Purdue's 7 3PA's appear to be the fewest in a title game since 1995 UCLA.

Edey posted a usage rate of 46% in his finale, the 20th-highest in a game this season among players who played at least 30 minutes and the 4th-highest among players who sat no more than 1 minute. Also shout out to Cam Heide for his 4% usage which was absolutely spectacular.

That's a wrap for the season. Congrats to all the teams for trying but especially the teams that finished in the exact spot that I had them in the preseason. (6) Arizona (113) Hofstra (307) Robert Morris (315) Charleston Southern (362) Mississippi Valley State Game #6243:

Incredible work by Kevin, who beat out 588 others that filled out a full ballot. Y'all should pay attention to his 1-363 ranking next October. We'll have a more formal announcement and full analysis on the substack next week.

Impressive

On endgame strategy in the NBA, informed by 27 years of play by play data. When trailing late in the game, do teams win more often when attempting 2s or 3s? When trailing by 3 late in the game, teams that attempt 3s have a demonstrably higher win percentage:

Feels like this would be a flat line in college. Somebody prove me wrong.

Ooh. Good stuff.

In what is undoubtedly the most exciting news of the day, I’m pleased to announce our next discord exclusive AMA with the one and only Ken Pomeroy! Join us Monday, June 10th at 8pmEST for a live Q&A session with the king of college hoops analytics. Link: launchpass.com/the-burner/dis…

Hole average is cool but hole variance tells you where a golf tournament has the best chance of being won or lost. 8/9/10 has been serving up a variety of outcomes all week at No. 2.

RIP my mentions, but 76 teams is totally responsible expansion and I don't understand why people are so hostile to it. It would have been cool to have had Indiana State in last season's tourney. So what if it comes with St. John's and Oklahoma joining them.

In 1985, 64 (22.8%) of 280 teams made the tourney. In 2024, 68 (19.4%) of 351 teams made it. The tournament is more exclusive than it's been since 1984. Nothing's going to lose meaning by adding a few teams.

In '92, 5-9 Iowa State got in. There is some nostalgic idea that only the best P6 teams used to get in. But it's not true. Mediocre P6 teams got in, there were just fewer of them available so plenty of room for the best MM at-larges. That is no longer the case. Need to expand.

Great piece in today's The Washington Post on the exceptional heatwave sweeping the world this month. This is just a taste of what will become a regular occurrence if we do not urgently reduce our emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Congrats to Jordan who is one of most responsible and entertaining users of analytics in the field. Well deserved and a great add for Jans.

Here is Jordan Sperber (5 YEARS AGO) arguing to use WAB over quadrants. If you want to understand WAB, this is a good place to start. youtu.be/dG_NpOEI8_Q?si…

John just calls it a blog, but the kids need to know that 20 years ago he spawned a whole generation of smarter Big Ten fans (which years later, continues to fuel my subscription numbers). Amazing times. bigtenwonk.blogspot.com