KPI Top 50 by an average margin of 17.2 PPG. Big […]
The early story of the season has been the scoring has dropped 7.8% (through Dec. 1) and returned to levels seen before rule changes were instituted for the 2013-14 season. The block/charge call has been blamed, but the difference is deeper than just one change. All data points below compare […]
Though very early in the season, KPI Rankings for men’s basketball are now posted. Conference data through the first ten days of the season is also live. The early story of the season has been the scoring has dropped 7.4% and returned to levels seen before rule changes were instituted […]
As a project for Seth Davis and Sports Illustrated, I compared all men’s basketball exhibition games played by teams from the Atlantic 10 and ACC in 2013-14 (28 games) and 2014-15 (30 games). The sample size is admittedly small. Better data could have been gathered had more (or all) conferences […]