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2026
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Divergent
II
Scatter
III
Timeline
IV
Bracket
01
The Diverging Gap
The biggest gaps between
attention
and
outcome
.
68
Teams
Left = overhyped. Right = underhyped. Tap any row to expand team details.
Predict the order
Overhyped
Noise
As expected
Underhyped
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Overhyped
11
Underhyped
16
As expected
20
Noise
21
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15-day hype window vs. tournament wins
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OVERHYPED
OVER
0
ZERO GAP
UNDERHYPED
UNDER
+55
11
NC State
-35
16
UMBC
-33
11
SMU
-31
05
Wisconsin
-29
16
Lehigh
-27
12
McNeese State
-26
15
Furman
-24
16
Long Island
-19
14
Wright State
-18
12
Northern Iowa
-16
01
Florida
-15
14
Kennesaw State
-13
12
High Point
-11
14
North Dakota State
-10
13
Cal Baptist
-7
05
St. John's
-6
08
Ohio State
-5
06
North Carolina
-2
+3
Iowa
09
+4
Miami (FL)
07
+5
Missouri
10
+6
Arkansas
04
+6
Idaho
15
+7
Kentucky
07
+8
Miami (OH)
11
+8
BYU
06
+8
Clemson
08
+9
Houston
02
+10
Michigan
01
+10
Arizona
01
+10
Duke
01
+10
Kansas
04
+10
Georgia
08
+11
Prairie View A&M
16
+11
Akron
12
+12
UConn
02
+12
Siena
16
+13
St. Mary's
07
+15
Hawaii
13
+17
Texas
11
+18
UCLA
07
+18
Villanova
08
+20
Penn
14
+21
Virginia
03
+22
Iowa State
02
+22
South Florida
11
+23
Michigan State
03
+23
Louisville
06
+23
UCF
10
+23
Hofstra
13
+24
Tennessee State
15
+25
Purdue
02
+26
Nebraska
04
+26
Vanderbilt
05
+27
Queens
15
+29
Santa Clara
10
+30
Troy
13
+33
TCU
09
+34
Illinois
03
+34
Tennessee
06
+35
Alabama
04
+35
Saint Louis
09
+36
VCU
11
+38
Texas Tech
05
+40
Gonzaga
03
+44
Texas A&M
10
+45
Howard
16
+47
Utah State
09
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