We just watched bumper-to-bumper college basketball coverage all weekend and now get a deep breath before the second weekend picks up on Thursday night. As we do every week here at BetSided, let’s look at the National Championship picture from a historical perspective.
Each week, I have broken down the college basketball landscape into three buckets that fit how National Champions look from an analytical perspective. Using KenPom’s adjusted efficiency metrics, which have accurately listed the National Champion for each season but two since 2002, I have used three filters to assess the field.