Wide Right and Natty Lite · Mar 17, 2022
The Debut of the DPI
What is the DPI?
The DPI is what I use to tell myself, “I got the game right, the players got it wrong,” it’s the ultimate fallback, the go-to ‘but actually’ when my bracket gets inevitably busted. In reality it’s 11 different numbers added up, the sum divided by 11, and the lower that final number is, the better.
The DPI is made up of 11 stats, compiled over a team’s season. The value each team gets is their respective rank across all of college basketball. I found these stats on NCAA.com or KenPom.com
Scoring margin (how much a team wins/loses by)
Rebound margin (how many total rebounds a team gets/how many their opposing team gets)