I just wanted to show how out of whack the quality of the top teams are this year compared with past seasons.

Here are the top KenPom teams going back to 2002 and their efficiency margins. It is worth noting that these numbers are post-NCAA tourney, meaning in most cases the top team in the land just had a great run of whupping up on a bunch of high quality teams in a row, which tends to boost your KenPom rating.

2018 - Vil +33.76
2017 - Gonz +32.05 (UNC wins with +28.22)
2016 - Vil +32.01
2015 - Kent + 36.91 (Duke wins with +32.48)
2014 - Lou +30.41
2013 - Lou +32.92
2012 - Kent +32.59
2011 - tOSU +33.47
2010 - Duke+33.29
2009 - UNC +31.14
2008 - Kansas +35.21
2007 - UNC + 31.37
2006 - Fla + 28.28
2005 - UNC +32.77
2004 - Duke +32.33
2003 - Kent +29.18
2002 - Duke +34.19

Right now, the top 3 teams for 2019 are: Duke +36.37, Virg +34.99, Gonz +34.96

To put that in perspective, the third best team in the land right now, would be the best team in college basketball in 15 of the past 17 years (only 2015 Kentucky and 2008 Kansas are better than this year's Gonzaga team). The the vast majority of those years, the gap between this year's third best and that season's best team would be more than 2 points of adjeff margin.

We are watching an historic season. The closest approximation to it is 2015 when there were 4 teams with adjeff margins above +32 (Kentucky, Wisconsin, Duke, and Arizona) though even that really does not compare to us having 3 teams essentially at +35 or better in one season. It is unprecedented in a pretty big way.

-Jason "the reality is that some very, very deserving teams are going to come up short this season... it really sucks" Evans