KenPom 2024-2025 KenPom Rankings Thread

[big red22]

Not Kenpom, but we are #16 in RPI here

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

[millerhusker]

11 minutes ago, big red22 said:

Not Kenpom, but we are #16 in RPI here

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

Wow. Once upon a time this is what the tournament committee used.

[49r]

Damn, Michigan...I miss Juwan Howard.  Well, Ken has got us going 10-10 in league play and looking at the strength of our schedule I'll be over the moon if we get there.  #37 is only good for 11th place in the league.  Wow.  Here we go!

 

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KenPom rankings as of 12-31-24

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B1G (1-1):

11. Michigan (H)

12. Oregon (A)

13. UCLA (H)

17. Illinois (H)

19. Maryland (2)
20. Michigan State (A) - L

27. Purdue (A)

28. Ohio State (2)

32. Wisconsin (A)

35. Penn State (A)

37. Nebraska

42. Iowa (2)

45. Northwestern (A)
56. Indiana (H) - W

82. USC (H)

73. Rutgers (H)

98. Washington (A)

112. Minnesota (H)

 

 

Non-Conference (10-1):
227. UTRGV - W

254. Bethune Cookman - W
330. Farliegh Dickinson - W

---Sanford Pentagon---
49. Saint Mary’s - L

 

51. @Creighton - W

235. South Dakota - W
187. North Florida - W

 

—Diamond Head Classic---

119. Murray State - W

168. Hawaii - W

68. Oregon State - W

 

253. Southern - W

[HuskerFever]

Any chance there's a quick way to see our ranking at the end of each calendar year? It sure seems we're in the best position we've been, at this point in the season, in a very long time.

[Norm Peterson]

Torvik has us 8th of 18 Big Ten teams and #28 overall, sandwiched right in between #27 Purdue and #29 Wisconsin.

[TourneyBound]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

Damn, Michigan...I miss Juwan Howard.  Well, Ken has got us going 10-10 in league play and looking at the strength of our schedule I'll be over the moon if we get there.  #37 is only good for 11th place in the league.  Wow.  Here we go!

 

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KenPom rankings as of 12-31-24

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B1G (1-1):

11. Michigan (H)

12. Oregon (A)

13. UCLA (H)

17. Illinois (H)

19. Maryland (2)
20. Michigan State (A) - L

27. Purdue (A)

28. Ohio State (2)

32. Wisconsin (A)

35. Penn State (A)

37. Nebraska

42. Iowa (2)

45. Northwestern (A)
56. Indiana (H) - W

82. USC (H)

73. Rutgers (H)

98. Washington (A)

112. Minnesota (H)

 

 

Non-Conference (10-1):
227. UTRGV - W

254. Bethune Cookman - W
330. Farliegh Dickinson - W

---Sanford Pentagon---
49. Saint Mary’s - L

 

51. @Creighton - W

235. South Dakota - W
187. North Florida - W

 

—Diamond Head Classic---

119. Murray State - W

168. Hawaii - W

68. Oregon State - W

 

253. Southern - W

Does it tell us where we would fit in conference standing wise if we finish 10-10 by chance?  Im just curious.

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

Any chance there's a quick way to see our ranking at the end of each calendar year? It sure seems we're in the best position we've been, at this point in the season, in a very long time.

 

BartTorvik (the free KenPom) lets you do this. Here is our Dec. 31 BartTorvik rank each season going back to Miles' NCAA Tournament team.

 

24/25 - 28

23/24 - 44

22/23 - 79

21/22 - 162

20/21 - 96

19/20 - 141

18/19 - 14 (man did the wheels fall off. We went 2-9 in our next 11 games after Jan. 1)

17/18 - 94

16/17 - 79

15/16 - 103

14/15 - 105

13/14 - 84

Edited December 31, 2024 by GhostOfJoeMcCray
corrected the 18/19 value

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

26 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Does it tell us where we would fit in conference standing wise if we finish 10-10 by chance?  Im just curious.

 

Not the same question, but JBRBracketology said this on Twitter a few days ago:

 

Updated Nebrasketball KenPom Team Sheet

-Projected record 20-11 (10-10)
-Win @ Creighton came with Jays at full strength, hopefully Creighton still makes Tournament otherwise that win unfortunately wont get nearly the respect it deserves
-#216 NCSOS is ok, but not great either
-Diamond Head Classic was good to help boost resume metrics (26.0 avg) even though I dont think any of those 3 teams make NCAAT
-Projected favorite in just 6 of remaining 18 Big Ten games is unnerving
-13 of remaining 18 Big Ten games are Quad 1
Target record for bid: 20-11 (10-10)
12-8 6-7 seed
11-9 8-9 seed
10-10 10-11 seed
9-11 right on bubble

[49r]

39 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Does it tell us where we would fit in conference standing wise if we finish 10-10 by chance?  Im just curious.

