How the Standout Night Score works
Every night, every player in a Division I game gets a Standout Night Score out of 100 for that one game. The top 12 make the nightly standouts. Nobody gets moved by hand: the formula decides.
How points work
Production and efficiency are percentiles among everyone who played 10+ minutes that night. Opponent is a percentile among all D1 teams. Result and wow factor are straight points. Then team level: the total is multiplied by 0.80 for players on the weakest teams up to 1.00 for the best, the same as in the Standouts 25.
Who's eligible
- Played at least 10 minutes
- The opponent is a Division I team
- No more than two players from the same team make the list
Production
How much he did.
His whole night in one number (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, minus misses and turnovers), multiplied by opponent strength: 0.5× against the weakest teams up to 1.5× against the best. Then ranked against everyone who played that night.
Efficiency
Whether he did it without wasting shots.
How many more points he scored than an average shooter would have on the same shots and free throws that night. 30 on 15 shots beats 30 on 28.
Opponent
Who it came against.
Where the opponent ranks in the Standouts Team Rating. A big night against a top team earns close to all 15.
Result
Whether it mattered. Wins earn up to 10.
Any win.
Won on the road (a neutral-site win gets 1).
Beat an AP Top 25 team.
Won by 5 or fewer, so a big night in a tight game beats one in a blowout.
A loss by 5 or fewer, or to a top-50 team, is worth half a win (2 points). Other losses get 0.
Wow factor
The thing people will talk about. Bonuses add up to 15 at most.
Double digits in three of points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. A double-double gets 2.
40+ points gets 8, 30+ gets 5.
20 points and 20 rebounds.
8+ made threes gets 5, 5+ gets 3.
15 or more assists.
5+ blocks gets 3, and 5+ steals gets 3.
15+ points and more than any of his earlier games this season (he needs at least 2).
Opponent strength
Opponent strength and team level come from the Standouts Team Rating: each team's points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions this season, adjusted for who they played and for home court. Early on, before a team has played about 10 games, its rating also leans on a starting value from this season's AP poll and its conference, which fades out game by game.
About the advanced stats
Making the nightly list also counts toward the Standouts 25: each appearance adds to a player's Standout nights score there.