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womens · season 2015

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 2015-03-10 teams rated 318 cutoffs in the walk 91
womens 2015: AdjPace for the top 25 teams across the season's walk-forward cutoffs1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Montana State 4. Jackson State 5. DePaul1. Saint Francis 2. San José State 3. DePaul 4. Jackson State 5. Troy1. Saint Francis 2. San José State 3. Vermont 4. DePaul 5. Troy1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Vermont 4. Troy 5. Jackson State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Jackson State 5. Vermont1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Jackson State 5. Vermont1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Jackson State 5. App State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. App State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Jackson State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Jackson State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Jackson State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Jackson State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Vermont 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Jackson State 5. Vermont1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Gardner-Webb 5. Sacramento State1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Gardner-Webb 5. Sacramento State1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Gardner-Webb 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. App State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Gardner-Webb 4. Troy 5. Sacramento State1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Sacramento State 4. Troy 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Georgia Southern1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Brown1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Sacramento State 4. Saint Francis 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Sacramento State 3. Troy 4. Saint Francis 5. Brown1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Brown1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Brown1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Sacramento State 4. Troy 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Sacramento State 4. Troy 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Sacramento State 4. Troy 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Saint Francis 3. Troy 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb1. San José State 2. Troy 3. Saint Francis 4. Sacramento State 5. Gardner-Webb
AdjPace (possessions per game) across train_cutoff_at — 91 cutoffs from 2014-11-29 to 2015-03-10. Axis spans 69.78 to 96.30. 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 shortest drawn line covers 84 of the 91 cutoffs — a team enters the ratings only after it has played enough games, so early cutoffs have no line for it. The faded lead-in on the left is the warm-up: from the season's first cutoff through 2015-01-24, 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
  • San José State
  • Troy
  • Saint Francis
  • Sacramento State
  • Gardner-Webb
  • 20 more, drawn as grey context

The top 25 going into the tournament

#TeamAdjPace Cutoffs ratedPostseason
1 San José State Spartans 94.57 91 —
2 Troy Trojans 88.89 91 —
3 Saint Francis Red Wolves 88.34 91 —
4 Sacramento State Hornets 87.36 87 —
5 Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 87.28 91 —
6 Georgia Southern Eagles 84.94 91 —
7 Indiana State Sycamores 83.99 89 —
8 Vermont Catamounts 83.28 88 —
9 Bradley Braves 83.13 91 —
10 Cal State Northridge Matadors 82.79 84 Round of 64 (out)
11 App State Mountaineers 82.59 91 —
12 Jackson State Lady Tigers 82.45 91 —
13 Buffalo Bulls 82.19 91 —
14 Brown Bears 81.73 91 —
15 North Texas Mean Green 81.65 84 —
16 DePaul Blue Demons 81.57 91 Round of 32 (out)
17 SIU Edwardsville Cougars 81.39 91 —
18 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 81.16 91 —
19 Montana State Bobcats 80.59 91 —
20 Cleveland State Vikings 79.98 91 —
21 Boston University Terriers 79.88 91 —
22 UNLV Lady Rebels 79.81 91 —
23 Harvard Crimson 78.53 91 —
24 Lamar Cardinals 78.01 91 —
25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters 78.01 87 —

Ranked and valued at the pre-tournament cutoff (2015-03-10) — 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.