Worth the replay?

1. #1

   BloomfieldatWagner

   CBBOvertimeDown to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   A

   75/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback16/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 100 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 75

2. #2

   UT ArlingtonatUT Rio Grande

   CBB· ESPN+Down to the wireBig comebackBack and forth

   B+

   75/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback19/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 99 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 75

3. #3

   Green BayatIU Indy

   CBB· ESPN+Down to the wireBack and forth

   B

   63/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings22/25

   Comeback9/20

   Decided late13/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 83 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 63

4. #4

   IowaatIowa State

   CBB· FS1Down to the wire

   B

   58/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings23/25

   Comeback7/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 78 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 58

5. #5

   App StateatEast Carolina

   CBB· ESPN+Down to the wire

   C

   44/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late10/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 58 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 44

6. #6

   Saint Joseph'satSyracuse

   CBB· ACC Network

   C

   37/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension24/30

   Swings15/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late6/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 49 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 37

7. #7

   N Dakota StatBakersfield

   CBB· ESPN+Back and forth

   D

   31/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension10/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback1/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 41 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 31

8. #8

   St Johns (MN)atSt Thomas

   CBBOne-sided

   D

   18/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings14/25

   Comeback4/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 24 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 18

9. #9

   Alabama StatMissouri

   CBB· SECN+One-sided

   D

   5/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension6/30

   Swings0/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 6 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 5

10. #10

    Coastal GAatGA Southern

    CBB· ESPN+One-sided

    D

    2/100
    ▸ Why this grade

    Late tension0/30

    Swings0/25

    Comeback0/20

    Decided late0/15

    Back-and-forth3/10

    Drama 3 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 2

11. #11

    W CarolinaatVirginia Tech

    CBB· ACCNXOne-sided

    D

    1/100
    ▸ Why this grade

    Late tension1/30

    Swings0/25

    Comeback0/20

    Decided late0/15

    Back-and-forth0/10

    Drama 1 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 1

12. #12

    Trinity Co JaxatJacksonville

    CBB· ESPN+One-sided

    D

    0/100
    ▸ Why this grade

    Late tension0/30

    Swings0/25

    Comeback0/20

    Decided late0/15

    Back-and-forth0/10

    Drama 0 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 0

13. #13

    AK-AnchorageatDenver

    CBBOne-sided

    D

    0/100
    ▸ Why this grade

    Late tension0/30

    Swings0/25

    Comeback0/20

    Decided late0/15

    Back-and-forth0/10

    Drama 0 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 0

Ranked from each game's win probability as it was played (ESPN's for football and basketball; ours, from the goals, for hockey): how in doubt it was near the end, how far the winner came back from, how late it was decided, how big its momentum swings were and how often a team erased a deficit, with a bonus for overtime. That drama is then weighted by how good a matchup it was going in (its pre-game Watchability score), so a thriller between top teams ranks above an equally wild game between minor ones.