Luke Winn says WSU one of eight teams capable of winning a National Championship

[ABC]

The best "midmajor" in the tempo free stat era (since 2003). Thats what he is basing his choice on.

What does this mean?

[Signman]

What does this mean?

It's Ken Pomeroy's way of analyzing offenses and defenses based on efficiency per possession.

Tempo: We can estimate possessions very well from box score stats by using this formula: FGA-OR+TO+0.475xFTA.
For each team, possessions are counted for the team and their opponents, and then averaged. A team’s average tempo is total possessions divided by minutes. This value is then adjusted for schedule, considering the preferred pace of each opponent and when each game was played.