Conference Strength: How Leagues Are Rated and Why Bids Follow
Not all conferences are equal, and the committee knows it. How league strength is measured and why it drives at-large bids and seeding.
March upsets, the women's game's measurable boom, and the at-large math that decides who's left out. Men's and women's hoops.
Not all conferences are equal, and the committee knows it. How league strength is measured and why it drives at-large bids and seeding.
A 2006 draft rule sent elite prospects to campus for a single season. How one-and-dones reshaped roster building, the blue bloods, and the math of winning in March.
Deep tournament runs aren't random. The statistical fingerprint of Final Four teams — adjusted efficiency, balance, and experience — and where the heuristics break.
Returning minutes are one of the better predictors of March success. Why continuity and experience matter in the tournament — and where one-and-done talent still wins.
The 68-team field, demystified: automatic vs. at-large bids, how the committee uses the NET and quadrants, the S-curve, and the bracketing rules that shape March.
From its 1986 debut to two distance moves, the college 3-point line reshaped how the game is played. A history of the line and the numbers that followed it.
Scoring, pace, and three-point volume in women's college basketball, trended over recent seasons from public box scores.
Seed-by-seed upset rates from real tournament results, and the measurable traits that giant-killers tend to share.
Why a great mid-major can miss the bracket: quadrant math, non-conference scheduling, and the metrics that gatekeep at-large bids.