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Message: [QUOTE="pepband99, post: 5185346, member: 79"] ...except his answer is exactly correct, but I'm the one calling names, in your mind. In this gem - you clearly demonstrate that YOU have no idea what you're talking about. Kenpom and the NET are 2 completely different things. You and I agree (and have agreed in past) on the NET having black box stuff. It's not a good look, and breeds questions like the ones you have here. Kenpom, however, is much much more open. It's basically 2 things: 1) Measuring offensive and defensive efficiency on per-possession basis 2) Measuring those measures against other teams measures, adjusting for factors like home/away, tempo (so number of possessions), etc. It's also a PREDICTIVE measure, not a reactive one like polls (and probably NET, at least the black box piece of it). If Kenpom says that we are lower in overall ranking, it means that it's predicting a score and result where that team does better, all being relative. Upcoming St John's game - perfect example. St John's is 16, and we're 34 right now. The NetRtg, which is what determines the ranking order, puts St John's about 5 net points ahead of us. Accounting for the fact we're playing at home, which eats into that 5 point margin, KenPom actually predicts a win for us. Will outliers dictate swings in Kenpom? Sure, but nothing i would deem nefarious. Your "50 point win" scenario only really matters if it moves our per-possession numbers materially, which it might not at all. [/QUOTE]

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