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Life in the Transfer Era
Ofthe 32 young men representing the University of Kentucky and Vanderbilt squads, 16 have transferred at least once. In total those 16 have attended 23 colleges and universities. Use the interactive viz to see the details.


March Madness, Round 1
by Leigh Moore March 17, 2025 The NCAA tourney provides me a good opportunity to scale things down for a couple of weeks, to go deep in the analysis of 68 teams rather than the usual 1300. No fretting about which schools to include; it's all done for me. 2025, here we go, ready or not! The dashboard below illustrates a few metrics. Be sure to hover so that you can see what these charts are actually saying. That is, who exactly has a buyout agreement exceeding $40M? Even wi


The Final Four--Past and Present
Why use visualizations? As I built the chart below, I reflected on the very purpose of charts and interactive graphics: you can gain big-picture knowledge without using much time or brain power. I grew up with and dwell among college basketball fans. If you're born in early March and raised in Kentucky, you realize--in time--that the crowd gathered at the house on your birthday will sing to you and eat cake....but, you know, they're there to watch the SEC tournament. Duh.


Round 2: Head Coach Salaries
by Leigh Moore Hello, and here's hoping you teams are doing better than ours in the NCAA Tourney! While most of our readers won't be surprised that coaches of men's athletics teams make, on average, a lot more than coaches of women's teams, the magnitude of the inequity varies significantly from school to school. See what you think! See you in Round 3! Leigh
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