Up to 18 in Kenpom | Page 2 | The Boneyard

Up to 18 in Kenpom

In the Sports Hack National Championship Tourney, Lundari has moved solidly up the seeding chart vying for top seed in the A Bracket - Total Moron or B Bracket - Biased and Doesn't Care to Hide it.
 
UofCT said:
Beating non tournament teams are fun and all but realistically we have one win against a tournament team right now in USC. That is being reflected with Lunardi.

Let's beat Creighton and see a jump
Expand ...
You're entitled to think we have the resume of a 9 seed. I personally find that position to be laughably wrong
 
navery12 said:
You're entitled to think we have the resume of a 9 seed. I personally find that position to be laughably wrong
Expand ...

I'm trying to justify Lunardi's formula. He's looking at wins and we have very little big wins
 
back2BE4us said:
Lunardi will have us as a 9 seed regardless of being BE champs or not.
Expand ...
You have to give him a lot of credit for one thing: fans want affirmation and recognition and he figured out how to give ESPN a cheap product, production wise, and make it "must watch TV".

The fact anyone with half a brain can "adjust" the seeds daily for the last two months of the season is irrelevant.
 
.-.
navery12 said:
To The Moon Rocket Launch GIF by Partiful
Expand ...

Found the Gamestop guy.
 
husky429 said:
We've changed our approach. He had to change if we were going to succeed and did--sign of a good coach.
Expand ...
Agreed. Just a little jab at everyone who was ready to write him off as being unable to coach an offense. Particularly that Nelson dude.
 
I need a reminder...is Selection Sunday still a thing?
 
.-.
navery12 said:
You joke, but he still has us as a 9 after yesterday. In Gonzaga's region no less

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: Florida replaces UConn on the top line

The Huskies were the shakiest 1-seed, and their loss at Marquette helped the Gators make the swap.
www.espn.com
Expand ...
Just saw that this morning. The only joke is that this guy still has a job. Every AQ he has is the highest remaining seed in their conference tournament (just lazy). North Carolina in a weak ACC jumps us to an 8 seed. Syracuse loses and still in the field.
 
Psolo12 said:
Agreed. Just a little jab at everyone who was ready to write him off as being unable to coach an offense. Particularly that Nelson dude.
Expand ...

FWIW... I think we've done a much better job running the ball intelligently (no idea if our pace has improved at all), using off ball screens, generally getting away from the weave/handoffs constantly. Seems to me like we're using more off ball action and just using more ball reversals and cutting. Post entries have improved too.

Settling into a rotation that mostly excludes Josh/Adams, and getting Adama and Jackson more minutes has been huge as well. I wouldn't have stuck with Polley as long as coach did, but it was clearly worth the investment through January and February when he had some real clunkers. He must have practiced well all along and just needed some confidence.

I think our defense is still better than our offense, even if that's not true technically by the stats. Eye test tells me we're an elite defensive team, reboudning team, and a very good (not elite) offensive team. We have an elite offensive player, and some pieces we're getting the best out of at the right time. We've had so many games in the past month that we've been WAY ahead in, that that tends to make your defense look worse in the end.
 
caw said:
Out of curiosity what do people think UConns regular season record would have been in a normal season?

My guess is 22-8, or 23-7.
Expand ...
At worst, add 7 more OOC wins, 2 more BE wins and 2 more losses (1BE / 1OOC). 24-8.
 
husky429 said:
FWIW... I think we've done a much better job running the ball intelligently (no idea if our pace has improved at all), using off ball screens, generally getting away from the weave/handoffs constantly. Seems to me like we're using more off ball action and just using more ball reversals and cutting. Post entries have improved too.

Settling into a rotation that mostly excludes Josh/Adams, and getting Adama and Jackson more minutes has been huge as well. I wouldn't have stuck with Polley as long as coach did, but it was clearly worth the investment through January and February when he had some real clunkers. He must have practiced well all along and just needed some confidence.

