Posted: 2022-12-17 07:12:49 (CT) [ 623 views ]
The Men's D-1 schedule with VMI's is now live and on your menu. Women's D-1 schedule is also available to you at this time. If you are a member you will be able to see today's and tomorrow's game VMI's. Non-Members will only be able to see yesterdays' results. See the Menu at the top of this page and select College. You may need to use CTRL + Refresh or log out and then log back in to reset the menu.
For tournaments that are scheduled off-campus we change both the ADI and the VMI to the tournament location for the participants in that tournament. When the tournament is over, the home teams' ADI's and VMI's will revert to their home stadium.
It would be best if you look at November as "Fall Training" and December as "Tune-Up" for D-1 Basketball. This would be a good time for you to build your own spreadsheet to include the VMI's as a "Modifier" of other Power Index publications. Then, in January, when Conference play begins in earnest, you should have a pretty good indicator of when to anticipate a struggle to compete from certain teams with high VMI's. The VMI will not overcome those effective "Big Men" and women in the leagues.
Most people are aware of the differences in flight distance of a baseball, football, or golf ball between sea level and the altitude of Denver, Colorado, which represents the extreme altitude for many professional sports. However, few have given much thought to the three-point shot in basketball as it relates to all the teams in the NBA and College basketball.
Keep in mind that most of these D-1 teams, including the Women, have been traveling across the country for large and small tournaments in other cities since the beginning of the season. Therefore, as a D-1 member, they may have been shooting more consistently on the road, than they may become when they start settling into their own home arenas in December and January. But, that is also the time when home teams should become even more dominant, especially at the higher altitudes. Defensive Rebounding is always a huge factor in the outcome in basketball as is getting to the basket-offensively. You can interpret some of the data from the NBA on this website for 3-pt, Def Rebounding, Off. Rebounding and Free Throw info under "Reports."
