Tag: college basketball
Week 9 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Sacred Heart Draws Sub-300 Twice
Sacred Heart is the focal point this week as they drew fewer than 550 fans over two games this week, surprisingly low as the Pioneers had drawn over 500 for most of the season thus far. The other story this week is the continued issues that HBCUs face in getting butts in seats, with two…
Week 9 AMSTS NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
UCLA drops six while FSU jumps 5 in the Top 10 after last week’s games. Arkansas-Pine Bluff drops a spot to enter the Bottom Five. Everyone else? You can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week 9 rankings here. The highlights this week: Division 1 Top 10: Villanova Baylor (+1) Gonzaga (+1) Florida State (+5)…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 8: HBCU Blues
HBCUs seem to be having a tough time drawing a crowd this year. After last week’s Howard fiasco, this week’s leader is Alcorn State with only 124 in attendance. Also, another hoops “classic” that didn’t seem to bring many fans in the door. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 35 (Season total:…
Week 8 NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
Baylor and UCLA continue to flip flop at the top, while Kentucky falls out of the Top 10 after their loss to Louisville. No changes in the bottom five, and Oral Roberts beating Little Rock resulted in a 120 point combined swing in the rankings of the two teams. Everyone else? You can view all…
Week 7 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Howard Draws Under 500 For The Full Week
Not to be outdone by Southern, who drew fewer than 500 fans in two home games last week, the story of this week is Howard U. The Bison hosted THREE games this week and had exactly 500 fans in attendance. At least that’s what they reported….. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer…
Week 6 NCAA Men’s Basketball AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
Things are starting to settle in the rankings as you are starting to see the better teams rise to the top of the rankings, and less dramatic movement in the weekly rankings, though Iowa and Montana State both moved over 80 spots. That shuffle will continue to diminish over the next few weeks, but for…
Week 5 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Holy City Hoops Not-So-Classic, and SWACtion!
Thanksgiving week means a week full of bad ideas. Overeating, taking an accidental four-hour nap on the couch in front of your extended family, discussing politics at the Thanksgiving Day table. But all those ideas are better than one other idea that a lot of college basketball ADs have: Thanksgiving week neutral site tournaments for…
Week 5 AMSTS NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
A busy week in the rankings as the early season shuffle continues in an effort to smooth out. Teams still moved upwards of 150 spots this week, so nothing is set in stone, but you’re starting to see the top separate out. As always, you can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week…
Week 4 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Neutral Site Attendance Hell
Thanksgiving week means a week full of bad ideas. Overeating, taking an accidental four-hour nap on the couch in front of your extended family, discussing politics at the Thanksgiving Day table. But all those ideas are better than one other idea that a lot of college basketball ADs have: Thanksgiving week neutral site tournaments for…
Our First NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Of The Year Are Out!
It’s that time of the year again, college basketball season. In case you weren’t following AMSTS’ rankings last year, we finished the season second in correlation to consensus on Massey Ratings, so you know that our ratings are decently unbiased. But a new season always presents new challenges, so without further ado, view all 351…
NCAA Basketball Weeks 1-3 Attendance In Review: Two Sub-100 Games Already!
The college basketball season has begun, and with it brings plenty of random tournaments nationwide. Some of these, like the Maui Invitational, bring the best teams together and have no problem selling out. Others, well… we’ll get to those. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 89 (Season total: 89) Here…
Check Out AMSTS Computer Rankings on Massey Ratings This Year!
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As college basketball season ramps up, this is a reminder that the AMSTS Computer Rankings not only now appear in Ken Massey’s aggregate poll, but we finished last season SECOND (of 53) in correlation to consensus. In short, AMSTS may not be the best computer ranking in the business (depending on what you need), but…