I think our defense is still better than our offense, even if that's not true technically by the stats. Eye test tells me we're an elite defensive team, reboudning team, and a very good (not elite) offensive team. We have an elite offensive player, and some pieces we're getting the best out of at the right time. We've had so many games in the past month that we've been WAY ahead in, that that tends to make your defense look worse in the end.
Expand ...
Difficult to track pace with KenPom but before the Xavier game we were 334th and averaging 64 possessions a game, now we're 298th averaging 66 possessions a game. Which also means in that timeframe we've averaged 69 possessions a game which is ~150th in the country for pace
 
navery12 said:
Difficult to track pace with KenPom but before the Xavier game we were 334th and averaging 64 possessions a game, now we're 298th averaging 66 possessions a game. Which also means in that timeframe we've averaged 69 possessions a game which is ~150th in the country for pace
Expand ...

Yeah, so I think characterizing us as more opportunistic with fast breaks, but not a "fast break team" is probably about right. Middle-of-the-pack vs practically dead last.
 
.-.
UofCT said:
Beating non tournament teams are fun and all but realistically we have one win against a tournament team right now in USC. That is being reflected with Lunardi.

Let's beat Creighton and see a jump
Expand ...
UNC wins vs "tournament" teams: VT (n), FSU (h), Cuse (h)
UConn wins vs "tournament" teams: USC (n), Xavier (a), Seton Hall (a)

Common Opponents:
Marquette. UConn is 2-0 vs Marquette (including a road win), UNC is 0-1 vs Marquette (at home).

Not bashing you at all BTW. Just pointing out that Lunardi is an idiot / biased to ESPN's partners (ACC). Not sure how UNC could jump us on the seed line with the same resume and a home loss (by double digits) to a common opponent we beat twice.
 
McLovin said:
Just saw that this morning. The only joke is that this guy still has a job. Every AQ he has is the highest remaining seed in their conference tournament (just lazy). North Carolina in a weak ACC jumps us to an 8 seed. Syracuse loses and still in the field.
Expand ...

KenPom has a strong top three in the BE...Creighton 10, Villanova 14, and UConn 17...then drops off to #49...62...65...73...74...80...113...131

Has the top three in the ACC...13...15...26....and then drops to...26...35...36...41...42...52...55...71...79...133...144...169

Cuse as #41

The ACC is split...a decent run of ten teams of 55 and below....three horrible teams.
 
McLovin said:
UNC wins vs "tournament" teams: VT (n), FSU (h), Cuse (h)
UConn wins vs "tournament" teams: USC (n), Xavier (a), Seton Hall (a)

Common Opponents:
Marquette. UConn is 2-0 vs Marquette (including a road win), UNC is 0-1 vs Marquette (at home).

Not bashing you at all BTW. Just pointing out that Lunardi is an idiot / biased to ESPN's partners (ACC). Not sure how UNC could jump us on the seed line with the same resume and a home loss (by double digits) to a common opponent we beat twice.
Expand ...

Again I am just trying to justify Lunardi's decision. I choose to follow Jerry Palm for obvious reasons but when you look at UNC being 8-0 in quad 2 versus us being 3-3 that's a big difference.
 
UConn only dropped 1 spot back to 18 after Creighton loss. I still think we'll be a 7 seed at worst.

Hopefully USC wins tonight vs very good Colorado team and makes Pac 10 finals.
 
Hi-Low said:
UConn only dropped 1 spot back to 18 after Creighton loss. I still think we'll be a 7 seed at worst.

Hopefully USC wins tonight vs very good Colorado team and makes Pac 10 finals.
Expand ...
God I hope you are right but I am feeling an 8 or 9
 
.-.
Yahoo Sports article by Henry Bushnell.. "March Madness: Teams You Want To Avoid on Selection Sunday"

Huskies #2..
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,201
Messages
4,556,586
Members
10,442
Latest member
Virginiafan


Top Bottom