That would be my name for the Atlantic 10 this year. St. Joe’s has a legitimate shot to enter the NCAA tourney unbeaten, partially because they are very good and partially because the rest of their conference is down this year. I wouldn’t bet on the Hawks pulling it off, but their chances are much […]

I have added a page that answers some of the questions I routinely get on the RPI. See it here.

I will not be able to update the ratings again until Friday morning 1/15 at approximately 9:30 AM EST.

I learned about two highly rated teams last night… Cincinnati, in their first real test of the year and I think their first national TV appearance, shined on the road against Marquette. As usual the Bearcats are filled with a bunch of rail-thin athletes (except for Maxiell) that have 40″ verticals and 6 foot long […]

Andy Katz reported today that the 3-point line will remain at its current location for another year. The main reason is that there appears to be much reluctance to going with the international-style trapezoid lane. It would be nice to see the data that came out of the exempt games this year where these rules […]

Air Force is off to its best start (9-2) in 49 seasons of playing basketball. Their last winning season was 1965-66. Tonight at Colorado State they look to match their longest winning streak ever of 8 set in 1958. Coincidentally, the style the Falcons play is reminiscent of 1958. Their games average less than 100 […]

Which conference’s teams have more non-conference wins vs. the RPI top 50…Big XII or Big West? You’re wrong. OK, it’s a trick question, each one has only 3 top 50 wins to their credit. But the Big West has had just 35 non-conference wins overall vs. 94 for the Big XII (do they really deserve […]

Jorge L. Ortiz, San Francisco Chronicle on the Stanford win over Arizona…. Salim Stoudamire, a 6-foot-1 shooting guard who was one of five Wildcats averaging at least 12 points coming in, probably had images of Childress’ Afro blocking his view in his sleep Saturday night.

Nice piece by regular ESPN.com contributor and all-around nice guy Pat Forde in today’s Courier-Journal. It’s even better since he makes prominent mention of my site. His point is one that will gain more steam nationally in the coming weeks. The demise of the Pac 10 and Big 10 is going to help a team […]

The ACC is at the end of its golden age this year. This is the last year that all members will play each other twice. Fans can savor this last year of double round-robin play because 4 teams have a claim to be among the top 10 in America. Duke, UNC, Georgia Tech, and Wake […]