WaltsMadness Men's Basketball Ratings

Walts Madness Forecasts

Teams' rankings in the biggest factors shown to determine the ability to make an NCAA tournament run include include the effective-possession-ratio, 3-Point Shooting, Defensive Efficiency, Effective Field Goal %, Strength of Schedule and opponent turnovers per possession. Teams that can control the pace of the game, make 3 pointers and force turnovers are teams more likely to produce upsets or make a deep tournament run. This method of rating teams has accurately forecasted major upsets such as North Texas over Purdue, Abilene Christian over Texas and predicted the NCAA Tournament Champion each year since it's implementation in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

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