NCAA Responds To 'Report' That KenPom In Being Abandoned
10/17/2024 06:09 PM
An NCAA representative shot down a false story about the KenPom basketball ratings.
On Thursday, Rob Reinhart claimed the men's basketball Division I selection committee will stop using statistics from KenPom.com during the NCAA tournament selection process. The reporter accused Ken Pomery of using "incorrect" and "fabricated" data with a faulty algorithm. However, it appears Reinhart was the one guilty of fabrication.
David Worlock, the NCAA Director of Media Coordination/Statistics, vehemently denied the report on social media.
"Since I got three questions about this in a 60-second span, I feel the need to clarify that this tweet is, as they say, a crock of s**t," Worlock wrote.
Launched in 2002, KenPom.com has become a go-to for college basketball analysis. The site ranks teams by offensive rating, defensive rating, and net rating while measuring other factors such as tempo and strength of schedule.
Savvy fans use Pomeroy's metrics when filling out a March Madness bracket, and the committee itself considers his proprietary data. In the last decade, the men's national champion has ranked no lower than third in net rating.
Paid subscribers, which include college coaches and personnel, can access even more stats.
"I could live on KenPom," Nevada assistant coach Kory Barnett told NSN's Chris Murray earlier this year. "You can spend days and days there. You can go and look at referee rankings. You can go into a thousand different things. He does a lot, and he does an incredible job."
Despite the phony reporting, everyone will once again flock to KenPom next March.
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