Each March, college basketball takes center stage, and this season, a curious stat stood out to me—one that has more to do with your business than you might think.
 
Across NCAA Division I men’s basketball, this season's average field goal percentage hovered around 44.7%. That means most teams made fewer than half of their shot attempts. Only two teams—Gonzaga (50.1%) and Northern Colorado (50.0%)—cracked the 50% mark.
 
Read that again. Only two teams, out of more than 350, broke through the halfway line.
 
And yet… those few percentage points made all the difference.
Let’s unpack the business lessons hidden inside that stat line.