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Well, folks, it's getting to be that time of year again.  Nights are getting cooler (finally), football season is well underway, soon the leaves will be turning, and 49r is starting the KenPom Rankings Thread.  

 

For anyone interested in viewing last year's thread, you can click here.

 

We're going to start off this year as always with the upcoming schedule and each team's final rankings from last season, and there is no doubt #98 is not anywhere near where your Huskers are gonna be starting off in the initial KenPom Rankings due around the end of the month.

 

If I were a betting man, I would say we'll probably be lucky to start off in the top 150 this year, once again putting us squarely in the bottom four of the B1G.  The good news is the guys will have plenty of opportunities early on in the season to make quick jumps up the KenPom rankings with some wins.

 

So without further ado, here we go!  Hope everyone enjoys!

 


 

KenPom rankings as of 4-04-16.

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B1G (0-0):
5. Michigan State
14. Purdue
15. Indiana
23. Iowa 
25. Maryland
33. Wisconsin
58. Michigan
78. Northwestern
80. Ohio State
98. Nebraska
132. Illinois
146. Penn State
223. Minnesota
291. Rutgers
 
Non-Conference (0-0):
284. Sacramento State
nr. University of Mary
152. Louisiana Tech
 
---DirecTV Wooden Legacy---
59. Dayton
79. / 214. UCLA / Portland
19. / 57./ 126. / 239. Texas A&M / Virginia Tech / New Mexico / Cal State Northridge
 
---B1G/ACC Challenge--- 
48. @Clemson
 
221. South Dakota
37. Creighton
4. @Kansas
225. Gardner Webb
231. Southern
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It's not KenPom, but CBS Sports came out with their CBB Rankings 1-351 today.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/

 

I'll run down the B1G teams.

 

8. Michigan State

10. Indiana
12. Wisconsin
20. Purdue
39. Ohio State
42. Maryland
43. Michigan
64. Penn State
65. Illinois
85. Iowa
86. Northwestern
107. Nebraska
118. Minnesota
253. Rutgers
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It's not KenPom, but CBS Sports came out with their CBB Rankings 1-351 today.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/

 

I'll run down the B1G teams.

 

8. Michigan State

10. Indiana
12. Wisconsin
20. Purdue
39. Ohio State
42. Maryland
43. Michigan
64. Penn State
65. Illinois
85. Iowa
86. Northwestern
107. Nebraska
118. Minnesota
253. Rutgers

 

 

According to CBS Sports, I'm now really looking forward to seeing Anton Gill run the point for the Big Red.  :o  :blink:  :P

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It's not KenPom, but CBS Sports came out with their CBB Rankings 1-351 today.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/

 

I'll run down the B1G teams.

 

8. Michigan State

10. Indiana
12. Wisconsin
20. Purdue
39. Ohio State
42. Maryland
43. Michigan
64. Penn State
65. Illinois
85. Iowa
86. Northwestern
107. Nebraska
118. Minnesota
253. Rutgers

 

Non con:

312. Sacramento St.

134. Louisiana Tech

29. Dayton

(11. UCLA or 194. Portland)

(28. Texas A&M, 188. Cal St. Northridge, 68. New Mexico, 48. Virginia Tech)

62. @ Clemson

293. South Dakota

23. Creighton

3. at Kansas

246. Gardner-Webb

271. Southern

 

For RPI purposes, that Dayton game becomes huge and nobody except a few of us diehards back here will be watching. Win it and you play a couple more games that are RPI boosters. Lose it and you run the risk of playing two teams with RPI's below 150, which just doesn't help things.

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It's not KenPom, but CBS Sports came out with their CBB Rankings 1-351 today.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/

 

I'll run down the B1G teams.

 

8. Michigan State

10. Indiana
12. Wisconsin
20. Purdue
39. Ohio State
42. Maryland
43. Michigan
64. Penn State
65. Illinois
85. Iowa
86. Northwestern
107. Nebraska
118. Minnesota
253. Rutgers

 

Non con:

312. Sacramento St.

134. Louisiana Tech

29. Dayton

(11. UCLA or 194. Portland)

(28. Texas A&M, 188. Cal St. Northridge, 68. New Mexico, 48. Virginia Tech)

62. @ Clemson

293. South Dakota

23. Clemson

3. at Kansas

246. Gardner-Webb

271. Southern

 

For RPI purposes, that Dayton game becomes huge and nobody except a few of us diehards back here will be watching. Win it and you play a couple more games that are RPI boosters. Lose it and you run the risk of playing two teams with RPI's below 150, which just doesn't help things.