 

Sort of.  Based on the predictions for every Big Ten team, we would be tied for 10th with Wisconsin and Iowa.

[49r]

16 minutes ago, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

 

BartTorvik (the free KenPom) lets you do this. Here is our Dec. 31 BartTorvik rank each season going back to Miles' NCAA Tournament team.

 

24/25 - 28

23/24 - 44

22/23 - 79

21/22 - 162

20/21 - 96

19/20 - 141

18/19 - 14 (man did the wheels fall off. We went 2-9 in our next 12 games after Jan. 1)

17/18 - 94

16/17 - 79

15/16 - 103

14/15 - 105

13/14 - 84

 

 

Here's the KenPom version:

 

24/25 - 37

23/24 - 53

22/23 - 82

21/22 - 140

20/21 - 120

19/20 - 136

18/19 - 15

17/18 - 97

16/17 - 87

15/16 - 147

14/15 - 102

13/14 - 91

[Handy Johnson]

If we can WIN on Saturday & somehow start Conference play 5-2, we’ll be sitting in REAL Good shape moving forward. Then you can play .500 Ball against a more manageable back end of the schedule & still be where you need to be in the 10-12 Win Range. 

[hskr4life]

1 hour ago, Handy Johnson said:

If we can WIN on Saturday & somehow start Conference play 5-2, we’ll be sitting in REAL Good shape moving forward. Then you can play .500 Ball against a more manageable back end of the schedule & still be where you need to be in the 10-12 Win Range. 

 

If we go 2-1 in the next three games... people will probably be talking more than 10-12 wins.

[cornfed24-7]

11 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

If we go 2-1 in the next three games... people will probably be talking more than 10-12 wins.

We go 3-0 and I'm talking about, minamum, a final four banner being hung

[brfrad]

I just did a Big 10 Tournament Generator and Wisconsin has a 9 seed in the Big 10 tournament at 12 - 8.

[Art Vandalay]

I just want to make sure we win at least 2 of our next five. No gimmes at all.

[thrasher31]

56 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

I just want to make sure we win at least 2 of our next five. No gimmes at all.

Getting 2 off the next 5 should be the goal imo. Rutgers has two superstars, but the rest of the team is bad, so neb should get that one at home. Out of these 4, I just need 1. We'll see how they go. 

 

Vs UCLA 

@ Iowa

@ Purdue

@ Maryland 

[Handy Johnson]

6 hours ago, hskr4life said:

 

If we go 2-1 in the next three games... people will probably be talking more than 10-12 wins.

For sure, I’d just like to have a “Cushion” to work with & I’m certainly not suggesting a 5-2 or 4-3 Start will be easy. There’s obviously no way of knowing which other Teams will match their expectations or dramatically Rise/Fall. I’d like to Start out HOT taking care of UCLA-Rutgers @ Home & hopefully stealing one or two of the  3 Road Games. 

Edited January 2 by Handy Johnson

[AuroranHusker]

 

[49r]

This is pretty fun to play with.  Right now, Torvik has Nebraska with an 82% chance at making the tourney, projecting an 8 seed:

 

https://www.barttorvik.com/tourneycast.php

[hskr4life]

Happy to be on “this side” of the equation for once.

[Navin R. Johnson]

This is really fun to talk about but conference play is just starting so this is my reminder to

 

[49r]

14 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

This is really fun to talk about but conference play is just starting so this is my reminder to

 

 

Yep, absolutely.  For example, Creighton started the season off at something like 92% in (5 seed) and now they're down to like 22% (11 seed).

 

Rutgers started off the season as a 4 seed and 90% in.  Now they have a 0.5% chance of making the tourney.

[hskr4life]

11 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Yep, absolutely.  For example, Creighton started the season off at something like 92% in (5 seed) and now they're down to like 22% (11 seed).

 

Rutgers started off the season as a 4 seed and 90% in.  Now they have a 0.5% chance of making the tourney.

Speaking of— big one for Rutgers tonight at Indiana. If they can’t pull that one out, they get three home games against Wisco, Purdue, and UCLA before coming to Lincoln.

[TourneyBound]

45 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Speaking of— big one for Rutgers tonight at Indiana. If they can’t pull that one out, they get three home games against Wisco, Purdue, and UCLA before coming to Lincoln.

Wisconsin has a pretty big one as well with Iowa at home.  cant afford to start 0-3

[hskr4life]

2 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Wisconsin has a pretty big one as well with Iowa at home.  cant afford to start 0-3

Geeze— forgot they were 0-2. B1G going to be such a slugfest. Which should be good in theory as we holding have a bunch of teams falling out of the quadrant they are currently in.