Now that Penn State’s season is over and the NCAA’s are hear, I thought I’d have a little fun with my power rankings (or maybe I should say Ken Pomeroy’s since my ratings are lock step in sync with his). I’ve been predicting game scores all year long but have never actually compared them to [...]
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Tournament Predictions
Here are the picks, with projected scores, all the way through the tournament based on the power rankings formula. I will update the picks after each round. Day One (16-0) Georgia 60 Xavier 72 W Portland St. 58 Kansas 84 W Temple 64 Michigan St. 73 W Kentucky 60 Marquette 67 W Baylor 69 Purdue [...]
Headaches for the NCAA selection committee
While the weather problems at the SEC tournament in Atlanta have the potential to cause a headache for the NCAA committee, the Big Ten tournament is already guaranteed to be a problem. The NCAA has previously told tha Big Ten that their tournament wraps up too late for the final game to be considered in [...]
Illinois finally wakes up
The Illini have been headscratchers all season long. Their power rankings would suggest that they should be about .500 in conference but as we all know they’ve played well below that level. In the Pomeroy rankings, there’s only been a very small difference between Purdue and Illinois all year (which perhaps indicates just how good [...]
Four Factor Analysis Tool (Ill vs PSU in B10 tournament)
Hopefully this will not be the last time that I do this. As usual our defensive field goal efficiency looks atrocious next to our opponent. One number that does stand out in PSU’s favor is the defensive FT rate. Illinois does have a tendency to send their opponents to the free throw line. Should that [...]
Chicago Sun Times doesn’t think much of our chances
And the winner Iz Michigan State :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Colleges via kwout
Altoona Mirror: Illini looking for more
PSU, Illini looking for more | Altoona Mirror via kwout
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