Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, January 16th and Thursday, January 22nd… Biggest upsets 3) #272 Rice 73, #118 Charlotte 68 (OT) (10%), Saturday. The last time Rice won a conference road game was February 29, 2012. They ended the 17 game losing streak by taking 34 of […]

The MinutesMatrixTM posted on the expanded player page can tell a story about a team over the season. Some programs are blessed with good health and overall stability while others suffer through injuries, suspensions, transfers, and unsteady play which requires the coach to constantly reevaluate how he doles out playing time. In looking over some […]

Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, January 9th and Thursday, January 15th… Biggest upsets 3) #173 Rutgers 73, #4 Wisconsin 62 (7%), Sunday. Wisconsin was missing Frank Kaminsky in this one, so maybe Rutgers’ true chances were more like, I don’t know, 10 percent? The Badgers blew an […]

When Oregon State knocked off Arizona late Sunday night, it put Wayne Tinkle on the map for the job he’s done in his first season in Corvallis. Tinkle has taken a roster that lost its top five minutes-earners from last season—without much to replace them—and has built a squad capable of beating really good teams […]

This is the Week in Review, where the previous week of unusual occurrences in college basketball is reviewed. Biggest upsets 3. Thursday: #139 Pepperdine 67, #27 BYU 61 (10%). The WCC has long been a conference where the home-court doesn’t provide much advantage. But in the first two weeks of conference play, that idea is […]

I used to do this every day, then every week, and now it’s every two weeks. I’d like to do it every day, but I’d go crazy. So here are the last two weeks, reviewed: Public service message: But first, this message. This time of year people will often say something like “kenpom.com predicts team […]

With many conferences increasing in size in recent years, there are fewer leagues playing a balanced conference schedule. Unfortunately, an unbalanced schedule introduces conference schedule strength as an additional variable that can influence the chase for a conference regular-season title. However, if this is keeping you up at night, it shouldn’t. It’s rarely that big […]

Welcome to Play-by-Play Theater, the very irregular feature where I mine play-by-play data from the past five-plus seasons to discover the wacky things that happen in darkest corners of the college basketball universe. At the Maui Invitational, BYU’s Chase Fischer went on a 3-point shooting tear for the ages in the first half against Chaminade, […]

Hey everyone, here’s what you might or might not have missed over the past two weeks. Biggest upsets 3. Nov. 29: #316 NJIT 84, #120 Duquesne 81 (8%). The Highlanders are still the country’s only independent, and therefore must earn an at-large bid to get into the NCAA tournament. Wins at Duquense help that cause. […]