Tracking Iowa's RPI, KenPom, & Sagarin

PCHawk said:
Am I the only one who is foolishly thinking of the possibilities of winning the conference?
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I am as optimistic as anyone. But I can't see us (or anyone else not named Michigan State) beating (a healthy) Wisconsin team.

Speaking of Wisconsin...They started 6-5 last year. They lost at home to Milwaukee and Western Michigan. They started 1-4 in conference play. And they made it to the Sweet 16 before losing by 5 to Notre Dame.

So while I don't see finishing ahead of Wisconsin or Michigan State I won't dismiss the idea of a tie for 3rd. It's certainly possible in this year's Big Ten.
 
PCHawk said:
Am I the only one who is foolishly thinking of the possibilities of winning the conference?
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When you pull off a signature win vs a conference leader, it leads one to believe anything's possible. One of the first limitations to look at, however, is health with a young team. Case in point was JB turning his ankle late vs PD...
 
Things are very fluid with these ranking systems. Sometimes we do not consider the schedules of teams in the top 100. The ACC teams have many games to play against each other. Some of these teams could slide downward.
 
For the "defense has improved" crowd, our AdjD is 141st in the country right now. Worst it's been that I can remember. Overall we're 86th in KenPom which is second to last in the Big 10 ahead of only Rutgers
 
Hawk5656 said:
For the "defense has improved" crowd, our AdjD is 141st in the country right now. Worst it's been that I can remember. Overall we're 86th in KenPom which is second to last in the Big 10 ahead of only Rutgers
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Tough loss for ya last night.
 
Hawk5656 said:
Second to last in the conference in KenPom at this point in the season is concerning
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It is and it isn't. Would I like to be higher, yes, but the thing about the KenPom is it is so volatile. Around this time last year KenPom had us as the number one team in the country, and we ended up getting a 7 seed, so a lot can change.

Right now the KenPom doesnt like us due to our poor non-conference start. Also, we are coming off the worst game we have played all season. In our last 10 games we are 7-3 with two top 25 wins. I'd guess we are a top 50 team in that timeframe.

Glad you came back after the big Hawkeye loss!
 
NikeHawk21 said:
It is and it isn't. Would I like to be higher, yes, but the thing about the KenPom is it is so volatile. Around this time last year KenPom had us as the number one team in the country, and we ended up getting a 7 seed, so a lot can change.

Right now the KenPom doesnt like us due to our poor non-conference start. Also, we are coming off the worst game we have played all season. In our last 10 games we are 7-3 with two top 25 wins. I'd guess we are a top 50 team in that timeframe.

Glad you came back after the big Hawkeye loss!
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We weren't second to last in the Big Ten in KenPom 10 games ago.
 
Hawk5656 said:
Dean will be able to tell you since he has a subscription, what were we on KenPom after the Omaha game?
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I believe we were ahead of only PSU and Rutgers at that time. IIRC that was the same time you were bringing up how Iowa has some of the worst talent in the B1G. How's all the talent working for OSU ;)?

Like I said would it be nice to be higher? Yes. But it really doesn't matter, a lot can change.
 
NikeHawk21 said:
I believe we were ahead of only PSU and Rutgers at that time. IIRC that was the same time you were bringing up how Iowa has some of the worst talent in the B1G. How's all the talent working for OSU ;)?

Like I said would it be nice to be higher? Yes. But it really doesn't matter, a lot can change.
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So we've managed to get even worse from our non conference start. OSU is more talented than us and are better than us. Still Matta does less with more year in and year out
 
Hawk5656 said:
So we've managed to get even worse from our non conference start. OSU is more talented than us and are better than us. Still Matta does less with more year in and year out
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So you're saying the Iowa team at the beginning of the year was capable of beating pursue and michigan? I suppose anything is possible.
 
PCHawk said:
So you're saying the Iowa team at the beginning of the year was capable of beating pursue and michigan? I suppose anything is possible.
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Yeah. Anything is possible. You think we've improved a lot but KenPom disagrees. I'll trust Ken on this one, he obviously watched Sunday's game
 
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