In responding to a request from the New York Times’ Marc Tracy, I determined how each team fared in jump balls this season. Kentucky is the best, which is detailed in Marc’s article, but you might be curious where other teams stand. That data is provided below.
Keep in mind I did this by looking at which team had the first possession of the game or any overtime periods. Given the state of play-by-play, and the possibility that technical free throws precede the jump ball, the numbers may be slightly off in some cases.
Team JumpWins JumpLosses WinPct Kentucky 34 5 .872 San Diego St. 31 7 .816 Green Bay 25 7 .781 UNC Greensboro 25 7 .781 Bowling Green 25 7 .781 Toledo 27 8 .771 Wyoming 30 9 .769 Southeast Missouri St. 22 7 .759 Murray St. 25 8 .758 Arizona 28 9 .757 Baylor 26 9 .743 Austin Peay 20 7 .741 Villanova 28 10 .737 Stony Brook 25 9 .735 Coastal Carolina 22 8 .733 Kansas 27 10 .730 UCLA 27 10 .730 San Francisco 24 9 .727 Charlotte 29 11 .725 Prairie View A&M 23 9 .719 Chattanooga 25 10 .714 Radford 25 10 .714 Navy 22 9 .710 Wichita St. 24 10 .706 South Dakota St. 24 10 .706 Texas St. 23 10 .697 Long Beach St. 23 10 .697 Sam Houston St. 23 10 .697 Delaware 23 10 .697 St. Bonaventure 23 10 .697 West Virginia 25 11 .694 Alabama A&M 20 9 .690 Washington 22 10 .688 Delaware St. 24 11 .686 Vanderbilt 26 12 .684 Evansville 23 11 .677 Maryland 25 12 .676 Georgetown 25 12 .676 La Salle 25 12 .676 Richmond 27 13 .675 North Carolina 26 13 .667 Fairfield 24 12 .667 Louisiana Tech 23 12 .657 New Hampshire 23 12 .657 Akron 23 12 .657 Illinois 23 12 .657 Davidson 21 11 .656 Princeton 19 10 .655 Tennessee Tech 19 10 .655 Manhattan 24 13 .649 Vermont 22 12 .647 North Florida 20 11 .645 Florida Gulf Coast 20 11 .645 Pepperdine 20 11 .645 Connecticut 23 13 .639 Quinnipiac 23 13 .639 Missouri 21 12 .636 North Dakota St. 21 12 .636 Kennesaw St. 19 11 .633 Arkansas 24 14 .632 Wisconsin 24 14 .632 Columbia 17 10 .630 Houston Baptist 15 9 .625 Bucknell 23 14 .622 North Carolina St. 23 14 .622 Purdue 23 14 .622 Eastern Washington 21 13 .618 New Mexico 21 13 .618 Maryland Eastern Shore 21 13 .618 Memphis 21 13 .618 Bryant 21 13 .618 New Mexico St. 21 13 .618 Texas Tech 21 13 .618 UTEP 21 13 .618 Michigan St. 27 17 .614 Cornell 19 12 .613 Sacramento St. 19 12 .613 Iowa 22 14 .611 Illinois St. 22 14 .611 LIU Brooklyn 22 14 .611 Gonzaga 22 14 .611 Providence 22 14 .611 Presbyterian 17 11 .607 Syracuse 20 13 .606 Cincinnati 23 15 .605 Old Dominion 21 14 .600 UNLV 21 14 .600 Portland 21 14 .600 Colgate 22 15 .595 Oakland 22 15 .595 Georgia St. 22 15 .595 Harvard 19 13 .594 Idaho 19 13 .594 Louisiana Lafayette 20 14 .588 Marquette 20 14 .588 Yale 20 14 .588 Colorado St. 20 14 .588 Southern Miss 17 12 .586 Pittsburgh 21 15 .583 Houston 21 15 .583 Loyola MD 21 15 .583 VCU 25 18 .581 