peak in-game win probability for Spurs in finals losses:
game 1: 94.1% (Q3 6:31)
game 2: 90.9% (Q2 11:32)
game 4: 98.7% (Q4 9:33)
game 5: 97.1% (Q4 7:54)
image is game 5 nose dive
So it remains that a US based team has won the CFL’s Grey Cup more recently than a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.
Not really interested in the De'Aaron Fox hot takes. More interested in: What should be Fox's confidence be that he'll make the layup in order to go for it? Layup better than free throws, no? Especially for not a great FT shooter.
If you can co-opt the names of defunct conferences that produced multiple Final Four teams, then I'm not sure why the Southland is not rebranding to the Southwest Conference.
storm the court
If Roger Ayers was reffing this game there would be no controversies
Random research: From '97-'25 there were 17 teams that shot better than 60% on 2's (no more than 2 in any season). In '26 there were 8 such teams.
Program rankings have been updated.
Notable changes:
Texas State 215 -> 149 (simply for joining the Pac 12)
Memphis 34 -> 42
Miami FL 47 -> 39
Miami OH 180 -> 160
Michigan 🏆 20 -> 13
John Groce is the only coach to willingly take a downgrade
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Another Knicks playoff game, another cardiac-arrest win probability graph (via Dunks and Threes):
Manute Bol walked so Wemby could run www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ1a...
