Roughly two-thirds of the way through the 2025-26 men's college basketball season, a statistical oddity seemed to be emerging: Nearly 50 teams were averaging more than 120 points per 100 possessions — the standard metric used to derive offensive efficiency — as the calendar turned from January to February. Intuitively, the number seemed extraordinarily high — even for a year when there is so much elite-level talent across the sport that NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the eventual enactment of anti-tanking rules to prevent teams from intentionally losing to improve their draft position....
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