Tampa outlasts Harding in South Region quarterfinal

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I'll have a more full-featured review of the last game of the Bisons' season this week, but the rest of the weekend's basketball action has me mostly distracted right now.  Harding lost to a better Tampa team in Lakeland, although the Spartans were only marginally better.  HU will have some ...

Tampa awaits in NCAA first round

Friday, March 14th, 2008

For most of the college basketball-following universe, March Madness begins next Thursday. I'll be following it then, of course, but those of us who care about Division II will be watching closely this weekend. Saturday marks the beginning of the D-II NCAA Regionals, which are hosted on campus ...

Log5 for the D-II South Region

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I've probably exhausted analysis of the NCAA D-II South Regional tournament field as a whole by now, but I do have the log5 predicted outcomes. The Pythagorean win percentages, ratings, and ranks are courtesy of a simple ratings formula implemented by Doug Sparks ("Ratings" are on a linear scale ...