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Texas Longhorns vs. Kansas Jayhawks Preview (pt. 2): the Gameplan According to KenPom
Recently, Ken Pomeroy added a new feature to his site called "Game Plan". If you don't frequent www.KenPom.com, you're really missing out. No one does a better job of taking easily misused box score statistics and converting them into efficiency (i.e. Duke's bad field goal percentage being...
Boston College Hoops Look Ahead And The Big Finish
Brian: Jeff has escaped the snow of South Carolina for some place warm, so we bring in BCRaj for this week's Big Finish. In the last two games, the Eagles have gotten two big ACC wins over Georgia Tech (86-75) and N.C. State (75-66). Now the Eagles hit the road, with three of their next four ACC...
Fascinating Stat of the Day
If only to get Giant Kiffins off the top of the damn page, I present to you this fascinating factoid I came across from the fabulous college hoops writer/statistician Ken Pomeroy, in a post titled "The Pre-Season AP Poll Is Great": As things stand, the in-season polls are not very useful in this...
Some highlights from the individual KenPom rankings
Did you know... Klay Thompson is seventh nationally in the percentage of shots he takes relative to the rest of his team? Klay fires off 37% of all Cougar shot attempts. DeAngelo Casto is 31st nationally in block percentage? I know, that's not very surprising. He was 41st last year as a freshman....
The Song Remains The Same
You may remember a look at how Penn State stacked up against Notre Dame through the eyes of the computer models. And so to beat a dead horse give you all an update for Thursday's (nit) National Championship matchup: School KenPom Rank KenPom Score Predicted W...
Notre Dame Is In The Computer
Only becuase it's the first Google image result for "subway domers basketball" A look at Penn State, Notre Dame, and the MSG in ones and zeros. KenPom... School KenPom Rank KenPom Score Predicted W Notre Dame 34 .8865 66% Penn State 68 .8014 34% We...
A KenPom Preview: Michigan State
As always, these are based off of the KenPom pages. Here is Michigan State's. Opening Thoughts Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I forgot how absolutely nerve-racking the Sweet 16 is. Really, though, there isn't a whole lot to be nervous about. For one, and more importantly, we've already surpassed...
A KenPom Preview: Dayton
As always, these thoughts have been gleaned from the best of all basketball sites, KenPom -dot- com. Here is KenPom's Dayton page, for referencing purposes and things. Opening Thoughts Here we are, just a win away from the Sweet 16. A win accomplishes our general goals, for the most part, in this...
A KenPom Preview: North Dakota State
You all know the drill, by now. These are all stats-based conclusions and speculations, and to see the actual, physical numbers yourself meander over to North Dakota State's KenPom page. Opening Thoughts I'm still scared, in case you were interested. Still very, very scared. North Dakota State...
OU's Tournament Stock Falling Rapidly
Many people are hitting the panic button. Are they justified? Normally I'm not an alarmist, but I have to admit, even I am hitting the panic button right now. It's hard not to; OU's slide has been hard and fast. Meanwhile, the national media and casual fans are jumping off the bandwagon faster...
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