Europe winning the Ryder Cup on the envelope rule would be peak golf

UNC punting in plus territory down 18 in the 4th quarter is chef's kiss.

Wow, my badge looks different

Got around to adding the super-voter badge for people who had a top-50 finish in the H.U.M.A.N. poll in the past two years. You have earned double the voting power for this year's version. Does the AP poll do this? No, which is why it's lame.

Voting for the 2026 H.U.M.A.N. poll is now open. It's the only way you can be recognized as Champion Ball-Knower of the Year, and the only preseason ranking of all 365 teams by humans. How do you participate? Are you human? Answers to one of those questions here: kenpom.substack.com/p/the-human-...

"We're on to Charlotte"

I LOVE building DunksAndThrees. Thank you kindly to subscribers who allow for continued work to the site! I'm happy to announce a new formal & live data feed moving forward. Check out this new live game page that is running now with a live replay! dunksandthrees.com/games/22400835 More info below.

Three-shot fouls remain one of the worst rules in basketball. The excessive scale of the punishment does not remotely fit the violation.

Good stuff. Of course it doesn’t. These are NBA players, who know exceedingly accurately how much time and space they need to got their shot off. For them most part I’d be willing to wager they never even noticed the Kornet Kontest happening.

NCAA Tournament expansion was tabled, but we should still scrutinize how the field is picked. My column with input from Ken Pomeroy (@kenpom.com). www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Chatted with Eamonn about some stuff (mostly expansion but also the country folk music scene). Give it a listen! I'm excited about what this group is doing.

With 2 people, it wasn't a roundtable just a table, but nonetheless a fun convo about the merits of expansion, which itself may get tabled for another year.

This is neat. Really looking forward to seeing a lot of thoughtful hoops content in one place.

On their latest pod, the Three Man Weave podcast wondered how many teams have jumped from 300+ to top 100 in @kenpom.com ratings. Turns out, only four teams have ever pulled it off.

one of the dumbest things i've ever seen in my life

damn

the thing about social media that truly makes it special is you'll have an account called Dumb Bitch Cooper saying profound things like this and two posts below is a Professor Emil Johnson from an Ivy asking if it would really be so bad we just race segregated all sports

Yep

Did not expect to see a million words about Utah basketball in my inbox today. Hoping Craig Smith gets another chance to wreck a mid-major league in the Upper Midwest/Badlands region.

The Oakmont road map based on the first 3 rounds. Variance is a decent proxy for which holes are the most interesting. Holes 2/3/4 provide a wide range of scores. Back 9 is a little less fun. The short par-3 13th has had scores of birdie, par or bogey for every player except one.

Lightning-fast adoption by NCAA standards. We approve.

An inch away from another foul-up-3 insta-loss in the NBA playoffs

Of the top ten on the PGA leaderboard, only Alex Noren is ranked in the kenpom golf ratings, which haven't been updated in over 15 years, but still, don't count him out. web.archive.org/web/20091117...

The most coveted trophy in ball-knowing!

Good news on rules changes for next season: - Out of bounds calls will only be triggered by coach's challenge - Points of emphasis related to reigning in bloated game length - Continuation for shooters that were fouled - Quarters coming in approximately 2035? www.ncaa.org/news/2025/5/...

With the help of our buddy Jim Root, we found 137 players out of eligibility in the transfer portal. The story behind why these players are holding on to hope for another year and the court case that could impact some of them. Story with @brendanmarks.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

I'd like to report a foul-up-3 insta-loss.

Backfilled my officiating database to 2010. Apropos of nothing, the most games worked since then (16 seasons): Ayers 1515 Sirmons 1445 Kissinger 1370 High knees 1349 Dorsey 1321 Kimble 1315 Bert Smith 1310 Natili 1308 Valentine 1295 J. Higgins 1287

NYK wins 4-1! No take backs.

Is it me or is Mark Jones calling the action a half-second ahead of when it's happening? Somehow, he knows shots are going in before they hit the net.

AGAIN, when a person has a name suffix like Jr. or Sr., it is not a part of their surname and when referring to them by their surname it is not necessary to add the suffix unless to disambiguate them from their child or parent (which is very rarely necessary)

McIlroy giving us Sunday Greg Norman or Sunday Tiger Woods on each shot. Nothing in between.

2-year aggregate H.U.M.A.N. poll champ right here (no trophy for that, though)

Tomorrow, we hope!

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

That's a wrap. Congrats to all the teams who finished exactly where I had them in my preseason ratings: Oklahoma (40), Bradley (92), UNLV (93), Alcorn State (325), Detroit Mercy (337), and Mississippi Valley State (364). You are the true champions.

If nothing else this game is an advertisement for quarters. Putting a team in the bonus for 15 minutes is some extreme punishment.

Can someone please check the inflation level in the basketball

Women's basketball does it right by making their best team a 2-seed so you don't have to worry about all the 1-seeds making the Final Four and the hot takes that follow.

I think the last Final that started before 9 was North Carolina-Georgetown in 1982.

Seriously, I'd bet it's been at least 40 years since the title game has tipped before 9 PM ET.

Whoa, they moved the start time of the title game a half hour earlier this year.

Now there's two more days to figure out why Kelvin Sampson calls J'Wan Roberts "Jay-Wan" while everyone else calls him "Juh-wan".

Duke falling in love with the mid-range has been a development

Kelvin Sampson, lol

Fittingly, 2:32 for the final SEC game of the year.

Brad Jacobs and Bruce Mouat will provide halftime entertainment. #iykyk

Villanova fans have to be thrilled with their season ending during the Final Four. Couldn't have expected that before the season started.

stick to golf bro

Who says there aren't upsets in the tournament? Ref rankings for these guys: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 18, 29, 53, 61. #1 Kipp Kissinger, #3 Brian Dorsey and #4 Jeffrey Anderson are out! Looks like the first Final Four for Desai, Irving, and Green (if they get on the court).