ALT Dark card grid titled "The best backcourts in college basketball," showing the top two guards on each 2026-27 roster by projected BQR impact, with their combined value and each player's national projected rank. 1, UConn, 13.0: Demary Jr. No. 17, Mullins No. 42. 2, Iowa St., 12.4: Lipsey No. 9, Toure No. 151. 3, Gonzaga, 12.4: Fogle No. 23, Lee No. 46. 4, Michigan St., 12.0: Fears Jr. No. 2, Teng No. 297. 5, Virginia, 11.8: Mallory No. 10, Lewis No. 195. 6, Vanderbilt, 11.7: Tanner No. 1, Barrett No. 428. 7, Utah St., 11.4: Falslev No. 11, Hall No. 242. 8, Michigan, 11.2: McKenney No. 51, Cadeau No. 52. 9, Houston, 11.1: Miller No. 28, Thomas Jr. No. 118. 10, Tennessee, 10.8: Hill Jr. No. 59, Harris No. 60. Each card shows the team logo, its projected team rank and two player headshots. A footnote says Lipsey, Lee and Hall are eligible under court injunctions. basketballquant.com watermark.

ALT Dark graphic titled "Only 7 players who were +4 on both ends are back." Subtitle: 21 D1 players posted +4 or better in both OBPM and DBPM last season; seven return, and six are in the projected top 16 players. A scatter plot of OBPM against DBPM for all 2,284 D1 players at 40 percent or more of minutes in 2025-26, with a trend line and the seven returners highlighted in the upper-right quadrant. Below it, a list with OBPM, DBPM and 2026-27 projected player rank: Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt, +7.4, +4.0, No. 1. Motiejus Krivas, Arizona, +4.4, +5.2, No. 3. Alex Condon, Florida, +4.8, +4.8, No. 7. Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State, +4.7, +5.2, No. 9. Flory Bidunga, Kansas, now Louisville, +4.3, +5.1, No. 15. Patrick Ngongba II, Duke, +4.4, +5.0, No. 16. Kellen Thames, Saint Louis, +5.2, +4.1, No. 62. Watermark basketballquant.com.

ALT Stacked bar chart with the large number 26 and the title "Since 2016, Mark Few has won more NCAA tournament games than any active coach." Subtitle: wins in the last 10 tournaments (none in 2020), with each block one tournament, sized by wins and coloured by how far the team went. Rows: Mark Few, Gonzaga, 26 wins, 26-10, Final Fours in 2017 and 2021. Kelvin Sampson, Houston, 21, 21-8. Bill Self, Kansas, 21, 21-9, title in 2022. Dan Hurley, UConn, 20, 20-6, titles in 2023 and 2024. Matt Painter, Purdue, 19. Rick Barnes, Tennessee, 15. Nate Oats, Alabama, 15. Tom Izzo, Michigan State, 15. John Calipari, Arkansas, 14. Hatched blocks mark wins at a previous school. Note: Chris Beard, Scott Drew and Mick Cronin have 13, and Jon Scheyer has 11 in four tournaments. Watermark: basketballquant.com.

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 Dark graphic titled "Duke 90, Kansas 84," exhibition at Allen Fieldhouse, Oct. 25. On the left is the site's shift chart for Duke. Each player has a row of bars, one per stint on the floor, labeled with that stint's plus-minus, plus markers for makes, misses, assists, turnovers, steals, blocks and rebounds. A score-margin line runs underneath and peaks near Duke +12. On the right are five stat tiles: 28 points for Ngongba II (9-12 FG, 10 rebounds); 23 points for John Blackwell (4-7 from three); Duke led 27:33 of 40 minutes (Kansas 8:36); 12 lead changes and 11 ties; Duke 2-0 in logged exhibitions (101-64 vs. Tennessee, 90-84 at Kansas). Watermark: basketballquant.com and the Basketball Quant logo.