The D3 Datacast is back in season mode with weekly episodes starting with this show taking a look at preseason efficiency ratings for the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season.

These ratings are not meant to be predictive for how the season will (or even might) turn out, but give The D3 Datacast computer a starting point to smooth out early-season results. Each game played will reduce the weight of the preseason projection on a team’s rating by 1/8th so that by the time a team has played eight games their rating is entirely based on their in-season performance.

Some teams will out-perform and others will under-perform their preseason rating, and that makes for some fun to talk about what we know compared to what the computer knows. We wrap up this show by each picking a team in the Top 25, Top 100 and outside the Top 100 to finish the season above their preseason rating and one to fail to meet their preseason rating.

Related Episodes:

3 Types of D3 Basketball Rankings - Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iySw1lQvIE

Related Links:

Q-cast Season 5, Episode 2 (8/30/24) - Aaron Aanonsen, Head MBB Coach, Wisconsin Lutheran: https://youtu.be/U-SUTtPoZ-s?si=fOHJtzyVk8L9DtSR

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