mens · season 2023

The season's top 25 going into the tournament, by AdjPace — each traced across every cutoff of the season's walk. One season is one fit, so these lines share one time axis; a team that only entered the ratings later starts where it entered, not at zero. Values are possessions per game.

end state cutoff 2023-04-04 teams rated 363 cutoffs in the walk 129

AdjPace (possessions per game) across train_cutoff_at — 129 cutoffs from 2022-11-20 to 2023-04-04. Axis spans 64.14 to 82.96. Hover or tap the chart to name the teams at that point and their order — every line carries its own hit area, so nothing is read off its color alone. The faded lead-in on the left is the warm-up: from the season's first cutoff through 2023-01-20, fewer than half the field had played 18 games, where a rating (a mean) has not yet settled. It is faded, not cut — the burn-in is the finding. Warm-up: shown · hide

Alabama
St. John's
Long Beach State
Tulane
Pepperdine
20 more, drawn as grey context

Readout

Hover or tap a station to move this readout; it starts at the pre-tournament cutoff.

cutoff 2023-03-12 rated here 25 AdjPace pts / possession

1 Alabama 74.161
2 St. John's 73.945
3 Long Beach State 73.565
4 Tulane 73.171
5 Pepperdine 72.724
6 Southeast Missouri State 72.390
7 UT Rio Grande Valley 72.308
8 Marshall 72.274
9 Long Island University 72.257
10 Central Arkansas 72.199
11 Southern Utah 72.195
12 South Carolina State 72.088
13 Bryant 72.080
14 Coppin State 72.032
15 Wright State 72.012
16 Milwaukee 71.613
17 New Mexico 71.575
18 Memphis 71.518
19 Arizona 71.487
20 Buffalo 71.364
21 UAB 71.266
22 UT Martin 71.063
23 High Point 71.020
24 Morgan State 70.996
25 Charleston 70.966

The top 25 going into the tournament

#	Team	AdjPace	Cutoffs rated	Postseason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	74.16	112	#1 Sweet 16 (out)
2	St. John's Red Storm	73.94	112	—
3	Long Beach State Beach	73.57	112	—
4	Tulane Green Wave	73.17	112	—
5	Pepperdine Waves	72.72	112	—
6	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	72.39	112	#16 Play-in (out)
7	UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros	72.31	112	—
8	Marshall Thundering Herd	72.27	112	—
9	Long Island University Sharks	72.26	112	—
10	Central Arkansas Bears	72.20	112	—
11	Southern Utah Thunderbirds	72.19	112	—
12	South Carolina State Bulldogs	72.09	112	—
13	Bryant Bulldogs	72.08	112	—
14	Coppin State Eagles	72.03	112	—
15	Wright State Raiders	72.01	112	—
16	Milwaukee Panthers	71.61	112	—
17	New Mexico Lobos	71.58	112	—
18	Memphis Tigers	71.52	112	#8 Round of 64 (out)
19	Arizona Wildcats	71.49	112	#2 Round of 64 (out)
20	Buffalo Bulls	71.36	112	—
21	UAB Blazers	71.27	112	—
22	UT Martin Skyhawks	71.06	112	—
23	High Point Panthers	71.02	112	—
24	Morgan State Bears	71.00	112	—
25	Charleston Cougars	70.97	112	#12 Round of 64 (out)

Ranked and valued at the pre-tournament cutoff (2023-03-12) — the last one whose ratings had seen no NCAA tournament game. This is the rating each team carried into the bracket the Postseason column reports, so the two are read on the same information. Hover or click the chart for any other cutoff. A team's value is blank when it had not yet been rated at that cutoff; a line begins where a team entered the ratings, so early-season lines are shorter, not missing.