womens · season 2021
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.
train_cutoff_at — 78 cutoffs from
2021-02-24 to 2021-04-04.
Axis spans 71.56 to 91.58.
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.
Series: smoothed (causal EWMA).
Warm-up:
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- Troy
- DePaul
- Sam Houston
- North Carolina Central
- Vanderbilt
- 20 more, drawn as grey context
The top 25 going into the tournament
| # | Team | AdjPace | Cutoffs rated | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Trojans | 81.28 | 67 | Round of 64 (out) |
| 2 | DePaul Blue Demons | 79.69 | 67 | — |
| 3 | Sam Houston Bearkats | 78.33 | 67 | — |
| 4 | North Carolina Central Eagles | 78.21 | 67 | — |
| 5 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 77.60 | 67 | — |
| 6 | Towson Tigers | 76.94 | 67 | — |
| 7 | Howard Bison | 76.22 | 67 | — |
| 8 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | 75.81 | 67 | — |
| 9 | Queens University Royals | 75.52 | 67 | — |
| 10 | California Baptist Lancers | 75.47 | 67 | — |
| 11 | Utah State Aggies | 75.43 | 67 | — |
| 12 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions | 75.39 | 67 | — |
| 13 | Houston Cougars | 75.28 | 67 | — |
| 14 | Niagara Purple Eagles | 75.03 | 67 | — |
| 15 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 74.90 | 67 | — |
| 16 | Western Illinois Leathernecks | 74.87 | 67 | — |
| 17 | Charleston Cougars | 74.78 | 67 | — |
| 18 | SMU Mustangs | 74.61 | 67 | — |
| 19 | Seattle U Redhawks | 74.55 | 67 | — |
| 20 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 74.37 | 67 | Round of 64 (out) |
| 21 | Ohio Bobcats | 74.33 | 67 | — |
| 22 | East Texas A&M Lions | 74.20 | 67 | — |
| 23 | Lehigh Mountain Hawks | 74.14 | 67 | Round of 64 (out) |
| 24 | Seton Hall Pirates | 74.13 | 67 | — |
| 25 | Charlotte 49ers | 73.97 | 67 | — |
Ranked and valued at the pre-tournament cutoff (2021-03-21) — 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.