Category: "NCAAM"

Stats and Sensibility: The Costs of Victory in College Sports

  So I’ve been tinkering around with a lot of college statistics lately… you’d think the clock had turned back and I was a high-school senior again or something, the way I’ve been looking at everything from win percentages …

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Curious where the money ends up from the NCAA Tournament?

If you’re wondering how all the different schools and conferences made out cash-wise from the NCAA Tournament, then you have to check out this chart: It’s also worth noting how the money is divided. Of the $4.6 million that the Horizon League will collect,, Butler will receive $430K. First, whatever cash is received is averaged [...]

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A Saturday Sockful of Nickels vol I

Hello, people. I’ve been banding about fifty half-baked ideas and writing for the past few weeks, and felt that returning to this format would be a good way to clear my head of at least some of these demons. I used to write a column called the Friday Night Pimpslap, and I’m going to continue [...]

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UConn Championship Proves Cheaters Do Prosper

It’s not all that surprising to see the UConn Huskies raise a trophy, cut down the nets, and win a national title.  The odd part was that there weren’t more ponytails.  Or perhaps some make-up. At the start of the 2010-2011 season, all signs pointed to the UConn women’s team being a likely title-winner.  The men?  They [...]

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2011 NCAA Championship Game Preview

During the week leading up to Saturday night’s Final Four match ups, the main storyline was No.11 VCU and their improbable journey to Houston.

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We’re 101!

With a look at Oregon’s win over Creighton in the CBI, Zach celebrates the diversity of postseason in college sports…

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5’10 Jacob Tucker wins college slam dunk contest

He campaigned to get into the dunk contest by submitting a YouTube video that went viral (You can see that video at the very bottom of this post). People voted him in, and he didn’t disappoint, winning the whole thing. He started with a bounce pass to himself, which he brought between his legs for [...]

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Final Four Summary in five words or less (per team)

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