Last night, Oklahoma (12-1) and Kansas (13-1) put together probably the best NCAA college game of the season in a thrilling 109-106 triple overtime that favored the Jayhawks at home. Billed as a match-up between #1 teams, the game brought everything to the table as far as high stakes competition, a challenge for the lead…
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…
The 2015-16 NCAA Division I Basketball regular season runs from November 13th, 2015 through late February, 2016; setting up a series of conference championship tournaments, sans the Ivy League, in hopes of making the NCAA Tournament, also known as March Madness. With a total of 351 NCAA Division I teams spread across 32 conferences, a…
In light of the continual chest-beating by the SEC against Ohio State’s schedule, we figured to take a moment to look at common methods for ranking teams from a mathematical viewpoint and gain insight on the impact of schedules. While we are accustomed to playoffs and all the drama that it brings to our everyday life,…
Squared Statistics: Understanding Basketball Analytics 