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This loss hurts a lot. It’s never a good sign to be dominated by a team that’s usually on the other end of games like this. Regardless of injuries, the Bisons did not played well, and recently they have not played with the composure one would expect from a good team. Even the little things, […]

The Bisons pulled off a huge GSC road upset tonight in Monticello, defeating UAM 79-73. Harding improves to 1-1 in Gulf South West games (9-3 overall), while the Weevils fall to 2-1 (9-5 overall). The Bisons rode hot shooting to the victory, as the keys will show: HU Opp +/- TS% 68.0 52.1 0.159 OR% […]

Harding (8-3, 0-1 GSC West) at Arkansas-Monticello (9-4, 2-0) Harding team stats: Pace OEff DEff Net TS% AR TR 75.9 109.1 101.3 7.7 55.7 15.5 14.6 – The keys (percent +/-): TS% OR% TR 0.025 0.045 0.173 – Arkansas-Monticello team stats: Pace OEff DEff Net TS% AR TR 68.4 113.7 96.7 17.0 58.5 14.7 15.2 […]

The red-hot Delta State Statesmen took out the Bisons 82-68 in the conference opener at the Rhodes Field House. The win was DSU’s sixth in a row, improving their record to 10-1 (2-0 in the GSC West). The Bisons fall to 8-3 overall and 0-1 in conference. The keys: HU Opp +/- TS% 42.5 59.5 […]

Delta State (9-1, 1-0 GSC West) at Harding (8-2, 0-0) Delta State team stats: Pace OEff DEff Net TS% AR TR 74.3 116.0 94.7 21.3 58.8 18.2 13.3 The keys (percent +/-): TS% OR% TR 0.108 0.472 0.368 Average opponent rating: 37.1 Harding team stats: Pace OEff DEff Net TS% AR TR 76.0 110.9 100.7 […]

Being able to predict final scores, aside from potentially impressing your sports geek friends, is not an incredibly useful skill. However, that little fact will not stop me from presenting my method for doing so on this weblog. I figure if you usually take the time to read this, you might find it interesting. The […]

Hardingsports.com: Bisons Sweep Missouri-Rolla, 72-63 The Bisons had not played since a December 10 loss at D-I Northwestern State, but the rust didn’t show tonight in a 72-63 win at UMR. The Bisons (8-2) handed Missouri-Rolla (2-9) its sixth consecutive loss in a decidedly ugly fashion. The game was marred by 53 fouls, although they […]

Since I haven’t kept up my weekly conference updates during this lull in the schedule, I thought I might take some time to look at where the teams stand and how they might fare in the upcoming conference season. First, I’ll go through my team rankings, and then I’ll look at the players. 1. Delta […]

This evening as I was playing College Hoops 2K6, I suddenly realized one major flaw in my methodology for the study I did a week or so ago. Maybe I should get out more if this type of thing keeps happening, but that’s a completely different point. I was destroying Maryland in a rivalry game […]

Jay piqued my curiosity with his comments on free throw shooting in the Northwestern State game summary. So, per reader request, I will now present my study of the relative impact of Dean Oliver’s so-called “Four Keys.” Let me go ahead and issue a warning: if you’re put off by a little math, you might […]