John Gasaway
@johngasaway.bsky.social
Writer: johngasaway.substack.com (it's free!)
Author
Election of 1840 revisionist
Taught basketball analytics
Author
Election of 1840 revisionist
Taught basketball analytics
A rising statistical tide lifts all boats and men's college hoops is indeed more efficient than ever before. That's one small step for a laptop but one giant leap to conclusion that the top KenPom teams right now really are all-time greats. We'll likely be saying this next year too.
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A rising statistical tide lifts all boats and men's college hoops is indeed more efficient than ever before. That's one small step for a laptop but one giant leap to conclusion that the top KenPom teams right now really are all-time greats. We'll likely be saying this next year too.
Needed the patience of a Pope yesterday. My least favorite Wordle of all time.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Needed the patience of a Pope yesterday. My least favorite Wordle of all time.
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The sport just keeps getting better.
Today, more offensive boards. Tomorrow, quarters.
Day after that: 24 seconds.
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Today, more offensive boards. Tomorrow, quarters.
Day after that: 24 seconds.
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The best of scoring times
Why offensive boards are the future of the men's game
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November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The sport just keeps getting better.
Today, more offensive boards. Tomorrow, quarters.
Day after that: 24 seconds.
johngasaway.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
Today, more offensive boards. Tomorrow, quarters.
Day after that: 24 seconds.
johngasaway.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
When there's no committee a pre-Thanksgiving showdown like Purdue-Alabama will not only be outrageously entertaining but measurably and predictably important.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
When there's no committee a pre-Thanksgiving showdown like Purdue-Alabama will not only be outrageously entertaining but measurably and predictably important.
Welcome to college hoops 2026!
Your eyes are both more and less correct than you think. Roster continuity ain't what it used to be.
While we're at it neither are anti-gambling mores.
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Your eyes are both more and less correct than you think. Roster continuity ain't what it used to be.
While we're at it neither are anti-gambling mores.
johngasaway.substack.com/p/continuiti...
Continuities still matter
Decades of minutes and wagers
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Welcome to college hoops 2026!
Your eyes are both more and less correct than you think. Roster continuity ain't what it used to be.
While we're at it neither are anti-gambling mores.
johngasaway.substack.com/p/continuiti...
Your eyes are both more and less correct than you think. Roster continuity ain't what it used to be.
While we're at it neither are anti-gambling mores.
johngasaway.substack.com/p/continuiti...
For Vlad to hit like Vlad and field like Brooks Robinson is just unfair.
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
For Vlad to hit like Vlad and field like Brooks Robinson is just unfair.
Sister Jean was among other things a walking time capsule on the history of the sport. She played the women's game in high school 90 years ago when teams had six players and the court was divided into three sections.
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Sister Jean in her own words
My 2019 interview with Loyola's guiding spirit
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October 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sister Jean was among other things a walking time capsule on the history of the sport. She played the women's game in high school 90 years ago when teams had six players and the court was divided into three sections.
open.substack.com/pub/johngasa...
open.substack.com/pub/johngasa...
Something I never once said for my first several decades. The Lions are an excellent watch.
September 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Something I never once said for my first several decades. The Lions are an excellent watch.
Never be tricked into thinking you might care about your alma mater's football team again.
September 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Never be tricked into thinking you might care about your alma mater's football team again.
Two cheers for chatbots. johngasaway.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
Chatbots can be a knowledge accelerant
"The log cabin and hard cider campaign" as AI test case
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September 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Two cheers for chatbots. johngasaway.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
The NCAA enforcement era spanned 74 years, from February 19, 1951, to August 15, 2025.
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College sports as the Iraq War
From despotism to anarchy
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August 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The NCAA enforcement era spanned 74 years, from February 19, 1951, to August 15, 2025.
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At first sight years ago my pronunciation of WAB defaulted to rhyme with cab, dab, or jab, not mob, sob, or lob. Happy to bow to the usage of the crowd, but let's get clear on this and not have another GIF thing.
July 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
At first sight years ago my pronunciation of WAB defaulted to rhyme with cab, dab, or jab, not mob, sob, or lob. Happy to bow to the usage of the crowd, but let's get clear on this and not have another GIF thing.