 

Creighton #23 (for the non conference schedule)

 

Our Non-Conference schedule is tough! 

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Creighton #23 (for the non conference schedule)

 

Our Non-Conference schedule is tough! 

Ah, my bad. Fixed.

 

But yeah, it's tough. I like it though. I really think that Dayton game is stealable, though. That's gonna be a dead, sleepy atmosphere. Nobody's gonna be in the building, nobody's gonna be watching on TV. That's a recipe for an upset. If NU doesn't get lost in the deadness of the empty building, I think they could steal a big win.

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As simplistic as it sounds that sayton game could define/jumpstart our season. 2-1 out there with a win over dayton abd people start watching. And not only in nebraska.

No shame losing at kansas or even at clemson. Take 2 of three and they're over decent rpi teams that early?

With this many underclassmen?

To me that's the goal. ... or we could try and win all three. I'm good with that.

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As simplistic as it sounds that sayton game could define/jumpstart our season. 2-1 out there with a win over dayton abd people start watching. And not only in nebraska.

No shame losing at kansas or even at clemson. Take 2 of three and they're over decent rpi teams that early?

With this many underclassmen?

To me that's the goal. ... or we could try and win all three. I'm good with that.

Is sayton referring to Creighton? Should be spelled Satan?

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Our best chance at getting 2 wins in Anaheim most likely depend on losing to Dayton, though.  If we beat them, it would be more likely we finish 1-2.

 

IMO.

 

You're gonna play at least 1 rpi killer if you do that. I'd rather get the win over Dayton and take my swings at the bigger boys than lose the first game and have easier games.

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Our best chance at getting 2 wins in Anaheim most likely depend on losing to Dayton, though.  If we beat them, it would be more likely we finish 1-2.

 

IMO.

 

You're gonna play at least 1 rpi killer if you do that. I'd rather get the win over Dayton and take my swings at the bigger boys than lose the first game and have easier games.

 

 

No doubt.  1-2 with high RPI games may very well be better in the end than 2-1 with a Dayton loss and a couple +100 RPI wins.  I'm just saying if you wanna win 2 in Anaheim, beating Dayton will probably make that goal harder.  All I'm saying.

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Dayton is the perfect non-con opponent, IMO.  We'll be slight underdogs with a shot at a big time win, and a loss doesn't hurt us.  Honestly, that's where Creighton is now that they aren't playing in a high school conference anymore.  I'm thrilled we have them on the schedule every year.  They're another one in that range.  

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18 hours ago, LK1 said:

Dayton is the perfect non-con opponent, IMO.  We'll be slight underdogs with a shot at a big time win, and a loss doesn't hurt us.  Honestly, that's where Creighton is now that they aren't playing in a high school conference anymore.  I'm thrilled we have them on the schedule every year.  They're another one in that range.  

Nope. According to some, Creighton will beat us by 30 this year. They are just by far and wide the superior team and we have absolutely no chance. Not even at home.

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Also, we can do things like this now on the new board:
 
2016 Standings
Team Overall Conf AdjEM AdjO AdjD AdjT Conf SOS Next Game
Indiana 5 27-8 15-3 +23.02 11 120.6 6 97.6 59 69.1 164 +10.17 13    
Michigan St. 2 29-6 13-5 +27.93 5 122.3 2 94.4 28 67.2 266 +9.66 14    
Purdue 5 26-9 12-6 +23.87 9 115.8 19 92.0 11 68.1 223 +12.18 4    
Iowa 7 22-11 12-6 +20.25 22 115.0 25 94.8 30 69.3 149 +13.05 3    
Maryland 5 27-9 12-6 +20.25 23 115.1 24 94.8 32 67.9 239 +12.07 5    
Wisconsin 7 22-13 12-6 +16.52 38 109.0 90 92.4 13 64.3 345 +13.71 1    
Ohio St. 21-14 11-7 +9.99 76 105.9 138 95.9 43 68.1 227 +11.49 9    
Michigan 11 23-13 10-8 +14.16 50 113.6 30 99.4 95 66.5 302 +11.84 7    
Northwestern 20-12 8-10 +11.06 68 110.0 72 98.9 87 64.7 340 +10.40 12    
Penn St. 16-16 7-11 +2.59 140 102.2 193 99.6 98 66.7 289 +13.51 2    
Nebraska 16-18 6-12 +8.85 85 109.3 87 100.5 114 67.5 255 +11.48 10    
Illinois 15-19 5-13 +3.91 125 105.7 143 101.8 135 68.9 172 +10.98 11    
Minnesota 8-23 2-16 -2.75 192 100.3 230 103.1 162 69.1 162 +11.63 8    
Rutgers 7-25 1-17 -10.61 279 96.3 303 106.9 235 71.7 53 +11.95 6    
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...and this:

