This Week's Lineup
Jabari Smith’s Dominance Has Been Quiet
If Smith’s name is called first in June, he’ll boast the lowest per-game shot attempts of any top pick since Ben Simmons. Full season shooting heat map included.
Is It Really Harder to Beat a Team a Third Time?
538 looked at all games from 2001-02 through last season. Results inside!
Can we predict the winner of the March Madness Tournament?
An engaging read with a link to the code they used in the project. And a surprising link to kenpompy, a Python web scraper for the KenPom website.
How Far Can Luck Take A Team?
Providence has an incredible record in games decided by ~5 points or less. Using KenPoms luck metric, Providence is one the luckiest teams we've seen in a while.
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