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2012

February

The untrained eye: Gonzaga vs. BYU
Frank Haith and coaching luck

January

The untrained eye: Saint Mary’s vs. BYU
Ken’s Rules Corner
How much is air worth?
The untrained eye: New Mexico vs. UNLV
The 2012 kPOY watch list
The six-game tournament?
Play-by-Play Theater: consecutive field goals
Best players by state
A tribute to Quincy Roberts
A note on recent site updates
Play-by-play theater: Revisiting consecutive fouls
On Wisconsin: The FAQ
The untrained eye: Washington State vs. Utah
Get to know Mike Scott
The untrained eye: Wyoming vs. Utah Valley
State of the game 2011

2011

December

2012 conference previews, the last
2012 conference previews, part 4
2012 conference previews, part 3
2012 conference previews, part 2
Conference previews, Monte Carlo style
A trip to Scobey, Montana
The untrained eye: Baylor v. BYU
A graph of substitution patterns
Murray State and the quest for the Holy Grail
Moribund Fascination: The Utah Runnin’ Utes
A quick note about the influence of preseason ratings

November

Power to the people: Harrison Barnes’ minutes tonight
Your guide to the 2011 Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Feast week log5 review
76 and Old Spice Classics log5’s
Battle 4 Atlantis and Great Alaska Shootout log5’s
Maui Invitational and Paradise Jam log5’s
Charleston Classic log5
Puerto Rico Tip-Off log5
Power to the people
You have no skill at betting on NFL games
Physique bias
And now…ratings

October

An important message

September

Predicting John Henson’s free throw percentage
Eligible transfers 2012
Free Tim Williams

August

Andre Roberson

July

Fixing opening week with ScheduleMatic

June

Introductory Links
Height and Other Stuff page
The case for Tiger Woods
How many majors will Rory McIlroy win?
The best seasons by age on the PGA Tour

April

Coaching Resumes
Your 2011 kPOY: Jared Sullinger

March

Fran Dunphy refused to be the dealer
Log5 vs. seeds
When will Jimmer regress to the mean?
The kPOY: The almost final countdown
On overvaluing road play (again)
The kPOY: Let tournament play begin

February

Log5 tables
Why I won’t give up on Washington (or Kentucky)
Can Derrick Williams set the three-point accuracy record?
The kPOY: If you have a problem, turn off your station
Incentives
The case for mid-season firings
The kPOY: With freshmen
Conference prediction review
The kPOY: Pleasantly surprised
How much is Korie Lucious worth?
The kPOY: With assisted shot data

January

This year’s question to the committee
The kPOY: A familiar face
The good and the winless
Let’s not do this again
The kPOY: The most exciting race ever
The kPOY: a quickie
A treatise on plus/minus
The kPOY: Up for grabs?
Pre-conference preview blowout: part 2
Pre-conference preview blowout: part 1

2010

December

The kPOY: on the eve of conference play
The kPOY: a history
The head-to-head fallacy
Introducing the kPOY
Prediction tracker

November

Your guide to the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
What can win distributions do for you?
Who hurt Utah State more: Verne Harris or Tai Wesley?
What happens to pre-season ratings when it’s not pre-season anymore?
Game on
The pre-season AP poll is great

October

A few paragraphs about Purdue
Roster attrition by conference

August

Eligible transfers 2011

July

The ten unlikeliest wins in the 2010 season, part 2
The ten unlikeliest wins in the 2010 season, part 1

June

Replaying Isner/Mahut a million times

May

Win probability for every college game
All points are not created equal

April

A bad game for WP
One shining e-mail
Semi-live win probabilities tonight
In-game win probabilities

March

Kansas will not win it all*
Conference tournaments not a bad way to decide best team

February

Saturday morning reading
A belated answer
Quick question
No, Kansas did not choke
The loneliest number
Give Coach Boze a chance
Majerus does the unthinkable…again

January

Excerpts from 1953: New rules
Conference projections
OMG Marqus Blakely
Exclusively 2’s: A bad idea
Most likely to go winless

2009

December

An APB for a memorable season
Excerpts from 1953: team stats
The Tempo-Free State

November

When Exhibit A sucks
That dying 3-point shot
Interesting Reads
Excerpts from the 1953 Official NCAA Basketball Guide
Alabama is going to win it all
The Book
Wesley Johnson took 39% of his team’s shots

October

Schedules are up!

August

Test
My First Shot
Tiger vs. 155 Phil’s
Bernhard Langer Has Game
Glory’s Last Shot

July

How to contact me

February

Defensive Fingerprint

January

Introducing FanMatch
Changes
Help with team page

2008

December

Patience

November

The RPI is Dead

2007

October

BP is on line!

September

Moving On

July

What the heck is not going on here?

