Worth the replay?

1. #1

   IdahoatBakersfield

   CBB· ESPN+Down to the wireBack and forth

   B+

   66/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings24/25

   Comeback9/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 88 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 66

2. #2

   BinghamtonatArmy

   CBB· ESPN+OvertimeDown to the wireBack and forth

   B

   63/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 84 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 63

3. #3

   FAUatUCF

   CBBDown to the wire

   B

   60/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback12/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 81 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 60

4. #4

   LindenwoodatMissouri St

   CBB· ESPN+Down to the wire

   C+

   52/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback4/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 70 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 52

5. #5

   VillanovaatSeton Hall

   CBB· PeacockOne-sided

   D

   18/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings15/25

   Comeback4/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

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

6. #6

   Green BayatCampbell

   CBBOne-sided

   D

   14/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings13/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 18 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 14

7. #7

   BellarmineatKentucky

   CBB· SECN+One-sided

   D

   6/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings0/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

   Drama 9 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 6

8. #8

   HarvardatSt John's

   CBB· FS1One-sided

   D

   4/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings0/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth5/10

   Drama 5 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 4

9. #9

   UC RiversideatUCLA

   CBB· BTNOne-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

10. #10

    WVU TechatMarshall

    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

    GramblingatOhio State

    CBB· BTNOne-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

12. #12

    Morgan StatLMU

    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

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.