Monthly Archives: July 2010

Let’s continue the countdown of the least likely victories from the past season… #5 The Game: Austin Peay at Akron, November 15. The Situation: Akron 72, Austin Peay 57, 7:36 left, Austin Peay ball. (1.6%) The Outcome: Austin Peay 80, Akron 77 The Quote: “First off, when you’re up 15 points with 7:36 to play, […]

With a nearly complete database of win probability calculations for each possession played last season, it’s time to do something reasonably fun with the data. What follows is not a compendium of the biggest comebacks in terms of points. It is a mix of those kinds of situations and cases where an underdog spotted its […]