The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Gonzaga 69, Oklahoma State 68 [58]. (Monday) Gonzaga rebounded 57% of its misses to conclude a 5-0 swing through the Big 12. Kelly Olynyk continued to be stunningly awesome. He fouled out in 23 minutes but still scored 21, which is especially huge in a game […]

If you have been a regular reader of this blog, you have figured out that I do not like Kevin O’Neill’s coaching style. He is often referred to as a brilliant defensive coach. Indeed, O’Neill’s track record indicates as much. His teams have been consistently able to prevent points pretty well. Like Ben Howland and […]

I’ve turned on the kPOY leaderboard. This will update daily as player stats are updated. The kenpom.com Player of the Year award is not designed to predict the human POY winner. It’s not really designed to be a contrarian award, either. It’s just a way to identify the most valuable player in the land. (Do […]

With the calendar turning over, it’s time to forecast the regular season champs for each of the 32 conferences. As a reminder, here are the assumptions… Using the offensive and defensive ratings through 12/31, 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season were run. I dumbed down the pythagorean exponent a bit for this exercise […]

One of the more annoying things about preparing for a game is figuring out which players are available for action. I’ve made a small but useful change to the player stats section on the team page to help interested parties figure this out. Players that have missed their team’s last game have their game total […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) North Carolina 79, UNLV 73 [72]. (Saturday) Nice win for the Tar Heels, especially without Reggie Bullock. A win Sunday at Virginia will be more impressive but probably get less fanfare. I can feel a post coming on about how the media undervalues the invisible powers […]

There were only 15 games played this week, thus there’s limited action to review… The 3 2 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Arizona 68, San Diego State 67 [68]. (Tuesday) The Wildcats got a game-saving block from Nick Johnson on Chase Tapley’s lay-up with three second to go to seal the win. Jamaal […]

Now that nearly every team has played at least 10 games, one might think we have enough data to form an accurate assessment of any team based on what they have done on the court this season. Then why still have the influence of pre-season ratings in the current ratings? Because you actually don’t have […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Kansas 74, Ohio State 66 [72]. (Saturday) Deshaun Thomas took just four two-point shots, his fewest total of the season, as Kansas held Ohio State under a point per possession for the third time in the last 12.5 months. That’s the Jeff Withey Effect. 2) Missouri […]

The Diamond Head Classic (bracket) tips off today in Honolulu, with semi-final action continuing Sunday and the title game slated for Christmas. It’s really the ultimate in top-heavy fields, with four possible at-large teams and four others who most certainly will not be at-large teams. So the first round may not be all that compelling, […]