Howard 18 13 .581 Milwaukee 16 12 .571 UCF 20 15 .571 UTSA 16 12 .571 Louisiana Monroe 20 15 .571 Western Carolina 20 15 .571 Texas 21 16 .568 Weber St. 17 13 .567 East Tennessee St. 17 13 .567 North Texas 17 13 .567 Bethune Cookman 17 13 .567 Northern Iowa 22 17 .564 Georgia 22 17 .564 Hartford 18 14 .563 UC Riverside 18 14 .563 Florida St. 19 15 .559 Kent St. 20 16 .556 Northeastern 21 17 .553 Colorado 21 17 .553 Idaho St. 16 13 .552 Penn 16 13 .552 Appalachian St. 16 13 .552 Furman 18 15 .546 Ball St. 18 15 .546 Cal St. Northridge 18 15 .546 UC Davis 18 15 .546 Seton Hall 18 15 .546 Saint Joseph's 19 16 .543 Wake Forest 19 16 .543 Louisville 19 16 .543 Northwestern 20 17 .541 Auburn 20 17 .541 LSU 21 18 .539 Notre Dame 22 19 .537 Grand Canyon 16 14 .533 Boston University 16 14 .533 Stephen F. Austin 16 14 .533 Lehigh 17 15 .531 Charleston Southern 17 15 .531 Central Connecticut 17 15 .531 FIU 18 16 .529 Detroit 18 16 .529 South Alabama 18 16 .529 Washington St. 18 16 .529 Canisius 18 16 .529 Ohio St. 19 17 .528 UMKC 19 17 .528 Monmouth 19 17 .528 Penn St. 20 18 .526 Northwestern St. 14 13 .519 SIU Edwardsville 14 13 .519 Nicholls St. 14 13 .519 McNeese St. 15 14 .517 Cal Poly 15 14 .517 North Carolina A&T 16 15 .516 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 15 .516 Marshall 16 15 .516 Kansas St. 17 16 .515 Buffalo 17 16 .515 George Mason 17 16 .515 William & Mary 17 16 .515 Cal St. Bakersfield 18 17 .514 Georgia Tech 18 17 .514 Gardner Webb 18 17 .514 Virginia 18 17 .514 Towson 18 17 .514 Mercer 20 19 .513 Stanford 20 19 .513 Arizona St. 20 19 .513 UAB 22 21 .512 Mississippi 18 18 .500 SMU 17 17 .500 Southeastern Louisiana 17 17 .500 George Washington 19 19 .500 Loyola Marymount 16 16 .500 South Carolina St. 16 16 .500 Nebraska Omaha 15 15 .500 Alabama St. 14 14 .500 Eastern Kentucky 16 16 .500 High Point 20 20 .500 Army 16 16 .500 Campbell 15 15 .500 Elon 17 17 .500 Iona 18 18 .500 Nevada 15 15 .500 Norfolk St. 18 18 .500 Temple 18 18 .500 Eastern Michigan 17 17 .500 Miami OH 17 17 .500 Butler 19 19 .500 Hampton 18 18 .500 Massachusetts 17 17 .500 Texas A&M 17 18 .486 Morehead St. 16 17 .485 St. John's 16 17 .485 Utah St. 16 17 .485 Southern 16 17 .485 Hofstra 17 19 .472 Cleveland St. 16 18 .471 Oral Roberts 16 18 .471 Holy Cross 15 17 .469 East Carolina 15 17 .469 Loyola Chicago 15 17 .469 South Carolina 15 17 .469 Arkansas St. 14 16 .467 Savannah St. 14 16 .467 Southern Utah 14 16 .467 Florida Atlantic 13 15 .464 Utah Valley 13 15 .464 IPFW 13 15 .464 Texas Southern 19 22 .463 Oregon 18 21 .462 Lamar 12 14 .462 Boise St. 17 20 .460 South Dakota 17 20 .460 Bradley 16 19 .457 Tulsa 16 19 .457 California 16 19 .457 Alabama 16 19 .457 Indiana 16 19 .457 Clemson 15 18 .455 Fresno St. 15 18 .455 Wagner 15 18 .455 Western Kentucky 15 18 .455 Arkansas