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February 6, 2012
by Drew Cannon
In the shortest feature in Basketball Prospectus history, Drew reveals a fiendishly simple method to determine a bubble team's chances of receiving an NCAA tournament bid. It's not perfect, but it's gone 130 of 133 the past two years. And it sure saves a lot of work.
January 18, 2012
by Drew Cannon
This week some surprising names emerged when Drew used his new PET stat to identify the best offensive players in D-I. Who are these guys? We now have some answers.
January 17, 2012
by Drew Cannon
Wielding a shiny new stat -- inspired by others, refined by the man himself -- Drew sets out to identify the best offensive players in D-I in 2012. You will be surprised. (Drew was.)
January 16, 2012
by Drew Cannon
Building on work featured by Luke Winn, Drew offers a further refinement of John Pudner's insightful Value Add statistic. Today: how this all works. Tomorrow: player rankings.
December 27, 2011
by Drew Cannon
A chance remark a while back by Luke Winn on the value of Anthony Davis's defense led Drew to the following conclusion: stats can't be trusted. Nor can our eyes. Or words. Or milk, college, politicians, U2....
December 20, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Drew Cannon says point guards aren't plug-and-play units like big men, wings, or first basemen. Instead they can only be judged according to how well they fit with their particular team.
November 16, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Drew Cannon looked at a decade's worth of recruiting and found that Duke, North Carolina, and Kentucky are working with an entirely different set of talent from the rest of Division I.
August 18, 2011
by Drew Cannon
We can argue about which conference is the "strongest" in any given year. But when it comes to recruiting over the last decade the ACC wins hands-down.
July 25, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Who is Drew Cannon's pick as the No. 1 player in Division I? A first-team All-American who did something Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, and John Wall didn't do. He came back.
July 21, 2011
by Drew Cannon
What do Jeffery Taylor, Ashton Gibbs, Tyler Zeller, Draymond Green, and Robbie Hummel share in common? They're all seniors -- and they're all near the top of Drew Cannon's list.
July 18, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Can it be that two of the best 35 players in the country didn't even start last year? Yes, yes it can.
July 14, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Drew Cannon's top-100 countdown continues with two overachievers who started out as unheralded Big East freshmen. Also feeling the love: the Summit League.
July 13, 2011
by Drew Cannon
In the second installment of his top-100 countdown, Drew Cannon hands down some surprisingly low (Kendall Marshall?) and high (Carl Jones?) rankings.
July 11, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Drew Cannon tips off his Top 100 countdown for 2012 with a look at the players who are poised to move up the list.
July 8, 2011
by Drew Cannon
If we knew which freshmen will perform the best, coaches would lose a lot less sleep. Drew Cannon does his best to help out.
June 16, 2011
by Drew Cannon
It's no accident that the nation's top recruits tend to pick schools that are a long way from home. If you're good enough, coaches from very far away will recruit you. Drew Cannon explains.
May 26, 2011
by Drew Cannon
In last year's College Basketball Prospectus book, Drew made a series of bold predictions about elite recruits like Ray McCallum, Trey Zeigler, and Juwan Staten. Time to see how those panned out.
March 31, 2011
by Drew Cannon
How did a team that lost five of its last eight conference games end up in Houston? Drew Cannon has looked at the numbers for the Rams and can explain the whole miraculous journey.
January 4, 2011
by Drew Cannon
Defending national champions. Undefeated. Unanimous No. 1 in both polls. That would be Duke. But before you think about the Blue Devils running the table, listen to what Drew has to say.
November 12, 2010
by Drew Cannon
How about those Utah State Aggies? What, you're not talking about them yet? You will be very soon. Drew Cannon explains.
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