KenPom 2023-2024 KenPom Rankings Thread

[49r]

Well folks, the preseason KenPom rankings has come out and I'm as excited as @Navin R. Johnson when the new phone books arrive!

 

I'll do my regular update when I get a chance.  Ken isn't as generous to us as Torvik is this year but it's still BY FAR the highest preseason KenPom ranking of the Hoiberg era.

 

For now, I'll post his schedule predictions:

 

 

58 Nebraska (0-0)

Cornhuskers · Lincoln, NE
Head coach: Fred Hoiberg

 

2024 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Mon Nov 6		352	Lindenwood	W, 84-58	72	99%	Home
Thu Nov 9		344	Florida A&M	W, 80-57	71	98%	Home
Mon Nov 13		229	Rider	W, 80-65	71	92%	Home
Wed Nov 15		276	Stony Brook	W, 79-61	70	95%	Home
Sat Nov 18		175	Oregon St.	W, 74-66	70	79%	Neutral
Wed Nov 22		89	Duquesne	W, 76-69	72	74%	Home
Sun Nov 26		174	Cal St. Fullerton	W, 76-64	71	86%	Home
Sun Dec 3		12	Creighton	L, 75-71	72	36%	Home
Wed Dec 6		112	Minnesota	W, 73-70	71	60%	Away		×
Sun Dec 10		13	Michigan St.	L, 72-69	71	38%	Home		×
Sun Dec 17		25	Kansas St.	L, 77-69	74	24%	Away
Wed Dec 20		255	North Dakota	W, 81-64	72	94%	Home
Fri Dec 29		345	South Carolina St.	W, 86-62	75	99%	Home
Wed Jan 3		49	Indiana	W, 73-71	72	57%	Home		×
Sat Jan 6		20	Wisconsin	L, 73-65	70	22%	Away		×
Tue Jan 9		1	Purdue	L, 75-69	70	27%	Home		×
Fri Jan 12		50	Iowa	L, 79-75	73	34%	Away		×
Wed Jan 17		59	Rutgers	L, 71-68	71	39%	Away		×
Sat Jan 20		40	Northwestern	W, 71-70	71	53%	Home		×
Tue Jan 23		35	Ohio St.	W, 73-72	71	51%	Home		×
Sat Jan 27		22	Maryland	L, 75-67	71	24%	Away		×
Thu Feb 1		20	Wisconsin	L, 70-68	70	42%	Home		×
Sun Feb 4		19	Illinois	L, 78-69	73	21%	Away		×
Wed Feb 7		40	Northwestern	L, 73-68	71	30%	Away		×
Sat Feb 10		44	Michigan	W, 73-71	72	55%	Home		×
Sat Feb 17		85	Penn St.	W, 76-69	72	73%	Home		×
Wed Feb 21		49	Indiana	L, 74-70	72	34%	Away		×
Sun Feb 25		112	Minnesota	W, 76-67	71	80%	Home		×
Thu Feb 29		35	Ohio St.	L, 75-69	71	28%	Away		×
Sun Mar 3		59	Rutgers	W, 71-68	71	62%	Home		×
Sun Mar 10		44	Michigan	L, 74-69	72	32%	Away		×
Projected record:								17-14	9-11
Chance of unbeaten record:								0.00%	0.00%
Chance of winless record:								0.00%	0.00%
Projected record is based on cumulative probabilities of winning each game and may not equal the sum of individual game predictions.
Home games played at Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000, 30th largest in D-I)
Home court advantage: 3.2 (112th in D-I)

[Norm Peterson]

Best Ken Pom ranking to start the season in the Hoiberg era. I’m going to guess without looking we haven’t started this high since Tim Miles year three.

[49r]

Third best since then.

 

We started #34 in 2014 and #38 in 2018

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

BY FAR the highest KenPom ranking of the Hoiberg era.

 

FIFY

[Norm Peterson]

Which Ls do we need to flip to dubs to dance in March?

[Navin R. Johnson]

What's a phone book?  

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

45 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

Which Ls do we need to flip to dubs to dance in March?

Road win at Michigan to end the year would be a good start and get us to .500 in conference. A home win early against Lord Voldemort would pay late season dividends. Assuming we win all the games Ken projects and pick up those two projected Ls we’re probably still in need of a conference tournament win or two to feel safely in.

