KenPom 2019-2020 KenPom Rankings Thread

[aphilso1]

12 teams in the top 40...wow.

[49r]

Lots of shuffling, but the end result is still 9 teams in the top 30, and 12 teams in the top 40.

 

Here's today's KenPom update.

 

KenPom rankings as of 01-19-20
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B1G (2-5)
7. Michigan State
12. Maryland
13. Ohio State - L
15. Iowa - W
17. Purdue - W
20. Michigan
22. Wisconsin
27. Rutgers - L
28. Penn State
32. Minnesota
36. Illinois
40. Indiana - L, L
103. Northwestern - L
134. Nebraska

 

Non-Conference (5-6)
231. UC Riverside - L
138. Southern Utah - L
120. South Dakota State - W
317. Southern - W

 

---Cayman Islands Classic---
124. Washington State - W
156. George Mason - L
129. South Florida - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
88. @Georgia Tech - L

 

38. @Creighton - L
219. North Dakota - L
293. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - W

[49r]

Jesus...Illinois jumped 14 spots last night!

 

Here's today's KenPom update.

 

KenPom rankings as of 01-22-20
==========================

 

B1G (2-6)
8. Michigan State
10. Maryland
12. Ohio State - L
14. Iowa - W
18. Michigan
20. Wisconsin - L
22. Illinois
25. Rutgers - L
27. Purdue - W
30. Penn State
37. Minnesota
41. Indiana - L, L
107. Northwestern - L
134. Nebraska

 

Non-Conference (5-6)
234. UC Riverside - L
135. Southern Utah - L
129. South Dakota State - W
320. Southern - W

 

---Cayman Islands Classic---
121. Washington State - W
157. George Mason - L
133. South Florida - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
88. @Georgia Tech - L

 

40. @Creighton - L
223. North Dakota - L
293. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - W

[hskr4life]

The fact that we have 2 Big 10 wins is quite something when you look at these rankings.  Thanks for updating 49r!

[Handy Johnson]

Rutgers lost @ Iowa last night, so they’ll have a “red ass” when we roll in there Saturday...

[49r]

Also, Iowa's win last night (and I will say, grudgingly, Creighton's as well) bumped us up 3 spots to #131.

[Nebrasketball1979]

13 minutes ago, 49r said:

Also, Iowa's win last night (and I will say, grudgingly, Creighton's as well) bumped us up 3 spots to #131.

 

If we keep losing competitive games, we may be the first 20+ loss team ever to finish in the top 100!  Got to keep that glass half full   

[49r]

Okay, everyone who predicted a month ago that we'd be tied with Ohio State in the standings after 8 games (and just half a game behind Michigan) raise your hand.

 

 

Now, put your damn hands down ya bunch of liars!  

[Handy Johnson]

Also, who thought Rutgers, Penn St & Minnesota would be well on their way to the Dance ...?

[49r]

11 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

Also, who thought Rutgers, Penn St & Minnesota would be well on their way to the Dance ...?

 

Keep in mind though that Penn State is coached by Pat Chambers so I wouldn't count my chickens before they hatch if I were Lions fans.  Seems like we've seen this movie before with them.

Edited January 24, 2020 by 49r

[hhcmatt]

44 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Keep in mind though that Penn State is coached by Pat Chambers so I wouldn't count my chickens before they hatch if I were Lions fans.  Seems like we've seen this movie before with them.

 

They have road wins at Michigan and Georgetown under their belt. As long as they don't lose to NW at home it would seem that any combination of just 6 wins in their next 12 games should have them on the right side of the bubble.

[Chuck Taylor]

Every BIG road game (except us and NW) is quad 1, along with about half of the home games. Bracketmatrix currently has 12 BIG teams in, and while it might not be how it ends up, there will be at least one picked with a losing conference record. (The exact opposite of two years ago.) The downside might be that the highest seed will be a 3 because of the conference bloodbath and there will be a lot of low seeds that lose in early rounds.

 

Headline in early March:

"Big Ten sends record number of teams to tournament"

 

Headline in late March:

"Big Ten teams flop in tournament"

 

[Fastbreaker]

59 minutes ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Every BIG road game (except us and NW) is quad 1, along with about half of the home games. Bracketmatrix currently has 12 BIG teams in, and while it might not be how it ends up, there will be at least one picked with a losing conference record. (The exact opposite of two years ago.) The downside might be that the highest seed will be a 3 because of the conference bloodbath and there will be a lot of low seeds that lose in early rounds.

 

Headline in early March:

"Big Ten sends record number of teams to tournament"

 

Headline in late March:

"Big Ten teams flop in tournament"

 

Just why do you think B1G are gonna flop.  They have had a pretty salty record in the dance lately

[49r]

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

They have road wins at Michigan and Georgetown under their belt. As long as they don't lose to NW at home it would seem that any combination of just 6 wins in their next 12 games should have them on the right side of the bubble.