Pine Bluff 15 18 .455 Illinois Chicago 15 18 .455 UMass Lowell 14 17 .452 Oregon St. 14 17 .452 Lipscomb 14 17 .452 New Orleans 12 15 .444 USC 16 20 .444 UC Santa Barbara 16 20 .444 Indiana St. 15 19 .441 Saint Mary's 15 19 .441 Belmont 14 18 .438 Incarnate Word 13 17 .433 North Dakota 13 17 .433 Northern Kentucky 13 17 .433 Creighton 16 21 .432 Robert Morris 16 21 .432 Hawaii 15 20 .429 Liberty 12 16 .429 DePaul 14 19 .424 Rhode Island 14 19 .424 St. Francis PA 14 19 .424 IUPUI 16 22 .421 Sacred Heart 16 22 .421 UT Arlington 13 18 .419 North Carolina Centr 13 18 .419 Pacific 13 18 .419 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 10 14 .417 Oklahoma 15 21 .417 Boston College 15 21 .417 Montana 17 24 .415 UNC Asheville 12 17 .414 UC Irvine 14 20 .412 Iowa St. 14 20 .412 Minnesota 14 20 .412 UNC Wilmington 14 20 .412 Miami FL 16 23 .410 Western Illinois 11 16 .407 Rutgers 13 19 .406 St. Francis NY 15 22 .405 Duke 15 22 .405 Western Michigan 14 21 .400 Georgia Southern 12 18 .400 TCU 14 21 .400 College of Charleston 14 21 .400 Tennessee Martin 13 20 .394 Longwood 14 22 .389 Marist 12 19 .387 Florida 13 21 .382 Jackson St. 13 21 .382 Middle Tennessee 16 26 .381 Central Arkansas 11 18 .379 Troy 11 18 .379 Arkansas Little Rock 14 23 .378 USC Upstate 12 20 .375 Northern Illinois 12 20 .375 Maine 12 20 .375 Nebraska 13 22 .371 Virginia Tech 13 22 .371 Alcorn St. 11 19 .367 Drexel 11 19 .367 Xavier 15 26 .366 Eastern Illinois 12 21 .364 Oklahoma St. 12 21 .364 Wofford 12 21 .364 Northern Arizona 13 23 .361 Tennessee St. 10 18 .357 Dartmouth 11 20 .355 Ohio 11 20 .355 Youngstown St. 11 20 .355 Duquesne 11 20 .355 James Madison 12 22 .353 Florida A&M 10 19 .345 Jacksonville St. 11 21 .344 San Diego 11 21 .344 Missouri St. 11 21 .344 Northern Colorado 11 21 .344 Saint Peter's 13 25 .342 Stetson 9 18 .333 Michigan 12 25 .324 Dayton 12 25 .324 South Florida 11 23 .324 Utah 11 23 .324 Mississippi St. 10 21 .323 Portland St. 9 19 .321 Texas Pan American 9 19 .321 Mount St. Mary's 11 24 .314 Cal St. Fullerton 10 22 .313 Valparaiso 10 22 .313 Chicago St. 9 20 .310 Saint Louis 10 23 .303 Brown 9 21 .300 Coppin St. 9 21 .300 Binghamton 9 22 .290 Fordham 9 22 .290 Drake 9 22 .290 Tulane 10 25 .286 Siena 9 23 .281 VMI 9 23 .281 Denver 9 23 .281 Jacksonville 9 24 .273 Southern Illinois 5 14 .263 NJIT 7 20 .259 Grambling St. 7 20 .259 UMBC 8 23 .258 Niagara 8 23 .258 Rider 9 27 .250 Morgan St. 8 24 .250 Samford 8 24 .250 Tennessee 8 25 .242 Montana St. 7 22 .241 Albany 8 26 .235 Air Force 7 23 .233 Mississippi Valley S 8 27 .229 Santa Clara 7 24 .226 Seattle 7 25 .219 BYU 8 29 .216 American 8 29 .216 Winthrop 7 26 .212 San Jose St. 6 23 .207 Central Michigan 6 24 .200 Rice 7 29 .194 Wright St. 6 25 .194 Lafayette 5 28 .152 Abilene Christian 4 23 .148 The Citadel 3 26 .103