Tennessee lost the battle against Alabama 71-69, but won the war...for offensive rebounds by gathering 25 of 47 possible chances. This boosted the Vols' season-long OR% to 45.4%. Just 15 teams have finished with an OR% above 44 since 1997 and 14 of those cases occurred in 2001 or earlier.

Illinois had its 2nd-worst offensive game of the season and yet it was the 5th-best performance by a team facing Michigan this season.

It is WAB not WOB. kenpom.substack.com/p/it-is-wab-...

Kipp Kissinger will work his 100th game of the season tonight, 3 days ahead of last season's pace in which he set the modern human officiating record by working 117 games.

It's almost March and it still seems like so many broadcasters don't understand (the relatively simple) challenge rules.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE MEN WON A BASKETBALL GAME

Moustapha Thiam lost his first jump ball of the season against Kansas today and then took it personally, etc. and proceeded to have the best game of his life. 28 pts in 30 minutes with 0 turnovers, his first game making multiple 3's this season, and a season-high 2 assists.

Last night, teams averaged 76.4 ppg (thanks Alabama/Arkansas for your service). That beat the previous record for a February or March day over the past 30 years (min 50 games) by a point and a half. It was the 5th highest scoring day regardless of month. (This season now owns the top 6).

Canada had a strong incentive to lose because it meant avoiding the best team in the world in the semis. At least they didn't make a joke of the game and I wouldn't blame them for soft tanking. If you are into conspiracies, Brad Jacobs' last shot of the 10th end was an awful shot by his standards.

Kinda wondered how absurd Dybantsa's usage was going to be in the post-Saunders era and 46% against Arizona is a pretty phenomenal start.

It's official. We'll be adding a 20th entry to this list on Saturday.

UConn stunned at home by 13-13 Creighton, which one would assume significantly damages their chance of a 1-seed. But whether UConn gets a 1 or 2 seed is irrelevant to their chance of winning of a title. The fact that they are not nearly as good as the other 1 (or 2?) seeds is the bigger issue.

Since December 14 exactly one opponent has shot better than 34.4% from 3 against Michigan would you like to guess who? (Wisconsin, who beat them)

Out-of-bounds challenges won this season, based on team that challenged:

After the 14:30 mark in the 2nd half, Michigan scored on 21 straight possessions, spanning over 12 minutes.

Air Force is on the verge of history...currently owning the worst net rating in conference play in the internet age. With 7 games left, the Falcons are 0-13 with losses by 8, 12, 15, 15, 17, 23, 24, 28, 29, 34, 37, and 42.

Just now discovering Devin Booker #3 is playing college hoops.

Houston's offensive profile is incredible. Moved up to 4th in offense after the BYU win and down to 365th in 2PA distance, finally passing Mississippi Valley State. Just amazing.

Loving this on @kenpom.com

On hand for BYU-Houston. It's a full house and most of those in attendance are NBA scouts.

Congrats to UNC, but when I'm commish, doing the Steph sleepy time celebration will be a 10-shot technical foul.

St. John's - UConn definitely feels like one of those games where national groupthink will heap praise on the winner and not reevaluate their opinion of the loser.

Cincinnati's Moustapha Thiam did not play against West Virginia tonight due to a leg injury. Do not be surprised to see him shut it down to preserve his 17-0 record on jump balls this season.

Wow, there was a blank in the Canada/Italy game. I have 6,415 ends in my database from mixed doubles world competition over the past decade and there are just 11 blanks in it.

Portland over Gonzaga turned into not only the upset of the year in D-I, but is the biggest upset across all three NCAA divisions so far this year. (Using David Rothman's classic formula.)

I have turned on the H.U.M.A.N. poll updater. If you completed a ballot before the season, you can see how close you are to being declared Champion Ball-Knower of the Year: kenpom.com/ballot.php

Would be the funniest story if Gonzaga's only 2 losses before the tournament were to Michigan and Portland. (This would be the upset of year, obvs)

In its defense, it did feature UNLV having a 5 point lead and the ball with 6 seconds left and losing in regulation in a tremendously comical way, so there was at least a payoff.

The least watchable game in college basketball history just concluded. Fresno State 98, UNLV 96. Free throw attempts: 80. Fouls: 61. Players fouled out: 7. Interminable reviews/appeals: lost count. Time outs used by each team: all of them. Length of game: 2 hours, 55 minutes.

Not often you see a team down 32 with under 10 minutes left get their win probability off the 0.0% floor, but Syracuse did it.

All true, but never forget that they would be unbeaten had they not fouled up 3 against Stanford.

Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅 The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...

For @thehoopshq.bsky.social, Loyola Chicago has gone from preseason A10 contender mourning the late Sister Jean to 5-17 and 318th in KenPom. It’s a precipitous, injury-fueled collapse for a program with unusually strong support and basketball tradition. www.hoopshq.com/mid-majors/l...

I have game times back to the 2011 season, and since then these are the dates with the most games with a listed start time prior to 1 pm ET. It's a special day tomorrow.

Many of the pro-style acquisitions so far have been terrible at basketball and the college hoops sky-is-falling narrative has been overblown. Curious to see what impact Bediako has (though he isn't even mentioned in any official communication from Alabama, 30 hours before his potential debut).

Great s/o for doubletakeout.com by @kenpom.com on the first Olympics preview of Broom Brothers Looking forward to the rest of the previews from John and Robbie. youtu.be/pde1odUdkTo?...

Catching the Cowboys tonight

Despite changes to reviews, game times in the men's game continue to increase. Though not as much increase as the past 2 seasons, so yay? (Games between power conference teams, regular season only)

🏈 LAR 20 - 17 CHI FINAL 👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 301 times before. Last time: Dec 28, 2025 Miami Dolphins defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Hook and ladder-al

Bringing this over from the other app: Increasingly convinced that a lot of the character traits we assign to basketball teams ("focus," "mental toughness," "determination," etc.) are primarily products of shooting luck.

All of the media fools who called Kentucky quitters should face consequences at the journalism gates of hell. It's always the laziest possible narrative and in this case, was completely wrong. Team is not very talented but that doesn't mean every loss is from a lack of trying.

Baylor's James Nnaji has now gone 27 consecutive minutes across his last 3 games without taking a shot (FG or FT).

Catching the Tommies tonight

Georgetown just shot 1/23 from the field in the second half of its 56-50 loss at DePaul. Shot just 22.3 percent for the game.

Shout out to the guy who created a bsky account for the purpose of making this single post a few weeks ago.

Incredible final-possession play by Penn State out of the timeout.

This Boise State - San Diego State game is so dumb

Luke Littler is still him