Now that every school (except two Ivy Leaguers) has had a chance to honor their seniors, I thought I would recognize five seniors that made a difference during their career. This got me to thinking, why isn’t there some award for the best seniors in the nation? With so many people wringing their hands over […]

Back in November, I played around with how the national leaders in various statistics accumulated wins and losses during the 2004 season. One of the statistics that correlated best with winning was field goal percentage difference. You shoot better than your opponents, you win games. It’s not a revelation that will rock the foundation of […]

Luke Winn has a piece at si.com about three teams that changed personalities this season without a coaching change. It’s kind of an extension of the Basketball ShrinkTM I introduced a while back, with the respective coaches trying to explain the changes. This is especially nice because 1) We all get to read something by […]

Slowest paced games this season by possesions per 40 minutes (score in parentheses)… 1 46, 2/4 Princeton(42) at Dartmouth(50) 2 47, 11/20 Princeton(46) at Temple(48) 3 47, 11/15 Air Force(60) vs. Mississippi(36) 4 48, 12/8 Rutgers(40) at Princeton(53) 5 49, 1/31 UNLV(48) at Air Force(64) Fastest paced games this season by possesions per 40 minutes… […]

Bob Bowlsby 1/3/05 – "[W]e want the RPI to be the best tool possible. We believe this adjustment accomplishes that." Bob Bowlsby 2/23/05 – "The committee has talked till we’re blue in the face that [the RPI] is just one of many tools. … But the fact of the matter is it serves a role, […]

It used to be that the tournament committee would use conference record as a handy tool to separate bubble teams within the same conference. It made sense – the team that does better in a group of 16 to 18 common games has proven to be better. But that was before we had mega-conferences and […]

I’ll admit it. I am in love with blocked shots. Dominating shot blockers are rare, and teams that have one seem to be very good defensively as a team. But this was just my subjective opinion until today, when we can look at (on the stats page) how often each of the 330 D1 teams […]

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with West Virginia all season. More like a love-ignore relationship. I forecasted good things for them before the season. I founded the D’Or Fischer fan club after the 10-0 start. Then I sheepishly had to abandon the Mountaineers (and the game diary concept) after it became apparent they were a […]

What do you do when the national coach of the year does a better coaching job the next season? Well, you don’t make him coach of the year, that we know. It’s just not possible. But there are certain honors one can receive that exceed what any group of sportswriters can bestow. One of those […]

Half-heartedly, I provide another look at the bubble. I’m getting the impression that folks out there care as little as I do. Last week I left Saint Mary’s off the bubble list and received no complaints, despite the fact that nearly every other projection has them in. The Gaels have two top 100 wins to […]