A ‘Genius’ NCAA Partnership

Last week, the NCAA signed a 10-year data and technology deal with Genius Sports. The agreement was announced on the same day the Supreme Court moved to legalize betting on…

Clutch Stats

If you watch any of the talking head shows on ESPN or Fox, you hear a lot of discussion about whether certain players are ‘clutch’. Not too long ago, Lebron…

Stats School: Assist Percentage

Assist Percentage is the percentage of all field goal attempts assisted by the player while he/she was on the floor. There is no corresponding team percentage because it would be…

The Importance of Being Assertive

Last week, I got the chance to visit TCU and attend their coaching clinic.  Head women’s basketball coach, Raegan Pebley, spent about an hour teaching her ’21’ defense.  If you’re…

About that Google/NCAA Partnership

You probably saw a number of clever commercials throughout the NCAA Tournament about the partnership between Google Cloud and the NCAA.  We did some digging to see what this is…

NCAA D2 Men’s Tournament Preview

The top five on the D2 side has varied throughout the year and our tournament projections reflect that as only two top seeds look like they will advance to the…

NCAA D2 Women’s Tournament Preview

What can you say about the Ashland Eagles, dominate last year and very dominate again this year.  Because of the reseeding process, we can’t predict a champion right now but…

D3 Sweet Sixteen Preview

Admittedly the first and second round picks were far from perfect on both the men’s and women’s side but three out of four Final Four picks on both sides are…

NCAA D3 Women’s Tournament Preview

Toughest Region: Our system has loved Old Westbury and St. Joseph’s (ME) all season-long so even though those Amherst Mammoths are in that region, we see that upper left bracket as…

NCAA D3 Men’s Tournament Preview

Toughest Region: That upper right bracket features our #1 team Whitman along with two others in the top 8.  We have Whitman emerging from it with the toughest match-up likely being…