Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Princeton at Buffalo. This is what passed for appeal yesterday and it was reasonably interesting after an ugly start. The Tigers picked up a 57-53 road win despite Javon McCrea’s 22 points, which in this game felt like 35. Will Barrett’s three-pointer with 11 seconds left was the dagger. […]

[I know what you’re thinking – “Like there aren’t enough daily recap columns, Ken?” Yes, it’s another daily recap column. But this will cover some different ground from the other fine efforts out there, as it will be a bit more science-y I guess you could say. Trust me, it’ll grow on you. Just give […]

Like Topps used to issue the Topps Traded baseball card set at midseason to account for updates and omissions in its original release, I need to issue an update to the preseason ratings I issued last week. The only correction I have right now is that I included Brandyn Curry in the Harvard projection. (In […]

As I would do in previous seasons in the printed version of College Basketball Prospectus, I want to document a few of the perceived outliers in my preseason ratings for handy reference later in the season. This season, I’m including a breakdown of how much sleep I’ve recently lost over each team. 1. Kentucky: The […]

I’ve rolled the site over to 2013, fresh with my stab at pre-season ratings and reasonably accurate schedules. (If you see something wrong with your team’s information, kindly drop me a line.) These rankings might not match what you’ve seen in any other venue. The uniqueness is due to two general reasons. First, my computer […]

In 2010, Conference USA ceased issuing a preseason poll, and continues to be the only conference in America that doesn’t. The decision is questionable since it deprives the member teams and the media that cover them of a noteworthy blurb leading into the season. In order to fill the void, kenpom.com commissioned an expert panel […]

A while back, I expressed my support for the pre-season AP poll. A refresher: During the season I have no use for the polls because nobody really knows what they represent. But before games are played – and voters minimize the importance of scoring margin, game location, and schedule strength – everyone is trying to […]

One of the more famous comebacks last season was Western Kentucky’s triumph over Mississippi Valley State in the NCAA tournament. Sadly, it just missed the list published here last week. But since it was probably viewed in real-time by a few of you, I thought it would be a way to show why the win […]

The new win-probability algorithm has been activated and it’s time to look at the most improbable wins of last season. Going forward, I plan to have better tools around here so you can identify these games without having to wait five months after the season ends for me to write something on them. What follows […]

Forty years ago yesterday, the USSR beat the USA 51-50 in the 1972 Olympic gold medal game, handing the Americans their first loss in Olympic competition. From a global perspective, it’s the most famous basketball game ever played. The contest is notorious not only for the outcome, but for the series of game management errors […]