KenPom 2022-2023 KenPom Rankings Thread

[49r]

#80 today.

[49r]

Back down to #81 now.

[Norm Peterson]

19 minutes ago, 49r said:

Back down to #81 now.

 

That's probably because Creighton keeps on losing. Those bastards.

[49r]

Back up to #80.

[Norm Peterson]

57 minutes ago, 49r said:

Back up to #80.

 

We'll get another boost when we thump Kansas State.

[Dead Dog Alley]

We were at 83 this morning; last year's final number 83, Maryland, ended up at 15-17.  Comparing this years Nebraska regular season schedule (with current rankings) to Maryland's of last year (with final rankings); Nebraska has seven more games against the top 60 than Maryland did last year:

 

2023 Number 83 Nebraska			2022 Number 83 Maryland
7	Purdue		13	Iowa	L
7	Purdue	L	13	Iowa	L
16	Indiana	L	14	Purdue	L
18	Ohio State		19	Virginia Tech	L
20	Illinois		20	Illinois	W
20	Illinois		20	Illinois	L
21	Iowa		27	Michigan	L
21	Iowa		31	Ohio State	W
26	Memphis	L	31	Ohio State	L
27	Maryland		37	Wisconsin	L
27	Maryland		42	Michigan State	L
28	Rutgers		42	Michigan State	L
31	Creighton	W	48	Indiana	L
33	Penn State		48	Indiana	L
33	Penn State		54	Vermont	W
35	Wisconsin		59	Florida	W
38	Oklahoma	L	77	Rutgers	W
40	Michigan State		77	Rutgers	L
40	Michigan State		85	Richmond	W
50	Michigan		87	Northwestern	W
51	St. John's	L	87	Northwestern	L
52	Kansas State	L	88	Penn State	W
56	Northwestern		109	Minnesota	W
146	Florida State	W	113	George Mason	L
175	Boston College	W	120	Hofstra	W
178	Minnesota		127	Louisville	L
178	Minnesota		140	Nebraska	W
187	Queens		204	Brown	W
288	Maine	W	226	George Washington	W
312	Omaha	W	231	Quinnipiac	W
353	Arkansas Pine Bluff	W	302	Lehigh	W

[49r]

We've bled some spots since the last KenPom update, primarily due to several of our non-con opponents hitting a rough stretch lately and also a larger than expected loss to Kansas State.  Otherwise everything is kind of going as expected.  Ken has us with 6 conference wins right now.  If we can somehow figure out a way to flip two of the losses to wins I gotta think we have a puncher's chance at some post season action.  Time will tell.  Would sure like to start by flipping that Iowa game to a win.  Other than that there isn't a lot of change going on.  Maryland, Florida State and Boston College also have slipped some over the last week.

 

Once again, let's give it up for Tim Miles and the San Jose Spartans!  They started off the week with a one point loss at Pacific, a game they led pretty much the whole way until the last 90 seconds but just couldn't hang on in the end.  They did finish up the week with a convincing home win against Cal Poly, however.  The Spartans wrapped up non-con with a 9-4 record and are up to #158.  Starting to get serious year two Coach Miles vibes around here.  (Ironically, Ken predicts San Jose to get 6 conference wins as well.  Might be interesting to see if either of us can beat those expectations.)

 

Okay, that's today's KenPom update.  Here we go!

 

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KenPom rankings as of 12-21-22
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B1G (0-2):
7. Purdue - L
17. Ohio State
18. Indiana - L
20. Illinois
21. Iowa
25. Maryland
27. Rutgers
33. Penn State
35. Wisconsin

39. Michigan State
46. Michigan
47. Northwestern
87. Nebraska
181. Minnesota

 

 

Non-Conference (7-4):
303. Maine - W
289. Omaha - W

---Gavitt Games---
52. @St. John's - L

353. Arkansas Pine-Bluff - W

---ESPN Events Invitational---
34. Oklahoma - L
26. Memphis - L
145. Florida State - W

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
174. Boston College - W

30. @Creighton - W
49. Kansas State - L

---Battle In The Vault---
185. Queens University of Charlotte - W

[hskr4life]

NET basically lines up as we are #81 in the NET. 

 

Our Company: #79- Providence, #80- Colorado State, #82- UMASS Lowell, #83- Michigan

 

Quad Record: Q1 (1-6), Q2 (0-0), Q3 (1-0) Q4 (5-0)

 

To Go: Q1 (11 Games) Q2 (5 Games) Q3 (0 Games) Q4 (2 Games)

[hskr4life]

Tim Miles picked up a nice win tonight down at SJSU.  Previously once beaten UNLV goes down.

 

SJSU cracked the top 150 in KP.

Edited December 29, 2022 by hskr4life

[49r]

6 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Tim Miles picked up a nice win tonight down at SJSU.  Previously once beaten UNLV goes down.

 

SJSU cracked the top 150 in KP.

 

Coach is doing a lot of things right out in San Jose.  Love to see it!

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

3 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Coach is doing a lot of things right out in San Jose.  Love to see it!

 

 

 

The most Nebraska Basketball thing ever would be in a couple of years, after Ben Johnson proceeds to fail at Minnesota (he's headed that direction despite how things started last season), the Gophers finally hire Tim Miles who goes onto propel Minnesota regularly into the top half of the league and stomp our asses with regularity.

 

And all the people on this board who rejoiced when Miles was fired and pretended that lack of AD support had nothing to do with our lack of success (in recruiting especially) will be out here saying, well, he just wasn't ready yet as a coach when he was at Nebraska, that he needed to go cut his teeth at a place like San Jose before heading to a P5 program.

