Yesterday, I brazenly asked for writing ideas. There were many good ideas but most of you overestimated what I could do in an afternoon. So what follows is not based on any single suggestion but your ideas got me thinking. According to Wikipedia, Vanderbilt, UNLV, and Princeton have made at least one 3-pointer in every […]

Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, February 12th and Thursday, February 18th… Biggest upsets 3) #106 Northern Iowa 53, #11 Wichita St. 50 [59 possessions] (9%), Saturday. There is no way to explain Northern Iowa this season. On balance they are a slightly above average Missouri Valley team, […]

The regular season is nearly over. Five teams have already played their last home game. Some teams are hoping for an improbable run in their conference tournament, but more realistically looking ahead to next season. Yet even with just a few games left, there are a lot of teams still mathematically in the running for […]

If I could change anything about college basketball it would be to get rid of video review. That’s would be very selfish of me because most people in the game think it’s necessary, but ever since the first time replay interrupted the finish of a basketball game, I’ve felt this way. I don’t know when […]

Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, February 5th and Thursday, February 11th… Biggest upsets 1) #254 Pacific 77, #54 BYU 72 [72 possessions] (9%), Saturday. There was but one major upset across the land this week and that belonged to Pacific. The only D-I school named after an […]

There’s a new stat on the team scouting report for you: Continuity. Although it’s more of a storytelling stat, it seems like something that should be tracked by someone. The issue is deciding how to measure it. One way would be in terms of roster continuity, which determines if the players that played last season […]

Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, January 29th and Thursday, February 4th… Biggest upsets 3) #351 Central Connecticut 65, #300 Robert Morris 60 [65 possessions] (8%), Thursday. When people say the Blue Devils are having a rough season, somewhere there is a Central Connecticut fan who is muttering […]

This season, it appears the University of Washington is doing to disqualifications what Barry Bonds did to intentional walks in 2004. Through a combination of a high-possession style, a young roster with an aggressive defense and an offense that crashes the glass, the Huskies have given officials frequent opportunities to blow their whistles in a […]

Here are the most extreme things to happen in college basketball between Friday, January 22nd and Thursday, January 28th… Biggest upsets 3) #50 Providence 82, #1 Villanova 76 (OT) [76 possessions] (9%), Sunday. Home teams in Big East play are 18-22 so far this season, the second-worst mark among conferences at this moment. (CAA teams […]

Saturday is the third edition of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge although it feels like the first because in the previous two, games were scattered across various days during the non-conference season. This season, it’s a coherent event, with all ten games taking place this Saturday. As a bonus, this event occurs right in the middle […]