Category: D-II / Harding Basketball

The Diaper List

Inspired by a recent movie called The Bucket List, my friend Brandon started referring to his own version of such a list.  Unlike the stars of the movie (Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson), his list isn’t about what he wants to do before he dies (or “kicks the bucket”).  Rather, he has what he calls […]

Tampa outlasts Harding in South Region quarterfinal

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 pieces in place next year, […]

Log5 for the D-II South Region

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 based on points, and “Ranks” are […]

Conferences of the South Region: Strength of Schedule

The differences between South Region conferences are probably murkier this year than in years past.  There were 31 inter-conference games between the GSC, SSC, and SIAC, though, and I’ll make an attempt to say something about the conferences’ relative quality. Gulf South Conference The GSC played in 30 of those 31 games, but what’s also […]

Harding advances again, to face CBU for GSC title

Note for feed reader users: You probably can’t see the tables in this post. Click through for the full detail. The Bisons played a rare high-scoring GSC contest in the tournament semifinals against the East’s #2 seed, Valdosta State, but they came out on top, 89-84. It wasn’t an overly fast-paced game, but both teams […]