June

NST’s

May

The Orange Effect
Intern For Hire

April

Game #5,481

March

Hear This
A Little Something
Offensive Final Four
The Most Overblown Storyline of the Day
End of the World Liveblog
Scoring Oddities
A Couple of Fun Notes
Do You Really Know Texas A&M?
Tracking the Doomsday Scenario
Charting Day 2
Charting Day 1
Florida Isn’t Going to the Final Four
Bracket Breakdown: South/East
Bracket Breakdown: Midwest/West
Preview of a Preview
Final Tally
No Rest, No Problem?
Tourney Preview Extravaganza
MWC Preview
The Team Most Likely to Steal Your Team’s Bid
MidCon/WCC

February

Jammin’ on the James
It’s That Time of Year
The Value of Consistency
Trying to Improve
The Foul That Wasn’t
Key to the Game
Plus/Minus Redux
The First Poll is the Best Poll
HD Box Scores
Gray Matter
Should Charlie Burgess Have Saved the Ball?
Comings and Goings in the Tempo-Free World
Rulebook Rewind: 1974
The Pac-Tenors Respond
Hurricane Dicta
Pac-10/ACC Challenge

January

Beyond the Box Score
Defending defense
Fun With Birthdays
Williams Rejected
Turning Points
Game Plan
Special Report: We Win!
I Am Not Your Father, Luke

2006

December

Godzilla vs. Conventional Wisdom
Some coal for your stocking
The Wichita State File
Ratings Explanation Updated
The Readers Respond
Individual Stats Are Up
Reader’s Forum: Is Air Force for Real?

November

Another Interview with Mike Gillian
Ratings Explanation
Predictions
Who is Joe O’Brien?
Future Attractions
The Year of Maarty Leunen Begins Now
And They’re Off!
State of the Site

October

Game Time

September

Big XII Preview Coming October 31

August

The Bad Luck of the Irish and Some Unlucky Ducks
Fun With Database Queries

July

Results Are In
Cast Your Vote

June

The Life of the Party
Back in the Lab

May

Shooting Percentage and Height
Rebounding and Height

April

2005 Player Stats and the Case for Renaldo Balkman
Assist Rate
Charting the Championship
Championship Breakdown
Charting the Final Four
Four Final Points

March

Final Four Breakdown: UCLA/LSU
Final Four Breakdown: GMU/Florida
All I Have Today…
Charting the Elite 8, Part 2
Charting the Elite 8, Part 1
Charting the Sweet 16, Part 2
Charting the Sweet 16, Part 1
Sweet 16 Preview
It’s good to be a VIP
Charting Sunday’s Games
Charting Saturday’s Games
Charting Friday’s Games
Game o’ the Day: Memphis vs. Oral Roberts
Charting Thursday’s Games
Game o’ the Day: Boston College vs. Pacific
Bracket Breakdown
Bracket Reax
Selection Sunday Is Here
Musical Interlude
A Log5 Cabin
New vs. Old RPI
King of the Hill
The Mo Valley is Mo’ Boring
This Just In…
Loose Ends
Let It Be March
Travis Ford Knew When To Get Out

February

All For One
D-Day
A Look Back
Loaded Brackets
A Crying Notre Shame
My Best Shot
BracketBusters Scoreboard
Mo’ Powe
Scorekeeper’s Bias
109-108…In Regulation!
Nothing But Lines
Art Bell and College Hoops Don’t Mix
Gone Fishin’
E-Mail Thursday
Line o’ the Night: 1904 Style
Almost an Unlikely Trifecta
Just Some Lines
E-mail Extravaganza
More RPI Fun

January

Pitt ‘06 != BC ‘05
Questions, Questions, Questions
Measuring Intangibles
Somebody Besides Redick or Morrison Going for 40
A Correction
Mmmmmm….Turnovers
Strange Indeed
Practice Makes Perfect…ly Bad
Break Time
A Better Passer Than His Pops
Offensive Rating/Possession Usage
Individual Stats: An Introduction
Scouting Report
For Fans of the Genius That Was MTV’s Remote Control
A Slow Night
Replacing Louisville
The Hard Truth
Still Unbeaten
Take My Power Ratings, Please
Big East Shocker
Basketball Lab

2005

December

Yet Another Shelden Williams Post
Roy Hibbert isn’t Shelden Williams
Happy Holiday of Your Choice
Airing of Grievances
In Your Face Dis-Graceland
Juanderful
Individual Stat Leaders
More Scoreless Material
Larry Eustachy, Meet Joe Scott
Bally Started It
Cramming
Patsos for President
The Unexpected
Bear Market
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Stats Stuff
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge
Possession Stats!

