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Dean Oliver and Alok Pattani study Kentucky's BPI game profile and find that the Wildcats are the nation's most consistently excellent team, a trait that is commonly found among NCAA tournament powers and two recent champions.

Story | Conversation | March 01, 2012

Dean Oliver of the ESPN Stats & Information Group reveals how the Basketball Power Index can agree, or disagree, with the public perception of teams and put them in their proper context.

Story | Conversation | February 23, 2012

Editor's Note: Dean Oliver is a former player and assistant at Caltech. He currently works as Director of Production Analytics at ESPN. Caltech is known for some of the smartest science and technology graduates in the world. It is also known fo...