After receiving a ton of questions about how to interpret Best Case and Worse Case Scenarios in the projections, we run models on Kentucky and Michigan from last season as both were outliers. Read more »
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Is Youth An Excuse?
If you want your team to have a great season, it isn’t enough to simply get better. You have to get better at a faster rate than your rivals. One thing I have said in the past is that teams that play a lot of freshmen have the potential to improve the most. Read more »
Comparing The Conferences
The Pac-12 has been suffering through a long dark period. The Big Ten has been dominant (at least in the pre-conference schedule) for the last few years. Should we expect a change this year? Is the Pac-12’s slump over? Is the Big Ten’s boom about to come to an end? Read more »
Team-By-Team Gold Medal Winners
The Jazz and Thunder have had the most Gold Medalists since the USA began bringing NBA players in 1992, while Duke leads amongst colleges. How do the other 29 NBA teams rank? Read more »
2012 SEC Power Rankings
Kentucky was as dominant statistically in SEC play as they were when watching five minutes of any of their 16 wins. Read more »
The SEC’s Most Prolific Offensive Players
When you evaluate breakout players, don’t just look at the per-game totals. Look at why the players improved. And when they are more efficient and more aggressive, give them the extra praise they deserve. Read more »
Murray St., Surprise Leader Of The A-10, Tray Woodall And Assane Sene
John Calipari paved the way for a non-BCS conference to receive a No. 1 seed in the tournament while with Memphis, but here's why Murray State doesn't have the same juice. Read more »
Top NCAA Coaches Of Past Five Years
There are a lot of complicated ways to evaluate college coaches, but in this edition we look at the coaches with the best per possession numbers over the last five years. Read more »
Freshmen Bring Hope
Teams that play a lot of freshmen are the most likely to improve as the season goes on, while those with a lot of experience are more likely to plateau. In this piece, we examine freshmen minutes for every major school in the country. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 12
Syracuse has yet to leave New York and have played a relatively soft schedule, with their only impressive wins coming against Florida and Stanford, but they are 10-0 and now No. 1 in RealGM’s weekly poll. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 5
Aaron Craft, Jared Sullinger and Ohio State were ready to trounce on the No. 1 slot in RealGM's rankings if not for an Anthony Davis block. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Nov. 28th
Kentucky at No. 1, North Carolina drops to No. 4, while Saint Louis, Harvard, San Diego State and Creighton enter RealGM's rankings. Read more »
SEC Prospect Watch List
The SEC has three of the top-four freshmen in the country in Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist and Bradley Beal to go with sophomores Patric Young and Terrence Jones. Read more »
Power Rankings For The Alumni Games
It is hard to imagine a more exciting barnstorming series than a tournament featuring NBA players suiting up again for their college. Read more »
Surprises And Flops, Part 1
Looking at the surprises and flops this season in the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-10 and Mountain West. Read more »
Explaining The Upset: Alabama's Defense Smothers Kentucky
Alabama unquestionably has one of the best overall defenses in the country and they used it to maximum effect in their 68-66 upset over Kentucky on Tuesday. Read more »
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