The DPI is what I use to tell myself, “I got the game right, the players got it wrong,” it’s the ultimate fallback, the go-to ‘but actually’ when my bracket gets inevitably busted. In reality it’s 11 different numbers added up, the sum divided by 11, and the lower that final number is, the better.
The DPI is made up of 11 stats, compiled over a team’s season. The value each team gets is their respective rank across all of college basketball. I found these stats on NCAA.com or KenPom.com
- Scoring margin (how much a team wins/loses by)
- Rebound margin (how many total rebounds a team gets/how many their opposing team gets)
- Turnover margin (how many turnovers a team gives up/how many turnovers they force)
- Adjusted Offensive Efficiency (I don’t know what exactly goes into this, but whatever Purdue is good at)
- Adjusted Defensive Efficiency (The same as above except Texas Tech)
- Strength of Schedule (This is how you even out the mid-major numbers, or bump up teams in really good conferences, cough big 12)
- Offensive Effective Field Goal % (The quality of shots the offense gets)
- Defensive Effective Field Goal % (The quality of shots a defense gives up)
- Overall KenPom rank
- NET Ranking
- BPI Ranking
Now, a couple of these are intentionally redundant.