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TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I've been seeing a lot of complaints about not winning big games this season. I went to check our team sheet and after looking it over, I get the complaint.7 of our 8 losses are Q1A losses (Home 1-15 NET, Neutral 1-25, Away 1-40) with the one outlier being the Providence loss (which is a Q2B loss). We do have 2 Q1A wins, but I would argue that they are the two easiest Q1A games on our schedule (H vs. #15 Nova and Away vs #39 Xavier). Both wins are within two spots of the cutoff line for Q1A/Q1B (though if Nova continues to blow out DePaul on the road, they should move up a couple of spots).We are 3-0 in Q1B games (Butler [H], Georgetown [A] USC [N], and 3-0 in Q2A games (Purdue [H], Xavier [H], Kansas State [A]).What this tells me is that Wojo beats the teams he "should" and loses to the teams he "should." That can be hella frustrating as a fan because part of the fun of college basketball is the big upsets over top teams. We really haven't gotten that this season. I think this adds to the narrative that Wojo doesn't make the team more than the sum of its parts. That can work, as long as the recruiting continues to raise the talent level of the team but I hope to see some more improvement in this area.We've played a very tough schedule. Our strength of schedule is #4 in the nation. We don't have any Q1A games remaining in the regular season so our next opportunity for the big win is going to be in the BET or NCAAs. Our remaining games are all Q1Bs except Georgetown which is a Q2A (Seton Hall is also 1 spot away from being Q1A). I would love to see MU continue their undefeated streak in these quadrants and finish the season on a hot streak.Because of our strength of schedule and the remaining games all being Q2A or better, we are going to make the NCAAs. Barring a 4 or 5 game skid, we are going to be a favored seed in the fist round of the NCAAs. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extra nervous because of how last season ended but I think the team pulls it together this year and Wojo gets that "can't win in March" monkey off his back.
Finally! Someone acknowledges this! Thanks TAMU...you said it perfectly..They do about what you would expect them to, and no more. And I bet if you look back over Wojo's tenure, you will find similar results.
Also out of curiosity, I looked at the team sheets of the teams ahead of us on the bracketmatrix (where we are currently the top 6 seed). Our two Q1A wins are:Tied with:Michigan State (projected 5 seed)Butler (5 seed)Villanova (4 seed)Florida State (2 seed)San Diego State (1 seed)1 more than:Colorado (5 seed)West Virginia (4 seed)Louisville (3 seed)2 more than:Auburn (4 seed)Dayton (2 seed)In a shocking twist, Q1A wins are hard to come by.
We've played a very tough schedule. Our strength of schedule is #4 in the nation.
One nit. The SOS of #4 you're referring to doesn't measure difficulty or 'toughness' of schedule. It's complete nonsense.We have had a relatively difficult schedule, but not top 5 by any reasonable measurement.
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/schedule/Marquette On here it shows we have the 4th toughest schedule
No, it doesn’t. It shows our SOS is #4 in the nation. SOS isn’t a measure of toughness or difficulty.Pretend Marquette and Providence had each played one game this season and it was against Duke.Marquette traveled to Duke to play them. Providence hosted Duke. The SOS measurement you are referring to you would tell you that Marquette and Providence have an identical “SOS”.That’s nonsense.
What was the stat -wojo’s record against KenPom top 25 teams. Something woeful like 1-22? Prior to this year
I'd rather be the top 6th or any 6th seed than a 5 seed.
Here are the numbers for Final top 25...overall I count 5-35 through last year. 15 - 0-1216 - 0-617 - 1-618 - 0-1019 - 4-1To-date we are 2-5 with Purdue counting (#25) and our butler split not counting (#27)...
Did providence not finish top 25 in 16? Damn they must've tanked.
I posted this in another thread but it’s more appropriate here and sums up my thoughts on Wojo’s tenure and “big games”:I think this is what people mean when they say we don’t win big games. Of course we’ve won some big games when we’ve been desperate for a win i.e. at home vs Nova this year. But we don’t win pivotal games often enough. The kind of games that allow us to take the next step. @ Nova and vs CU are perfect examples.