College Basketball Scoring Trends Reverse

Through the first three days of last season, scoring had risen 4.5 PPG and 6.6% from the previous year.  This year?  A different story. Scoring is down 5.5% and back closer to levels seen before the highly publicized rule changes in 2013-14.  Fewer fouls have been called, and fewer free […]

WEEK 18 SUNDAY #KPI BASKETBALL (as of 3/16/14, 7am ET)

Happy Selection Sunday!  There is a lot of data to dig through below.  Anecdotes throughout Sunday can be found on Twitter at @KPIsports (though I’ll be slightly preoccupied during the Big Ten Tournament championship game at 3:30 p.m. ET).  Thank you for following along! The #KPI Excel file is now […]

WEEK 18 SATURDAY #KPI BASKETBALL (as of 3/15/14, 7am ET)

#KPI Headlines: Full #KPI data (by team) as of Saturday 7 a.m. ET. The top wins of Friday came from Louisiana Tech (beat Southern Miss, .72), N.C. State (beat Syracuse, .70), Iowa State (beat Kansas, .67), Connecticut (beat Cincinnati, .67) and St. Bonaventure (beat Saint Louis .67). Possible bid stealers still exist […]

WEEK 18 FRIDAY #KPI BASKETBALL (as of 3/14/14, 10am ET)

#KPI Headlines: Full #KPI data (by team) as of Friday 10 a.m. ET By math, the current No. 1 seeds are Arizona, Florida, Kansas and Wichita State.  Wisconsin is .002 behind that group (a small margin).  By math, Villanova is locked into the No. 2 seed line.  Michigan, Syracuse and […]