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I really think he is about as bad as you can be on defense. Our defense is what produces our offense and therefore his play is not geling with Fred's system. Maybr he can figure it out, but his lateral movement is abysmal. Athletic teams like USC, UCLA and Ohio State would make him look REALLY bad!

Iowa is number 1 for must win for psyche alone. That game sent us down that path of 6 straight losses. I don't care if Minnesota was ranked 200 in the metrics. We lose to Iowa, I see a team that won't win again after. I can't imagine what losing to them at home for the last game of the seaso would do to the team moral going into the post season. If the OT loss at their place made us go on a 6 game skid.

Which in turn means they may end up a Q2 game and becomes a must win

We are top 25 in RPI... the one metric that doesn't use any human bias.

According to Chatgpt As of the 2024-25 NCAA men's basketball season, there is no record of a team with 6 Quadrant 1 (Q1) wins being excluded from the NCAA Tournament. Teams with such a number of Q1 victories have historically secured tournament bids That means we need to win one Q1 and we should be in, but we know we'll be shafted if we don't win at least 2 more than that. We are talking the first team in Big 10 history to finish 4th in the league... 22-9 overall and 13-5 in conference play. Not only did we not make the tournament we got the 5 seed in the NIT. That was the moment I started bashing all these so call bracket metrics bs. 19 is the magic number even though we should be in if we win two more Q1's reguardless of winning number 19

I would love to know how North Carolina is ranked ahead of us... someone in here want to shed some light?

This is a great site Edit: Details are great when you click the team http://www.inccstats.com/basketball/2024-25/tourney_seeding.html

Dayton should be in there what a joke

I see our win against UCLA dropped us a spot. How cool is that, seems fitting

Lunardi finally has us in as Last 4 In Yet every metrics has as the best 10 seed or better (37th) and our RPI has us as a 5 seed RPI - 20th = 5 seed SOR - 24th = 6 seed KPI - 27th = 7 seed Kenpom - 28th = 7 seed NET - 33rd = 9 seed BPI - 37th = 10 seed Yet Lunardi has us barely in... if I saw him in real life I'd kick him in the balls for his bias

I like Rollie, and I am not sure why he gets so much hate

Not Kenpom, but we are #16 in RPI here https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

If this needs to be in another thread I apologize. So I am looking at the BPI on ESPN and it is driving nuts. Can someone explain how it is remotely possible for Creighton to be ranked 34 currently sitting at 8-5 with wins over Kansas and Villanova. While Nebraska beat them by 11 at there house is sitting at 38. Nebraska is 10-2 with win @Creighton, @Hawaii, Indiana and Oregon State on a neutral court. I get it Kansas is good, but overall Nebraska has the head up road win by double digits. They have more quality wins, 3 less losses than Creighton and I think losing to Georgetown by 24 at a bare minimum offsets the one blunder on our resume @Michigan State Yes this is directed at Creighton, but my question is... What is the BPI metrics? Whatever it is, is extremely flawed and should not be used come tournament time.

I definitely think Rollie can be the guy as well

I swear we could go undefeated in the Big 10 and we would be a 4 or 5 seed

I say roughly about the same. I think this team has potential to be better, but it all rides on consistent production of Berke and Essegian. I think that Morgan, Ulis, Hoiberg and Meah all have their roles and what they do will need to remain consistent. Then the X factor is Griffiths. I think the way I would describe him is awkward/athletic. He plays super aggressive, but is missing something. I think if he picks it up at all we have a chance to be great, but until then I am thinking we are a High NIT seed to an 8/9 seed level in the tournament. Berke/Griffiths/Essegian < Their play dictates a lot IMO

I feel Ulis is our 8 man, because he is needed more than Sam and Meah

Berkeley stood out the most to me. Moves really well and has a great stroke. Especially for a big man!

Look's like he is more like 6'3 to 6'4. He is the same height as Fred in that picture

Who is the odd man out for playing time this year... Worster Ulis Hoiberg Essegian Gary Williams Griffiths Berke Morgan Meah Is Janowski even have a chance at minutes without an injury? I honestly don't know, because I think they all are needed this year. We also know Fred will not be playing 10 players all year

I just feel SF is meant for lean tall (6'6 to 6'8) dudes with guard like skills. You know like Griffith, Gary and Williams. And a PF is meant for dude like Morgan and Bolis. Guys that are tall and built with less guard skills and more back to the basket skills. SG is for dudes with a similar skill set as the SF, but could be 6'3 to 6'6 and a bit quicker. Nothing is written in stone, but when thinking of how I'd like to fill the roster that is the ideal sizes and skill sets I'd look for at a D1 school.

Essentially or Essegianly?

While I think any rational basketball fan would agree with you. Having a true point guard is a big deal. My counter to that statement... I think what made us so good last year was how different we were to the norm. Mast was our main distributor IMO, and Morgan is not going to be that. I am not going to downplay any of the guys we picked up, because I haven't seen them work together. I also am not going to say what we got is better than Wilcher and Lawrence either. With all that said, we could be very good or back to our old ways next year. Rollie is the key, and if he is a good distributor I think Williams and Gary could be pretty dominant next year. Oddly enough I think we may be better from behind the arc than our past season, but we won't have the same energy Keisei brought. Just like football (on the field)... show me on the court. The off season is for dreamers, I need actual proof before I say a group is an upgrade or not. I guess I wish we waited a little bit, and pushed harder for Milicic. I think part of the reason he committed to Tennessee is Morgan was already committed. He was definitely more the style I think Fred likes than Morgan. Obviously Fred took Morgan and sees something I do not, and I am going hold my hopes on that.

Essegian at the 4... I really hope we never have to see that lineup

I see a lot of people with Essegian as the 3... I do not see him playing the 3 spot at all. He is definitely a 2 through and through IMO Starters Listed First () - minutes at that position 1 - Rollie(25)/Ulis(15)/Williams(Only gets minutes if there is foul trouble) 2 - Essegian(25)/Hoiberg(15)/Janowski(Redshirt or gets Hoibergs minutes) 3 - Williams(30)/Griffith(5)/Gary(5) 4 - Gary(30)/Griffith(10)/Morgan(Only gets minutes if there is foul trouble) 5 - Meah(20)/Morgan(20)