KenPom 2023-2024 KenPom Rankings Thread

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

And it’s sooo easy too to be like “stop Tominaga” but in doing so, you leave guys wide open and this year we’re knocking down shots.

 

The one thing we don’t have is someone to drive AND finish.  I feel like that’s where we struggled the most.

 

And it's not just that. Some people might call it a "junk" defense, but it's a hard nosed defense that most teams wouldn't be used to seeing. Take a day to scout it, a day to come up with a game plan, and you basically get one walk-through before it's go time. If you don't have a plethora of shooters who are on fire, it's gonna be a long night for you.

 

Against our offense, it's exactly as you say. There's not one guy who you could say, well, try to shut him down and see if anyone else can beat you. Because right now we have six guys shooting at least 35% from deep. Who ya gonna stop?

 

And we can go inside with Mast or Allick. And we have 3 or 4 little guys who can hit those mid-range shots and floaters. We just don't have that guy who can attack the rim off the dribble and finish. Jamarques can attack and he can get there, he just hasn't shown the ability to finish at the rim. But if he somehow got that down in the last dozen games or so, whoa.

[hskr4life]

 

[SkersHoops]

That should (hopefully) keep The Beavers at a Quad 3 for us. They were slowly trying to dip into the Quad 4 range.

[hskr4life]

22 minutes ago, SkersHoops said:

That should (hopefully) keep The Beavers at a Quad 3 for us. They were slowly trying to dip into the Quad 4 range.

24 point NET bump from 190 to 166.  For those interested, they’d need to stay Top 200 for Q3 status. They probably have no chance at Q2 status which is Top 100 for Neutral.

 

 

[hskr4life]

Here is the top 36 teams in the NET and how they’ve done against the NET top 100 this year.  Bonus… our metrics are below.

 

Wins: 7

Q1 Wins: 3

Win %: 58%
Wins Rk: not sure what this one is

Avg Opp Rk: 58

 

Our metrics are right around the St John’s/Clemson region.  Would be in the top half of this group.

[49r]

 

[MitchMcGaryMunchies]

7 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Here is the top 36 teams in the NET and how they’ve done against the NET top 100 this year.  Bonus… our metrics are below.

 

Wins: 7

Q1 Wins: 3

Win %: 58%
Wins Rk: not sure what this one is

Avg Opp Rk: 58

 

Our metrics are right around the St John’s/Clemson region.  Would be in the top half of this group.

 

"Wins Rk" looks to be the ordered ranking of these "Top30 NET" teams based on number of wins "vsTop100 NET" opponents.  The secondary ranking appears to be win percentage.  So we would slot in front of St. John's in this chart with our 58% win percentage and our Wins Rk would be lucky 13.

[MitchMcGaryMunchies]

6 hours ago, 49r said:

 

 

Looks like we are back at our predicted ceiling  When we were undefeated to start the season and after we beat Purdue, we were still estimated to get 10-11 conference wins.  Our four home games should be easy wins, hope we can take care of business on the road starting tomorrow.

[Fastbreaker]

20 minutes ago, MitchMcGaryMunchies said:

 

Looks like we are back at our predicted ceiling  When we were undefeated to start the season and after we beat Purdue, we were still estimated to get 10-11 conference wins.  Our four home games should be easy wins, hope we can take care of business on the road starting tomorrow.

There is no such thing as should be easy wins for Nebraskaball. You must be a rookie.

[hskr4life]

Big drops back into mid to upper 50s for both KP and TRank.

[AuroranHusker]

9 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Big drops back into mid to upper 50s for both KP and TRank.

 

Can't keep getting rolled on the road. It almost would seem serendipitous if NU were to win on the road.

 

[hskr4life]

NET drops to 62.

 

Quads: 3-3, 2-3, 3-0, 7-0

 

Remain Quad games as of today

 

1: Wisconsin, @Illinois, @Northwestern, @OSU

 

2: @Indiana, @Michigan

 

3: Michigan, Penn State, Minnesota, Rutgers

 

Safe to say winning out at home is a near must.

Edited January 28 by hskr4life

[hskr4life]

I like Blind Resume Tests... so... who you got between these two if you had one bid to the tourney?  It's probably pretty close.

 

Team A: (15-6, 5-5)

NET 62, KPI 27, SOR 38, BPI 68, KPom 53

Q1: 3-3, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 7-0

NET SOS 67, Non-Con SOS 317

AVG NET Win 171, AVG NET Loss 59

 

Team B: (15-5, 4-3)

NET 59, KPI 20, SOR 28, BPI 60, KPom 60

Q1: 2-2, Q2: 5-1, Q3: 3-2, Q4: 5-0

NET SOS 91, Non-Con SOS 68

AVG NET Win 145, AVG NET Loss 96

[HuskerFever]

22 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

I like Blind Resume Tests... so... who you got between these two if you had one bid to the tourney?  It's probably pretty close.