Late to this bandwagon but this is irresistible storytelling on a topic so big it can get missed. Somewhere Joan Didion is smiling.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/m...
He Claims He’s the ‘Sports Betting King.’ What Are the Odds?
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July 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Late to this bandwagon but this is irresistible storytelling on a topic so big it can get missed. Somewhere Joan Didion is smiling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/m...
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Chatted with Eamonn about some stuff (mostly expansion but also the country folk music scene). Give it a listen! I'm excited about what this group is doing.
Happy @basketunderreview.bsky.social opening day. Would you like to hear @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social and @kenpom.com talk NCAA Tournament expansion? I assume you would. (Presented by Homefield!!!) open.spotify.com/episode/4gSV...
The Basket Under Review Podcast: S1E1 - A Conversation with Ken Pomeroy
Basket Under Review Podcast · Episode
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July 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chatted with Eamonn about some stuff (mostly expansion but also the country folk music scene). Give it a listen! I'm excited about what this group is doing.
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With 2 people, it wasn't a roundtable just a table, but nonetheless a fun convo about the merits of expansion, which itself may get tabled for another year.
I hosted a roundtable discussion with everyone who agrees with me that we should expand the tournament.
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Ken Pomeroy and I still believe
No, really, expand the field
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July 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
With 2 people, it wasn't a roundtable just a table, but nonetheless a fun convo about the merits of expansion, which itself may get tabled for another year.
I hosted a roundtable discussion with everyone who agrees with me that we should expand the tournament.
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Ken Pomeroy and I still believe
No, really, expand the field
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July 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I hosted a roundtable discussion with everyone who agrees with me that we should expand the tournament.
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Perhaps you'll be persuaded by what @kenpom.com and I say. If so you'll boost our club's membership by 50 percent. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Find someone that loves you the way my very excellent and kind onetime fellow scribes love 68.
Did not see this coming when 68 happened.
Did not see this coming when 68 happened.
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Find someone that loves you the way my very excellent and kind onetime fellow scribes love 68.
Did not see this coming when 68 happened.
Did not see this coming when 68 happened.
Good soup-to-nuts rundown by @nauerbach.com on what this historic day means for college sports.
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NCAA’s new revenue-sharing era dawns with hope for change and questions about the future
The revenue-sharing era will be transformative for college sports. But its future is anything but certain.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Good soup-to-nuts rundown by @nauerbach.com on what this historic day means for college sports.
www.nbcsports.com/college-foot...
www.nbcsports.com/college-foot...
Hope I’m wrong but hate seeing that snap.
June 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hope I’m wrong but hate seeing that snap.
In honor of Brian Wilson: BBC all-star cover of "God Only Knows," including Brian Wilson.
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God Only Knows - BBC Music
YouTube video by BBC Music
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June 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In honor of Brian Wilson: BBC all-star cover of "God Only Knows," including Brian Wilson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLT...
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The easiest way to hurt your rebounding differential is to force a lot of turnovers.
June 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The easiest way to hurt your rebounding differential is to force a lot of turnovers.
With posts in the last week on the greatness of editors, econ 101 for NCAA tournament expansion, and James Madison, it's generally acclaimed as leading Substack in the greatness of editors/bracket expansion/Madisonian space. It's free. You should subscribe.
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Now and Again | John Gasaway | Substack
American political history served with my choice of side dishes. Click to read Now and Again, by John Gasaway, a Substack publication.
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June 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
With posts in the last week on the greatness of editors, econ 101 for NCAA tournament expansion, and James Madison, it's generally acclaimed as leading Substack in the greatness of editors/bracket expansion/Madisonian space. It's free. You should subscribe.
johngasaway.substack.com
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If it comes to pass this will raise near-universal hackles that may then be forgotten entirely and forever as of the 2026 Sweet 16.
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Baker sees value in expanding March Madness
NCAA president Charlie Baker sees value in expanding the NCAA tournament by a handful of teams and wants to reach a decision in the next few months.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If it comes to pass this will raise near-universal hackles that may then be forgotten entirely and forever as of the 2026 Sweet 16.
www.espn.com/mens-college...
www.espn.com/mens-college...