Exactly, Izzo and his stellar post-season results.
Yes, please do go on and rip Tom Izzo for being overrated.Exactly, Izzo and his stellar post-season results.
Don't act like you're gonna place a wager on such a long shot. We all know Jews don't have it in their blood to throw money away.UVA +7000?
Elite PG, All-American big man, top 10 offense, top 10 defense, deep roster, HOF Coach
Watch some basketball Kevin, Michigan is playing great with Isaiah Livers back in the lineup. They've been the best team in CBB this month according to Torvik.
I don't know who that is, but I am guessing another analytics dork that has never seen a basketball game. Livers is good and Michigan is decent, but the suckfest for the Big 10 this year is ridiculous. A bunch of mediocre teams beating up on each other, yet most seem to think their entire conference deserves to dance. Can't wait to watch the metrics geeks get exposed in the tourney, where games are won on the court and not on a computer.
You all just got destroyed by NC State. Isn’t your first bad loss of the year, either. Not saying you all can’t win it, but there are other teams that look better than Duke
Why does it matter if they've ever seen a basketball game or not? These are all schedule-adjusted efficiency based rankings based on available data.
NC State is still a Quad 1 loss and the Wolfpack are a solid squad who always seems to have Duke's number at home.
There is absolutely no combination of metrics that can rank quality of competition, it's impossible. It just isn't something that can be mathematically calculated, no matter how many factors you try to associate with it. That's one major reason you have Dayton sitting there NET 4 with their best win being St. Mary's (current NET 32).
I said the Big 10 is grossly overrated, I never said the SEC didn't suck. Are you one of those guys that thinks the Big 10 deserves to get 11 teams in the tournament? What will you say when 8 of them get bounced in the first weekend?
Carey is a load, nobody else is all that impressive. But, that's college basketball as a whole this year.
And what will you say when they don’t? Who knows what will happen. The BIG is not as good as last year but deeper. With so many teams in odds are that they will lose a few first weekend. I really don’t care as long as my team wins. Conf honking is boring as hell. Now with all the analytics it is beyond annoying. Stats do not score points or play defense. Nobody knows what will happen.There is absolutely no combination of metrics that can rank quality of competition, it's impossible. It just isn't something that can be mathematically calculated, no matter how many factors you try to associate with it. That's one major reason you have Dayton sitting there NET 4 with their best win being St. Mary's (current NET 32).
I'm not saying that the Big 10 has any title contenders, just that they're a deep conference with 10+ NCAAT field worthy squads.There is absolutely no combination of metrics that can rank quality of competition, it's impossible. It just isn't something that can be mathematically calculated, no matter how many factors you try to associate with it. That's one major reason you have Dayton sitting there NET 4 with their best win being St. Mary's (current NET 32).
Sure. Wasn’t a shot at Duke either. Maybe it really does have a lot to do with how bad the rest of the field is. Duke will probably knock Kentucky out now lol
That's my point, analytics are worthless. Big 10 could make noise as a whole, I'll believe it when I see it. Everyone was gobbling the ACC sack in 2017 when they got 9 teams in and finished with a record of 11-8, with 6 of those wins coming from UNC. The other 8 teams all lost in the 1st or 2nd round (WF lost in the First 4). Anyway, back to analytics. I know plenty of people on this site think KenPom is God. According to him Purdue (14-14, 3-8 away, 1-2 neutral) is 25th right now. Should those 14 losses and the inability to win away from home be forgiven just because they beat the shit out of a few good teams? Apparently Ol' Ken thinks so.
The whole quad system is a bit of a joke if you ask me. Quad 1 goes to 30 at home but soars to 75 on the road. The difference from 30 to 75 is huge, I don't give a shit where they're playing.
They are definitely the deepest from top to bottom, as in most competitive. I think the Big East is right there too. I'm just not convinced they are all good/mediocre teams as opposed to bad. It's very possible that Maryland will be the only team in the conference without double digit losses heading into the tournament.
