After 143 NCAA Division I Men’s basketball games were played four days ago, another 118 games have been played and yet another set of potential number one seeds have fallen. Texas Tech (15-9) picked up a 65-63 win over #3 Oklahoma (20-4) in Lubbock, Texas. The same night, #4 Iowa (20-6) fell to a then-sub-.500…
As February marches on, we take a look (at an increasing rate) at the current state of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament based on our rankings model. Our rankings model takes into account: wins, win disparity, location of game, length of rest between games, distance traveled, and a couple other factors. The…
As of the morning of January 3rd, 2016, there have been a total of 2,571 games played by the 351 NCAA division I teams. This means that we are approximately 49% of the 2015-16 season completed. On December 29th, conference play started to take off across the 36 conferences as the American, ACC, Big East, Big…
As of the morning of December 31st, 2016, there have been a total of 2,394 games played by the 351 NCAA division I teams. This means that we are approximately 45% of the 2015-16 season completed. On December 29th, conference play started to take off across the 36 conferences as the American, ACC, Big East, Big…
As of the morning of December 28th, 2016, there have been a total of 2,227 games played by the 351 NCAA division I teams. This means that we are approximately 42% of the 2015-16 season completed. Despite closing in on the halfway mark for the season, there have been only a total of 38 conference…
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