🎯 Top 25 by Net Efficiency – Key Insights

🏆 The Elite Tier (Net > +0.550)

1. Michigan – The clear #1, and one of only TWO teams with both elite offense AND elite defense. They also have the biggest home court advantage in the country (+7.7%). Play fast (39.2 poss/game) and dominate on both ends.

2. Arizona – The most consistent team (lowest uncertainty). Elite defense with very good offense. Third-fastest pace (37.9) – they run you out of the gym AND lock you down.

3–5. Duke, Houston, Iowa State – All built on defense first. Houston has the best defense in the nation. These teams grind opponents down.

6. Illinois – The #1 offense but “only” #6 overall because their defense isn’t elite. One of just two teams with a truly elite offense + defense combo.


📊 Surprising Patterns

Defense dominates the top 25 – 12 teams have elite defense vs only 3 with elite offense.

The formula: get stops first, then worry about scoring.

Pace extremes matter:

• Alabama (#23): Fastest pace (39.8 poss/game) – run & gun, score in transition

• Iowa (#20): Slowest pace (29.7 poss/game) – grind it out, limit possessions

Home Court Kings: Michigan’s +7.7% HCA is massive – that’s like starting every home game up 6–7 points.

Style diversity:
• 9 teams play fast (>36 poss)
• 4 teams slow it down (<32 poss)
• 10 teams are balanced pace

🔥 Notable Teams

Purdue (#10): Slowest of the elite teams (31.5 pace) – they execute in the half court.

Gonzaga (#9): Still in top 10 despite “down year” chatter – defense carrying them.

Arkansas (#15): Third-best offense but mediocre defense keeps them out of top 10.

Virginia (#21): Classic UVA – good defense, methodical pace (32.4).

Any folks interested in NCAA basketball on nostr? Working on a long-term project and considering putting out a daily digest. What would be interesting? I have a ratings method I developed… would you want to see:
- predictions for key games?
- betting insights? - not necessarily recs
- Short blurbs on relevant news?

When you got caught in the act

Aaaaaand openclaw bricked the VM

So this is running now… pretty well. For $20 a month on a small server I already had.

The agents are building me a website and infrastructure for a hobby project that I have thought about for years.

Technology is wild.

As a man I didn’t fully understand what an ick was until I saw the Seattle Seahawks trophy presentation happen without the team on stage. Especially gross bringing the QB on stage with the MVP for no apparent reason

Currently trying to implement a project team in openclaw… it’s not there yet, but it feels really close. Would be curious if others have tried this. MiniMax may not be smart enough to pull it off sustainably.

- 4 agents
- Project manager
- Full stack developer
- QA / Verification
- Research and resource investigation
- Agent to agent communication enabled in config
- Each agent has independent communication channel
- Convex database in a convex folder with following features:
- Task management (create, assign, update status, block/unblock)
- Message logging
- SearXNG installed with docker for local search
- Cron jobs for each agent to check messages, tasks, and blockers every 45 minutes
- Each agent has a WORKING.md file where they log their progress, blockers, and key findings. This file is also used for other agents to check if their teammates are blocked or need help.
- Cron job for project manager to check all agents' WORKING.md files every 45 minutes to identify blockers and prioritize unblocking as the number 1 task and then do his own work.
- Daily cron job for project manager to summarize all work and run stand up
- Daily cron job to check system health
- Daily cron to review project materials / scoping / planning in the projects folder

Steps:
1. Get agents running.
2. Make sure agents can communicate with each other
3. Get the project manager to put together a clear specification for how communication will work with convex
4. Have full stack developer implement the specification and create a skill describing how the database is used
5. Have full stack developer set up SearXNG search engine and create a skill describing how to use it
6. Have QA, Researcher, and PM test the tools
7. Get the PM to work with you on scoping a long-term projects and assigning initial tasks.
8. See if it works - check and adjust as needed.