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Rating the Best College Basketball Teams Since 2002

Recently, FiveThirtyEight wrote an article outlining a method to rank every NBA team for the entire history of professional basketball. While we here at The Daily Gopher are equally as ambitious, we do not possess the same data sources as a fully sourced ESPN operation. On the other hand, we probably drink better bourbon. Here are the rankings for every college basketball team since 2002.

Methodology

So what is an Elo Rating, and why am I using something a little different? As a review or an introduction, Elo Ratings are an algorithm for deciding the best players or teams in head to head competition.