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, […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Texas 85, North Carolina 67 [81]. (Wednesday) As usual, a high point total draws attention to UNC’s defense. Giving up 85 points to Texas is nothing to be proud of, but the game did have 81 possessions. Let’s give a jersey pop to the Texas defense. […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Arizona 65, Florida 64 [59]. (Saturday) ‘Twas a low-scoring game, but not necessarily a defensive battle since there were only 59 possessions. For the AP voters that are going to put Arizona above Florida this week (which is almost all of you, I’m guessing), it’s worth […]

Box scores have been added to the site. They are linked to the scores on each team’s page. Let’s get this out of the way first: They are only available for this season and will likely never be available for any previous seasons. If you’re a seasoned user of advanced statistics, then the data doesn’t […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) Tennessee 69, Wichita State 60 [63]. (Thursday) The Shockers suffered their first loss of the season as Cleanthony Early had the most miserable game of his D-I tenure, missing all five field goal attempts and disqualifying himself in 17 minutes. 2) Belmont 64, Middle Tennessee 49 […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) UNLV 76, Cal 75 [74]. (Sunday) I never thought I’d be able to talk about a game where Quintrell Thomas played a key role in the outcome. After being a highly touted prep prospect, he spent his first three college seasons coming off the bench. Things […]

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM): 1) N.C. State 69, UConn 65 [62]. UConn’s Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander played 39 minutes and took a total of one shot. I can’t say there was anything else noteworthy about this one. As expected, the Wolfpack prevailed in a close game. 2) Georgetown 64, Texas […]

Saturday night, somebody noticed that Saint Louis had a horrible defensive 3P%. The first effects of the post-Rick Majerus era, right? Not really. It’s because the defense has little control over its opponents’ 3P%. As an illustration, let’s look at the best and worst “three-point defenses” in previous seasons on December 4th, and examine how […]