[jimmykc]

Is it too early for us to start making our own wildly optimistic predictions? I'll start by predicting we will have no four game losing streaks this year. 

[49r]

11 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

FIFY

 

Man, what a sad indictment.

[busticket]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Which Ls do we need to flip to dubs to dance in March?

@ Iowa

@ Rutgers

Wisconsin at home

Creighton at home 

 

Those 4 plus a win in the conference tourney would put us in pretty good position I would think.  I think a Hunter Dickinson-less Michigan may be there for the taking too.

 

[hskr4life]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Which Ls do we need to flip to dubs to dance in March?

Wisconsin @ home is there for the taking

 

Flip one of the CU or KSU games would be nice.

 

Northwestern on the road 

 

20-11 and you’re playing for something that first B1G game

[Chuck Taylor]

We need Q1 wins. Here's a quick count, might have missed somebody:

Craydon

MSU

At KState

At Wisconsin

Purdue

At Iowa

At Rutgers

At Maryland

Wisky

At Illinois

At NW

At Indiana

At OSU

At Michigan

Probably need to win at least 5 of these to dance. 

[jimmykc]

Here's my second prediction: We'll score over 90 points on at least a couple of occasions this year.

[millerhusker]

41 minutes ago, busticket said:

@ Iowa

@ Rutgers

Wisconsin at home

Creighton at home 

 

Those 4 plus a win in the conference tourney would put us in pretty good position I would think.  I think a Hunter Dickinson-less Michigan may be there for the taking too.

 

21-10 with a win over probable top 5 Creighton and you're an 8/9 seed. 

[49r]

38 minutes ago, jimmykc said:

Here's my second prediction: We'll score over 90 points on at least a couple of occasions this year.

 

I bet there's a decent chance we'll get a triple-double out of someone this year against one of the lower rated non-cons.

[Handy Johnson]

We meet again, Trebek…

[Norm Peterson]

4 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

We need Q1 wins. Here's a quick count, might have missed somebody:

Craydon

MSU

At KState

At Wisconsin

Purdue

At Iowa

At Rutgers

At Maryland

Wisky

At Illinois

At NW

At Indiana

At OSU

At Michigan

Probably need to win at least 5 of these to dance. 

Five wins among teams on that list is a tall order.

[Donkey]

17 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Which Ls do we need to flip to dubs to dance in March?

 

1.  Projected 3 home losses (MSU, Purdue, Creighton).  Need to win 2 of those.

2.  Maryland/Rutgers on the road (both).

3.  Don't lose any game by more than 9 points (point differential killed the rankings last year).

[Art Vandalay]

Just turn 2 of the road losses into wins and assuming the conference is strong we should be fine 

[Norm Peterson]

3 hours ago, Donkey said:

 

1.  Projected 3 home losses (MSU, Purdue, Creighton).  Need to win 2 of those.

2.  Maryland/Rutgers on the road (both).

3.  Don't lose any game by more than 9 points (point differential killed the rankings last year).

If we do that, it would put us at 21-10 overall and 12–8 in conference before the big 10 tournament and I daresay that would be more than enough to get us in.

[Norm Peterson]

By the way, it's not often that Husker hoops fans and Kenpom agree on our prospects for the upcoming season.

 

[cozrulz]

11 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

We need Q1 wins. Here's a quick count, might have missed somebody:

Craydon

MSU

At KState

At Wisconsin

Purdue

At Iowa

At Rutgers

At Maryland

Wisky

At Illinois

At NW

At Indiana

At OSU

At Michigan

Probably need to win at least 5 of these to dance. 

 

Yes, but the new formula makes blowing out lesser teams a big priority.

[tcp]

for me, it's gotta probably be this year....so Huskers, just let me go out with a winning season...:) In return, I won't haunt you!

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, cozrulz said:

 

Yes, but the new formula makes blowing out lesser teams a big priority.

Explain

[millerhusker]

9 hours ago, cozrulz said:

 

Yes, but the new formula makes blowing out lesser teams a big priority.

This is why I hope Hoiberg gets the rotation figured out quickly. Can’t afford to mess around with any of the early cupcakes on the schedule.