KenPom #1

[Deadrody]

Other than that he won a championship here and Danny hasn’t won a tourney game yet? Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

I am all in on Hurley and we needed to get rid of KO but please. We’re not Syracuse. We don’t print tee shirts because we’re mid-season #1 in someone’s rankings. UConn will be back when we start winning conference championships and tourney games. And by the way — I have little doubt Danny Hurley would fully agree with this. We’re doing great and our trajectory is great. But we’ve accomplished nothing yet.

Absolutely true. 100%. I love where we are, be we have a long, long way to go.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Judgement Day 1.0

 

[Scot-e]

It’s great to have such a good team that we might be ranked #1 -and a 1 seed would be incredible-however my favorite spot for us has always been around 13.
I'm definitely enjoying this week no matter where we wind up.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Ehhhh … I really only see us as a top 2 team

& we’re not #2 ‼️

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I just don't see Virginia being rated ahead of us (kenpom has them 9th). They have a very nice resume of wins and final scores in those wins but have trailed 4 times at the half so stem to stern they're not as impressive as our resume. I've also watched about 4 of their halves and they just don't pass the eye test as well as us either. If I had to bet the house in a matchup with them with both sides healthy, I'd take the good guys all day long.

 

[auror]

Houston with their big win today at #9 Virginia surged back past us, knocking us down to #2. So still won't have played a game as #1 in KenPom since 2009 Final Four.

 

[auror]

+13 to the spread on the road we might take it back. Let's wait and see....

 

[BGesus4]

We back baby

 

[mike012]

The aac schedule will knock Houston back down soon enough.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Back to number 1 by over a whole point. That seems good.

 

[auror]

The aac schedule will knock Houston back down soon enough.

All about margin. They kill bad teams.

 

[Kemba Time]

 

[caw]

wowzers the numbers loved that win.

 

[Leebo]

Keep in mind there's still residual weighting from last season being shed until January as well.

 

[auror]

We back baby

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

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I love watching our AdjEM keep climbing.

 

[YoungFree]

That #2 ranking with 20 first place votes is going to look nice.

Purdue isn't losing in 2022. Their next two opponents make our remaining 3 opponents look like Olympic teams.

Maybe we will get some Christmas love and slide up to #1?

 

[auror]

Teams that were #1 in KenPom on the 3rd Sat in December. (Jan 9th for 20-21 teams due to late start). KenPom changed from Pythag to AdjEM in 16-17.

We've got the 3rd highest AdjEM in the last 7 years at this point in the respective season. The 2 above us were 20-21 Gonzaga/Baylor, who are pretty legendary teams and who met in the title game. 3 of the other 6 who played tournaments made the title game with 2 champions. The rest lost to teams who made the Final Four.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Hope that the voters do their research, Houston doesn’t have a ranked opponent for the rest of the regular season and like some mentioned that should drag down their #2 Kenpom ranking. Frustrating

 

[Leebo]

Hope that the voters do their research, Houston doesn’t have a ranked opponent for the rest of the regular season and like some mentioned that should drag down their #2 Kenpom ranking.

Not really sure I understand the reasoning. Kenpom is based on efficiency. Based on their efficiency rating, they'll be expected to beat all the AAC teams by some amount each game. If they were to exceed that expected margin of victory every time, their efficiency rating would go up. It doesn't matter what quality the teams are as long as you beat them by more than you're expected to.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Not really sure I understand the reasoning. Kenpom is based on efficiency. Based on their efficiency rating, they'll be expected to beat all the AAC teams by some amount each game. If they were to exceed that expected margin of victory every time, their efficiency rating would go up. It doesn't matter what quality the teams are as long as you beat them by more than you're expected to.

Good point.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

All about margin. They kill bad teams.

We kill 'not quite as bad' teams.

 

[F101Voodoo]

As long as we are #1 when the season ends.

Hep ! That and seeding is where it counts.

 

[Peacefrog]

Hope that the voters do their research, Houston doesn’t have a ranked opponent for the rest of the regular season and like some mentioned that should drag down their #2 Kenpom ranking. Frustrating

Not for nothing, but we don’t have any currently ranked opponents the rest of the regular season either. Marquette and Xavier might get there this week but as of now, we’re the only ranked Big East team.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Not for nothing, but we don’t have any currently ranked opponents the rest of the regular season either. Marquette and Xavier might get there this week but as of now, we’re the only ranked Big East team.

Another good point.

What’s a good database that weighs in on Quad wins that the voters should be looking at?

These look yummy:

Most Quadrant 1 Wins for the 2024 NCAA Tournament (March 17)

Updated quadrant records, including quadrant 1 wins, for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

sports.betmgm.com

DI Men's Basketball Rankings - NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings | NCAA.com

Get NCAA college basketball rankings from the Associated Press, USA Today Coaches poll and the NCAA NET Rankings.

www.ncaa.com

….okay. Based on Kenpom efficiencies and Quad ranking databases, UConn should be the undisputed #1 team.