 

I mean, I can just see this happening. Two years. Maybe three.

[cornfed24-7]

3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

The most Nebraska Basketball thing ever would be in a couple of years, after Ben Johnson proceeds to fail at Minnesota (he's headed that direction despite how things started last season), the Gophers finally hire Tim Miles who goes onto propel Minnesota regularly into the top half of the league and stomp our asses with regularity.

 

And all the people on this board who rejoiced when Miles was fired and pretended that lack of AD support had nothing to do with our lack of success (in recruiting especially) will be out here saying, well, he just wasn't ready yet as a coach when he was at Nebraska, that he needed to go cut his teeth at a place like San Jose before heading to a P5 program.

 

I mean, I can just see this happening. Two years. Maybe three.

Followed up by year 6 is really year 1 for Hoiberg

[Norm Peterson]

Top 80, bitches.

[49r]

It was both satisfying and disheartening to highlight the Iowa name and slide it down as far as I did this morning.  Good win but we still have a ways to go to be able to compete at the top of this league.  The good news I see us being able to compete well against the teams in the 40's and below and there seems to be a growing number of those in the Big Ten.

 

Rutgers is surging towards the top of the league due largely to an impressive win at home over Indiana and a 1 point loss at Ohio State.  Can they keep it up?  Illinois has dropped precipitously since their huge loss to Dennis Gates' Mizzou team.  (great hire for Missouri by the way).

 

So, we finish up 2022 with an 8-6 record.  We'll need to get 8 more wins for NIT eligibility; can we get them?  KenPom says there are 6 games left where we are favored by or an underdog by one or two points.  We need to win all of those toss-ups and take care of business in both Minnesota games to get there.  Tall task, but not impossible.  I would have laughed in your face two months ago if you had told me we would end December with a puncher's chance at the post season.  Currently KenPom has predicted a 15-16 (8-12) regular season finish for us.

 

Tim Miles update:

The Spartans get a nice win this week over UNLV at home to move up to #144.  Big road game for him and his guys this weekend at Colorado State.  I'm sure this one has some extra meaning for coach.  Good luck coach and beat those Rams!

 

Okay, that's today's KenPom update.  Here we go!

 

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KenPom rankings as of 12-30-22
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B1G (1-2):
7. Purdue - L
14. Ohio State
19. Indiana - L
22. Rutgers
25. Maryland
30. Illinois
35. Wisconsin

41. Penn State
43. Michigan State
46. Iowa - W
52. Northwestern
65. Michigan
77. Nebraska
199. Minnesota

 

 

Non-Conference (7-4):
306. Maine - W
285. Omaha - W

---Gavitt Games---
61. @St. John's - L

355. Arkansas Pine-Bluff - W

---ESPN Events Invitational---
33. Oklahoma - L
28. Memphis - L
151. Florida State - W

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
161. Boston College - W

24. @Creighton - W
51. Kansas State - L

---Battle In The Vault---
181. Queens University of Charlotte - W

[kldm64]

Man, if they could have somehow got that Purdue win, we'd be potentially looking at NCAA tournament right now.

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

Tim Miles update:

The Spartans get a nice win this week over UNLV at home to move up to #144.  Big road game for him and his guys this weekend at Colorado State.  I'm sure this one has some extra meaning for coach.  Good luck coach and beat those Rams!

 

Since we're updating on teams not on our schedule, let me just add that North Texas is 10-3, kenpom #57, and they beat UNO by 30.

[millerhusker]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

  Good win but we still have a ways to go to be able to compete at the top of this league.  The good news I see us being able to compete well against the teams in the 40's and below and there seems to be a growing number of those in the Big Ten.

Eh, there's really no difference between the teams at the top of the league and the teams near the bottom. The order will change quite a bit as the year goes on. Wouldn't be a surprise at all if Northwestern beat Ohio State this weekend. Purdue and Minnesota seem to be the only outliers thus far. Even then, we definitely competed with Purdue and Minnesota could very well beat us. 

[Art Vandalay]

12 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Eh, there's really no difference between the teams at the top of the league and the teams near the bottom. The order will change quite a bit as the year goes on. Wouldn't be a surprise at all if Northwestern beat Ohio State this weekend. Purdue and Minnesota seem to be the only outliers thus far. Even then, we definitely competed with Purdue and Minnesota could very well beat us. 

Totally agree. Not a team in the league we can not beat on a given night (or lose to as well). It’ll be a roller coaster ride

[jimmykc]

 

[throwback]

Just by the eye test, I thought Memphis was the best team we played in the non-con. Looking like they're trending in the right direction to eventually be the highest ranked KenPom team, too.

 

 

[hskr4life]

SJSU 2-0 in MW play and 11-3 overall.  Congrats Tim!

[49r]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

SJSU 2-0 in MW play and 11-3 overall.  Congrats Tim!

 

Should probably put this in the Tim Miles thread but...

 

 

 

...congrats, coach.  I know this win must mean a whole lot to you!

[49r]

Also, San Jose's KenPom ranking has gone from 232 to now 127 so far this season.

[tcp]

glad timmeh's having success in SJ. good hire for them. 

 

would love to see a win over Sparty now so I can get on this damned bandwagon and stay on. 

 

 

[MichHusker]

49 minutes ago, tcp said:

glad timmeh's having success in SJ. good hire for them. 

 

would love to see a win over Sparty now so I can get on this damned bandwagon and stay on. 

 

 

Well i would think if there was ever a time to beat MSU at the breslin center it would be right before they play Michigan. Things are set up nicely