 

Granted.  But the next time Chambers takes Penn State to the dance will be the first time.  Until then, I'm in believe it when I see it mode.

[Chuck Taylor]

3 hours ago, Fastbreaker said:

Just why do you think B1G are gonna flop.  They have had a pretty salty record in the dance lately

Not a knock on the BIG, it's just the media likes to hype up the bids, then do a 180 when the lower seeds don't advance. ("The Big Ten had THREE teams lose today!" Never mind that they had seven teams playing.) If we get 10+ bids, it will probably be because we have 3-4 10 seeds or lower.

[49r]

Michigan and Wisconsin are falling like rocks.  Can't say I'm sad to see it.

 

Here's today's KenPom update.

 

KenPom rankings as of 01-26-20
==========================

 

B1G (2-7)
9. Maryland
11. Michigan State
13. Ohio State - L
14. Iowa - W
20. Purdue - W
21. Penn State
22. Illinois
27. Rutgers - L, L
30. Minnesota
31. Michigan
34. Wisconsin - L
39. Indiana - L, L
110. Northwestern - L
130. Nebraska

 

Non-Conference (5-6)
210. UC Riverside - L
132. Southern Utah - L
126. South Dakota State - W
318. Southern - W

 

---Cayman Islands Classic---
129. Washington State - W
160. George Mason - L
138. South Florida - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
82. @Georgia Tech - L

 

35. @Creighton - L
228. North Dakota - L
287. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - W

[49r]

Well...we're halfway through the conference schedule.

 

Here's today's KenPom update.

 

KenPom rankings as of 01-29-20
==========================

 

B1G (2-8)
9. Maryland
7. Michigan State
12. Ohio State - L
14. Iowa - W
21. Illinois
22. Penn State
24. Purdue - W
26. Rutgers - L, L
27. Michigan - L
32. Wisconsin - L
38. Indiana - L, L
39. Minnesota
114. Northwestern - L
132. Nebraska

 

Non-Conference (5-6)
211. UC Riverside - L
120. Southern Utah - L
126. South Dakota State - W
306. Southern - W

 

---Cayman Islands Classic---
130. Washington State - W
167. George Mason - L
144. South Florida - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
84. @Georgia Tech - L

 

29. @Creighton - L
228. North Dakota - L
283. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - W

[49r]

Ten teams in the top 30 for the Big Ten.  That's 71.4% of the conference in the top 30.  Wanna know how the other conferences compare?

 

Big 12 - 4 (40%)

Big East - 4 (40%)

WCC - 3 (30%)

Pac 12 - 3 (25%)

ACC - 3 (20%)

AAC - 1 (8%)

A10 - 1 (7%)

SEC and every other conference - 0 (0%)

 

Here's today's KenPom update.

 

KenPom rankings as of 02-02-20
==========================

 

B1G (2-9)
9. Michigan State
10. Maryland
12. Ohio State - L
13. Iowa - W
17. Penn State - L
23. Illinois
25. Michigan - L
28. Purdue - W
29. Rutgers - L, L
30. Wisconsin - L
38. Minnesota
42. Indiana - L, L
119. Northwestern - L
136. Nebraska

 

Non-Conference (5-6)
206. UC Riverside - L
139. Southern Utah - L
112. South Dakota State - W
299. Southern - W

 

---Cayman Islands Classic---
131. Washington State - W
171. George Mason - L
126. South Florida - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
91. @Georgia Tech - L

 

20. @Creighton - L
230. North Dakota - L
283. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - W

[Chuck Taylor]

Will be interesting to see how the last few weeks play out. Two or three of the top 12 BIG teams have weak Q1 records and a bad loss here and there, but the rest look like locks to make it. 

[jayschool]

Still can't believe we beat Iowa. With this team? How awesome was that? 

[AuroranHusker]

18 minutes ago, jayschool said:

Still can't believe we beat Iowa. With this team? How awesome was that? 

 

Makes me think how awful the result could be in the next outing at I.C..... but, yeah, that win in Lincoln was sublime.

 

 

[jayschool]

19 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Makes me think how awful the result could be in the next outing at I.C..... but, yeah, that win in Lincoln was sublime.

 

 

I'll be there. Anyone else? DM me if you are and we can have pre-game cocktail.

Strike that. We have Roseann Cash tickets that night, so unlikely to do both. Still up for a pre-game drink, though.

Edited February 2, 2020 by jayschool

[Dead Dog Alley]

1 hour ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Makes me think how awful the result could be in the next outing at I.C..... but, yeah, that win in Lincoln was sublime.

 

 

 

Well, Thor has had Browzilla's number the last two meetings...so maybe there's a chance...

[AuroranHusker]

33 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

Well, Thor has had Browzilla's number the last two meetings...so maybe there's a chance...

 

I like that nickname. Clever.

[hhcmatt]

Miles said on his podcast that he would screen shot KenPom every month