Late-Mid-Season College Basketball Check-In w/HS Dance Competition Update
College Basketball Late-Mid-Season Check-In Last year we ran across data highlighting the historical significance of the KenPom ratings on identifying the potential NCAA men’s basketball tournament champion. An article by Reed Wallach in Sports Illustrated from last February noted that since “2002, all but two [eventual champions] have been inside [both] KenPom's adjusted offensive and defensive metrics top 20.” Last year’s champion, Florida, was also in the top 20 for both metrics. To get an idea on which teams we need to be tracking, we dug into the current KenPom rankings to see who the true contenders might be. Here are the teams that are top 20 in both ratings, a handful that are close, two teams “local” to the HOTPO and the most beautiful Cinderella of the moment. The chart below of the second annual HOTPO 15 is “as of Feb. 19” and includes record, AP rank, KenPom rankings and Joe Lunardi’s assessment on likely tourney admission with seeds. School R...
