Well the good news for KU is that the tournament is not played on the road. The bad news is the tournament is not played at home.
Whatever that means...I don't know.
I told you Kansas is not a top 5 team
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Whatever that means...I don't know.
Ironically, the rule not allowing teams to play within a certain amount of miles from their home was made in reaction to the home cooking and friendly time keeping Kansas received in Kansas City vs Scott Skiles and Michigan State in the 1986 sweet 16. That game was a travesty.
It’s been heading towards this but the numbers are still kind of nuts. Taken from Rafters
Here are how many teams in the AP poll have 0 or 1 losses in the week 11 poll by year over the last 20 seasons:
2024 - 0
2023 - 3
2022 - 2
2021 - 5
2020 - 6
2019 - 7
2018 - 2
2017 - 6
2016 - 3
2015 - 4
2014 - 8
2013 - 8
2012 - 4
2011 - 8
2010 - 5
2009 - 6
2008 - 10
2007 - 3
2006 - 5
2005 - 5
Kansas hasn't looked that great lately but tough to worry too much about last night. Injury to the PG, a big time player out, on the road against a good team.
It sure does...but not evenly. Some teams enjoy massive home court advantages, others don't.
Some teams have to play on the road in front of packed houses, others don't.
Which is why I said I have no idea what any of this truly means.
The bad news is regardless of where it is, KU will play 2 games in 3 days.
KU either loses in the 2nd round or EE. They're good with a week or nearly a week of rest, they are terrible with a two day turnaround. These last two mondays the lack of legs has been extremely noticeable.
100% correct. I've said for many years, I don't see how the metrics can possibly measure home court advantage. When certain teams go on the road, they get an entirely different road environment than most everyone else gets.
At Ole Miss for example, when Vandy comes to town, you can hear a pin drop (not literally), but when UK comes to town, the place is jacked up.
Same shit happens in the BIG12 for KU and the ACC for duke and uNC.
The metrics don't compensate for this.
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I was kinda thinking the same thing, but if we realize it, so does Bill Self and that guy is pretty good at figuring things out.
Iowa St benefits from the homecourt more than any team in college basketball. They play like a final four team at home and their crowd is insanely wild. on the road they look like a bubble team
Iowa State looks good tonight, must be because I picked Cincinnati in the pick em. Ugh.
Told ya, what?
Wins:
#16 UK
#4 Tenn
#3 UConn
#1 Houston
#15 Baylor
Loses:
BYU
UCF
#8 Iowa State
#15 Baylor
#5 Marquette
WVU
KSU
TTU
Sure a couple bad "L";s. And maybe not a Top 5 team. But they aint that far off. They have wins over three probable #1 seeds, bro.
Weird flex.
