Brian Kervick

ALT Arrow chart titled "The Big East has 5 of the 10 biggest projected climbs." Subtitle: teams projected in the top 60, ranked by spots gained from their final 2025-26 BQR rank; all five Big East teams had losing records. Each row shows an arrow from last season's rank to the 2026-27 projected rank, with the spots gained at right. Maryland, Big Ten, 107 to 45, plus 62. Marquette, Big East, 83 to 42, plus 41. Providence, Big East, 75 to 35, plus 40. Oklahoma State, Big 12, 81 to 43, plus 38. Minnesota, Big Ten, 85 to 50, plus 35. Creighton, Big East, 71 to 38, plus 33. USC, Big Ten, 77 to 44, plus 33. Xavier, Big East, 88 to 56, plus 32. Georgetown, Big East, 87 to 58, plus 29. Miami, ACC, 39 to 17, plus 22. Big East rows are highlighted in blue. Watermark: basketballquant.com.

ALT Chart titled "Since 2010, the best NCAA tournament records," minimum 20 tournament games. Each row shows a team logo, its trips and Final Fours, a bar split into wins and losses with the record, its title years, and its win percentage. 1, highlighted, UConn, 31-6, 83.8, 10 trips, 5 Final Fours, titles 2011, 2014, 2023 and 2024. 2, Duke, 41-13, 75.9, titles 2010 and 2015. 3, Michigan, 32-11, 74.4, title 2026. 4, Kentucky, 35-13, 72.9, title 2012. 5, North Carolina, 32-13, 71.1, title 2017. 6, Florida, 26-11, 70.3, title 2025. 7, Houston, 21-9, 70.0, no titles. 8, Villanova, 23-10, 69.7, titles 2016 and 2018. 9, Butler, 16-7, 69.6, no titles. 10, Kansas, 34-15, 69.4, title 2022. Basketball Quant watermark. Tag: @UConnMBB (verified 2026-10-17 via UConn Athletics), in the reply. Optional: @DukeMBB (verified list), in the reply.

ALT Dark chart titled "The highest offensive floor in college basketball, 2021–26" with a large green 0.855. Ten rows, one per team, each showing every game against a D1 opponent over the last five seasons as a small dot on a points-per-possession axis from 0.6 to 1.6, the team's worst game as a big dot with its opponent and date, a gold tick at the five-season average, a dashed line at 0.653 (the median D1 team's floor) and the floor value in a tile. Purdue 0.855, 186 games, average 1.185, worst 58 points at Marquette in Nov 2024. Duke 0.842 (60 at N.C. State, Jan 2023). Michigan State 0.828 (55 at Rutgers, Feb 2023). UConn 0.827 (52 at St. John's, Mar 2026). North Carolina 0.822 (57 at Miami FL, Jan 2022). Texas 0.815 (58 vs Tennessee, Mar 2024). Memphis 0.810 (59 vs Iowa St., Nov 2021). Arizona 0.802 (54 at Texas Tech, Jan 2025). Princeton 0.796 (53 at Yale, Mar 2026). Miami (OH) 0.790 (56 vs Indiana, Nov 2022). Basketball Quant logo and basketballquant.com at the bottom.

ALT Dark graphic with a UConn logo. Title: "UConn plays 7 games vs. projected top-25 teams." Subtitle: the most in D1, all before Christmas, including No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Illinois and No. 3 Arizona; its best Big East opponent projects 31st (Villanova). Seven rows list each game with date, opponent logo and projected rank, site, and UConn's projected margin: Nov 6, No. 11 Michigan, neutral in Boston, +1.3. Nov 13, No. 25 Ohio State, home in Hartford, +6.4. Nov 18, No. 3 Arizona, away in Tucson, minus 5.5. Nov 25, No. 1 Duke, neutral in Las Vegas, minus 3.8. Dec 4, No. 2 Illinois, neutral in Chicago, minus 3.0. Dec 12, No. 14 Kansas, home in Storrs, +4.7. Dec 20, No. 12 Virginia, neutral at Madison Square Garden, +1.3. A tile reads "4 of 7 games UConn is projected to be favored in." A strip shows the most such games: UConn 7, Duke 6, Oakland 6, Mississippi Valley State 5, Michigan State 4. basketballquant.com watermark.