 

2016 Schedule help.gif

Date Rk Opponent Result     Location Record Conf  
Sat Nov 14 139 341 Mississippi Valley St. W, 97-51 76   Home 1-0    
Tue Nov 17 134 1 Villanova L, 87-63 71   Away 1-1   a.gif
Thu Nov 19 140 350 Delaware St. W, 75-60 64   Home 2-1    
Sun Nov 22 144 310 Southeastern Louisiana W, 92-65 79   Home 3-1    
Tue Nov 24 132 344 Arkansas Pine Bluff W, 67-44 64   Home 4-1    
Fri Nov 27 114 32 Cincinnati L, 65-61 61   Neutral 4-2   a.gif
Sat Nov 28 112 103 Tennessee W, 82-71 73   Neutral 5-2    
Tue Dec 1 99 15 Miami FL L, 77-72 73 OT Home 5-3   a.gif
Sat Dec 5 97 317 Abilene Christian W, 73-63 69   Home 6-3    
Wed Dec 9 107 40 Creighton L, 83-67 78   Away 6-4   a.gif
Sun Dec 13 114 82 Rhode Island W, 70-67 67   Home 7-4    
Sun Dec 20 110 221 Samford L, 69-58 66   Home 7-5    
Tue Dec 22 138 337 Prairie View A&M W, 81-50 69   Home 8-5    
Wed Dec 30 137 68 Northwestern L, 81-72 60   Home 8-6 0-1  
Sat Jan 2 147 11 Indiana L, 79-69 71   Home 8-7 0-2 a.gif
Tue Jan 5 156 22 Iowa L, 77-66 63   Away 8-8 0-3 a.gif
Sat Jan 9 143 279 Rutgers W, 90-56 67   Away 9-8 1-3  
Tue Jan 12 112 192 Minnesota W, 84-59 68   Home 10-8 2-3  
Sat Jan 16 102 125 Illinois W, 78-67 68   Away 11-8 3-3 b.gif
Wed Jan 20 90 5 Michigan St. W, 72-71 65   Away 12-8 4-3 a.gif
Sat Jan 23 79 50 Michigan L, 81-68 64   Home 12-9 4-4 b.gif
Sat Jan 30 94 9 Purdue L, 89-74 70   Away 12-10 4-5 a.gif
Wed Feb 3 97 23 Maryland L, 70-65 66   Home 12-11 4-6 a.gif
Sat Feb 6 95 279 Rutgers W, 87-63 71   Home 13-11 5-6  
Wed Feb 10 94 38 Wisconsin L, 72-61 60   Away 13-12 5-7 a.gif
Sat Feb 13 96 140 Penn St. W, 70-54 63   Home 14-12 6-7  
Wed Feb 17 90 11 Indiana L, 80-64 64   Away 14-13 6-8 a.gif
Sat Feb 20 95 76 Ohio St. L, 65-62 70 OT Home 14-14 6-9  
Thu Feb 25 95 140 Penn St. L, 56-55 59   Away 14-15 6-10 b.gif
Tue Mar 1 98 9 Purdue L, 81-62 64   Home 14-16 6-11 a.gif
Sun Mar 6 103 68 Northwestern L, 65-54 63   Away 14-17 6-12 a.gif
Big Ten Conference Tournament
Wed Mar 9 108 279 Rutgers W, 89-72 73   Neutral 15-17    
Thu Mar 10 106 38 Wisconsin W, 70-58 69   Neutral 16-17   a.gif
Fri Mar 11 96 23 Maryland L, 97-86 71   Neutral 16-18   a.gif
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