As the men’s basketball head coach search chatter continues to rise towards a boiling point, if we’re not already there yet, I thought it’d be a nice time to cool everyone off with some cold hard stats.
By now many Chronicloids and regular readers are probably familiar with my favorite college football statistician, Bill Connelly, and his wonderful SP+ analytics system he uses for predicting games and trends. One of my favorite pieces of work he puts out each offseason is his returning production rankings ($). Instead of taking the traditional approach of just counting how many starters are returning, Connelly uses a carefully crafted formula to calculate and weigh how much production and value a player is bringing back to their team.