KenPom Rankings

[Orangezoo]

Wut.

Need to payback some unhappy nil investors?

 

[DoctahLexus]

Not sure if this has been posted or how true it is...

This guy is a troll. Same guy that posted about the fake Woj fight at the Bonnie game. This one is way too obvious.

 

[OmahaCuse]

RIT gave Bingotown a game, yikes.

 

[Orangezoo]

RIT gave Bingotown a game, yikes.

I mean we could have beaten them 100-40 if some of the open looks went down and the bunnies and that’s minus JJ. Then they played RIT without their hands down top player in Lilley.

 

[pearl31]

I mean we could have beaten them 100-40 if some of the open looks went down and the bunnies and that’s minus JJ. Then they played RIT without their hands down top player in Lilley.

and still won by 18

 

[OmahaCuse]

I mean we could have beaten them 100-40 if some of the open looks went down and the bunnies and that’s minus JJ. Then they played RIT without their hands down top player in Lilley.

Yes was being facetious as a former Tiger

 

[ScriptCuse]

I know we're being a bit funny here but their Center, the Lilley kid didn't play. Score probably would have been about 101-28 without him

 

[Niastri]

You’re misunderstanding my comment. Go back and read my ORIGINAL post. First of all, I’m not talking about last year when we had poor talent. I’m saying that in 2023-24, when Red was a first year head coach, we had the 85th ranked defense. Not great but much higher than all years since 2020-2021 (when we went to the Sweet 16). That 2023-24 team had some athleticism and talent (Judah, JJ, Copeland, Bell, Benny) but were undisciplined and very immature. This team has much better talent and athleticism (and hopefully discipline). I would think they could do better than 85th—much better. Essentially, in the last 5 seasons, the year with the best defense was coached by Red, not JB. I’m saying there’s a chance he can actually get this team to defend. As for KenPom, his algorithm predicted that we’d have the 100 best defensive efficiency this season, and I’m saying I think we’ll be much better than that, based on the makeup and talent of this team alone compared to Red’s first year as head coach.

Funny thing about that Mintz, Starling, Maliq Brown, Bell, Williams led team is the highly variable intensity of defense. They were ball hawks, getting the 26th most steals despite only playing 32 games on the season.

They gave up terrible shooting percentages and couldn't rebound to get stops, though. Maliq Brown and Justin Taylor were both overmatched, playing out of position. If only that team had Edwards, or if Williams lived up to expectations, virtually every problem would have been solved that cost that team a place in the tournament.

Qadir Copeland coming in for Taylor helped a lot late season, but we just couldn't overcome the rebounding issues.