November

Brown Nosing
Crewsin’ for a Bruisin’
Playing Catch-Up
Is Drexel For Real?
Merry Thanksgiving
Hawaii is for Losers
Longwood: Season 2
Some More Sleepers
Mountain Worst?
One Game Theory
Lines o’ the Weekend
A Call for Cinderellas
Hooray for the NCAA
Line o’ the Night
America’s Most Active Player
Absolutely Redonkulous

October

Schedules
The new RPI and its effect on scheduling
Pressure

September

Blinded by the Points
A Systematic Breakdown
Landlord’s Revenge
Individual Stats Primer
Unfinished Business

August

New Digs
Powe-Wow
Feeling Lucky?
Points Distribution
Four Factors
RPI Help
College Basketball Data
Pomeroy Ratings FAQ
Stats Explained
Basketball Shrink

July

Rabid Crowd Theory 2: Parity Index
Rabid Crowd Theory
The Value of Ben Gillery

June

Going, Going, Gonzaga
What Goes On Here

May

Want Job Security? Apply Within.
State of the Game

April

Passing Fancy
Closing Credits
St. Augustine
Heads Will Roll…
Letdown Saturday
A One and A Two

March

5,094 Games Down, 3 to Go
I Love Me, I Love Me Not
Predictable
What If…
Speechless (Almost)
The Value of a Missed Shot
Viewer’s Guide: Louisville/Washington
Ranking the Eight
Revenge of the Low Seeds
Boeheimian Rhapsody
Let’s Get Technical
Game Diary: Utah State/Arizona
Where’s the madness?
SECeding from the tournament?
There’s Only Juan
Commercial
Spencer Nelson Day
Cajun Wazzu
Washington Should Be a Number 1
More RPI
Confirmed
Breaking RPI News
Tourney Talk
Cants Win It All Without Rashad
The Field Revealed
Senior Day
Field Goal Percentage Difference
There’s Nothing To See Here
Minutia
The Best of Bowlsby

February

Sorting out the Big East
Block Percentage
Wacked Out Wednesday
Coach of the Year…Again?
Bubble Wrap
High Five
Opponents’ Three Point Production
The Year of the Mid Major
No-Hitters
Bubble Wrap
The Lost Episode
Defensive Assist Percentage
More on Assistststss
Texas Toast
Two Utes
Battle Ready?
Assist Percentage
Changing of the Guard
Basketball ShrinkTM
Random Junk

January

Shot Attempt Difference
Possession Stats 101
Rules Experiment Report: ‘05 Edition
Bracket Bustin’
Turnover Percentage
The Inbox (Is ‘Inbox’ One Word?)
Move the Line Back
Channel 56
Game Diary: Boston College/West Virginia
Three Point Production
ACC Love-Fest
A Tale of Two Teams
No (NCAA Tourney) Admittance Without ID
Celebrating the West
Total Rebounding
Shelden Williams is not Emeka Okafor
A Deal With the Devil

2004

December

Combined Efficiency
Making a Beilein to Morgantown
Game Diary: Gonzaga/Oklahoma State
Flex-ibility
National Efficiency
A Very Special Edition of blah blah blah
An Oral Exam
An RPI with Road-Rage
No Oh-fense to USC Fans
Box Score Bloopers
One Day at a Time
Let’s Play Four
Whatchu Talkin Bout Willis
18 Unbeatens, One By One
Game Diary: TCU/Kansas
Bye Bye Bibby
Not Flashy
The Third
Patsos No Patsy
Oh-fense Wins
Rush Hour Blues
Game Diary: Michigan/Georgia Tech

November

Everyone into the pool
Cat-astrophe?
Happy T-Day
More Linework
Same Ol’ Song
An Egg at the Line
Hands of Kleiza
Preaching What They Practiced
Gillian’s Island
Putting out an EPB
Six Who Might
Go Pro, Young Man
Singin’ the Blues
Not Well-Adjusted
One Step Closer
Oh Those Road Woes

October

It Doesn’t Matter
Take your pick
Skedjuls
First in the SEC West, Last in Punctuality
Deconstructing Talking Head Myth #43

September

Potpourri
One Month To Go
Rules Changes Revisited
Selection Sunday in November Part 2

August

No Whining
Selection Sunday in November
Rudy
The Lucky Ones
The Unlucky Ones
Meet My Friend Pythagoras

July

Mark Your Calendar
The Miserable Life of a Basketball Stathead

June

A Sick Game?
Putting it All on the Lane

May

Not Fast Enough
Accountability

April

Bad Career Move
The Possession
The Graveyard of Coaches
Depth Matters

March

Final Oka-Four
A classic in waiting?
Caught in the Wake
Coming Attractions
How Sweet It Is
Sunday’s Rematch
Chalk One Up for the Good Guys
Good v. Evil
Devin Who?
Featured Game: BYU/Syracuse
Monitor Madness
The Fashionable Pick
Credits
Bracket Commentary