 

It's also possible that the answer is "Neither team."

 

I'm not sure why we (the team) feel the need to toe the line going into March. Sure would have been nice to ask "Which seed?" instead of "Are we in?"

[royalfan]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

 

It's also possible that the answer is "Neither team."

 

I'm not sure why we (the team) feel the need to toe the line going into March. Sure would have been nice to ask "Which seed?" instead of "Are we in?"

What is the fun in that.  Can't link up Lindenwood, Stony Brook, and South Carolina St. tilts in February if that were the case. 

Edited January 29 by royalfan

[AuroranHusker]

Sadly this team isn't able to overcome pressure, maybe they surge at the end of season like last year, but I'm not counting on it... now, if NU can somehow beat Wisconsin, and ultimately win out at home & steal a couple of roadies, then that's definitely surging toward the finish line. We shall see. It's always a rollercoaster ride. GBR

 

[Chuck Taylor]

11 hours ago, hskr4life said:

I like Blind Resume Tests... so... who you got between these two if you had one bid to the tourney?  It's probably pretty close.

 

Team A: (15-6, 5-5)

NET 62, KPI 27, SOR 38, BPI 68, KPom 53

Q1: 3-3, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 7-0

NET SOS 67, Non-Con SOS 317

AVG NET Win 171, AVG NET Loss 59

 

Team B: (15-5, 4-3)

NET 59, KPI 20, SOR 28, BPI 60, KPom 60

Q1: 2-2, Q2: 5-1, Q3: 3-2, Q4: 5-0

NET SOS 91, Non-Con SOS 68

AVG NET Win 145, AVG NET Loss 96

Team A has a win over the No. 2 team in NET, but a 1-5 record on the road.

Team B has a 7-3 record in Q1/Q2 games and a 5-2 record on the road, but hasn't beaten a top 25 team and has 2 Q3 losses. 

 

Team A higher, although both teams are in as of this writing..

Edited January 29 by Chuck Taylor
correction

[hskr4life]

14 hours ago, hskr4life said:

I like Blind Resume Tests... so... who you got between these two if you had one bid to the tourney?  It's probably pretty close.

 

Team A: (15-6, 5-5)

NET 62, KPI 27, SOR 38, BPI 68, KPom 53

Q1: 3-3, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 7-0

NET SOS 67, Non-Con SOS 317

AVG NET Win 171, AVG NET Loss 59

 

Team B: (15-5, 4-3)

NET 59, KPI 20, SOR 28, BPI 60, KPom 60

Q1: 2-2, Q2: 5-1, Q3: 3-2, Q4: 5-0

NET SOS 91, Non-Con SOS 68

AVG NET Win 145, AVG NET Loss 96

Obviously Team A is us.  Team B? Memphis.  Top 25 team, was a “lock” for the tournament. American trending toward possibly only getting 1 bid.

[OmahaHusker]

9 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Obviously Team A is us.  Team B? Memphis.  Top 25 team, was a “lock” for the tournament. American trending toward possibly only getting 1 bid.

 

I could see the committee saying that their non-con SOS was the difference too, with their assumption being that we'd probably have an extra L or two if our non-con SOS was 68 instead of 317. Very good comparison for a blind resume, though.

[hskr4life]

Definitely our Non-Con SOS will be a talking point if we’re anywhere in bubble territory.

[AuroranHusker]

34 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Definitely our Non-Con SOS will be a talking point if we’re anywhere in bubble territory.

 

Constantly get blown out on the road is a resume buster. Time to get that right, but first NU needs to beat Bucky Badger.

 

[AGHANSEN]

Wisconsin moved up to # 6 in the AP poll and 11th in the NET.

KenPom also has them at 11. 
A big time potential resume builder Thursday night.  

GBR

[hskr4life]

13 minutes ago, AGHANSEN said:

Wisconsin moved up to # 6 in the AP poll and 11th in the NET.

KenPom also has them at 11. 
A big time potential resume builder Thursday night.  

GBR

Big wins can overshadow a lot of warts on Selection Sunday.  Not many teams in the conference, if any, will be able to point and say “we have wins over Wisconsin and Purdue” but we realistically could.

[kldm64]

49 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Big wins can overshadow a lot of warts on Selection Sunday.  Not many teams in the conference, if any, will be able to point and say “we have wins over Wisconsin and Purdue” but we realistically could.

 

Actually Nebraska might be the only team to potentially make the claim.  Northwestern also beat Purdue but lost to Wisconsin and doesn't play them again.  So good chance that Nebraska would be the only team to be able to accomplish this.  First things first is we have to beat Wisconsin.

[millerhusker]

Said this before the Purdue game. I believe we HAVE to win our next game.