Looking like rescheduled Providence game won't happen

[Rakkasan]

Which team do you want: Huskies who blow out Q4 opponents but have so far struggled with Q1 Big East teams or Friars who blow out no one, to include Q4, but simply win? Which is the better team for March?

 

[August_West]

Providence is the 6th ranked BE team on Kenpom. That is why he said that.

Can someone give me our 2011 and 2014 Kenpoms.


Analytics are fine. Games are played on the court .

 

[August_West]

Q1, Q4 blah blah blah


Just win, baby. (/Al Davis)

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Can someone give me our 2011 and 2014 Kenpoms.


Analytics are fine. Games are played on the court .

I agree, I was just explaining why he chose that specific number, but our rankings those years were still much better than PC.

 

[navery12]

Can someone give me our 2011 and 2014 Kenpoms.


Analytics are fine. Games are played on the court .

We were 15th pre NCAA tournament in 2011 and 25th in 2014

 

[CL82]

That’s not even a good troll. It just makes him look stupid.

Disagree. The hotness of that take is exactly what makes it a troll.

 

[HeGotGame]

Can someone give me our 2011 and 2014 Kenpoms.


Analytics are fine. Games are played on the court .

Pre tournament in Kenpom Baylor was 4 last year, UVA was 1 in 2019, Nova was 2 in 2018, UNC was 3 in 2017.............

Or you can ignore the analytics because of the random exceptions.

 

[SwingDog]

At the rate things are going, and how well Providence is playing, it's a lost opportunity for UCONN. Until we get our act together, the Dunk is the last place I'd want to play. They just beat Xavier and St Johns on the road and Marquette at home, all with those 3 teams at full strength (in fact Providence was the short manned team without Reeves (who torched us) at Xavier. I might have bought into the luck thing a month ago, and it pains me to say it, but they are simply the better team until we prove otherwise.

It's interesting to see how things work out over the course of a season. Providence just beat Georgetown which gave them all they could handle for 3/4 of the game before pulling away. Also, if you take a close look at the Friars' wins, several of them are by razor thin margins, kind of the opposite of us. Whether it's making that one extra play, getting a break, or just gutting out a victory, they've found a way to win, just like Auburn and Houston. In my opinion, there is very little difference between Providence and UConn, but the difference is significant as reflected in each team's respective record up to this point. We've not yet reached that point where we are on the plus side of nearly all of those nailbiters, and in the Big East you need to have that.

 

[August_West]

We were 15th pre NCAA tournament in 2011 and 25th in 2014

Those are not NC tourney winning caliber KenPoms.

 

[August_West]

Pre tournament in Kenpom Baylor was 4 last year, UVA was 1 in 2019, Nova was 2 in 2018, UNC was 3 in 2017.............

Or you can ignore the analytics because of the random exceptions.

I do ignore the analytics. They are fun to look at and a measurement tool. But nothing more. Otherwise youd have a lot of pre tournament KenPom #1's winning the title instead of UVA being a total abberation.

 

[August_West]

You want to see how messed up analytics are, look at Syracuses deep runs in the last 7 years. analytics didnt even have them in tournaments.

 

[HeGotGame]

I do ignore the analytics. They are fun to look at and a measurement tool. But nothing more. Otherwise youd have a lot of pre tournament KenPom #1's winning the title instead of UVA being a total abberation.

ha ok

 

[UconnFanDC]

Which team do you want: Huskies who blow out Q4 opponents but have so far struggled with Q1 Big East teams or Friars who blow out no one, to include Q4, but simply win? Which is the better team for March?

I hope both do well in March for the BE but I really want Uconn to do extremely well. A F4 would be nice

 

[Tenspro2002]

It'll be interesting to see whether the Committee leans on the MOV and points-per-possession type of metrics or on a more RPI-like consideration of results and strength of schedule.

Palm is clearly going with the latter, with Providence a #2 and us a #7 (with Wisconsin in Milwaukee, yikes). Lunardi is more balanced and has us a #6.

 

[auror]

It'll be interesting to see whether the Committee leans on the MOV and points-per-possession type of metrics or on a more RPI-like consideration of results and strength of schedule.

Palm is clearly going with the latter, with Providence a #2 and us a #7 (with Wisconsin in Milwaukee, yikes). Lunardi is more balanced and has us a #6.

The NET was designed to essentially be a blend of both. It won't be as predictive as stuff like KenPom or as perfect a resume tool as Strength of Record or Wins Above Bubble, but it does a good enough job of both in one.

 

[auror]

Which team do you want: Huskies who blow out Q4 opponents but have so far struggled with Q1 Big East teams or Friars who blow out no one, to include Q4, but simply win? Which is the better team for March?

There are always exceptions, but the latter has historically been prone to underachieve in the tournament. The single most predictive metric is overall scheduled-adjusted per possession margin of victory.

 

[Get a Job]

There are always exceptions, but the latter has historically been prone to underachieve in the tournament. The single most predictive metric is overall scheduled-adjusted per possession margin of victory.

;-)