Arizona continued to move up in the metric sites after a dominant win over Alabama in Birmingham on Saturday night. Arizona is in the top five in four of the five sites measured here and sixth in the other. Michigan is first in four of the five analytics that will be discussed here.
Duke is first in the ESPN Basketball Power Index. The ESPN BPI is the only one of the most frequently mentioned analytics that Michigan doesn’t lead. Michigan is fourth in the ESPN BPI. Arizona moved three spots to third in the ESPN BPI after the win over Alabama.
Arizona is projected to finish with 27.4 wins, 3.6 losses overall and 14.4 victories and 3.6 defeats in the Big XII by the ESPN BPI. The ESPN BPI projects Arizona with a 44.2 percent chance to win the Big XII and the 60th remaining strength of schedule…