Better Start than Last Year

[Jay Bee]

Give or take, yes. We would have been right around 60 in the RPI. Nothing kills your RPI more than home losses to bad teams. Take those away and we have no bad losses. Hell, last year we saw Tulsa (20-11, RPI 70), Temple (21-11, RPI 68), and Vanderbilt (19-13, RPI 71) all get into the tournament. I feel confident we'd have been in had we won those two games.

You've got your 9 flipped upside down. Had we beaten Belmont and DePaul, our RPI would have been around 90. Adjusted win % would improve by .0176 points; component two wouldn't change at all; component three would barely move (and to the negative). That would push us from 110 on Selection Sunday to around 89.... far from 60 and still far from the comp's you cited above. Our NC sked put us behind the 8-ball.

[GWSwarrior]

Honestly, that's what I expect. I think I predicted 18 wins for us preseason.

Honestly,  I still see this team coming together and us getting 21-22 wins including a huge upset or two in conference play

[fjm]

Everyone is going to flip their shiz when I post these, because they will say "look who we played!" And "it's only 6 games!" And "we lost to Pitt and Michigan and they aren't good!!!"

But:

Through games of 11/28, #mubb ranks 6th in NCAA in FT Pct. (.821), 10th in assists per game (19.2) & 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55)

#mubb ranks 1st in @BIGEASTMBB in FT Pct. (.821), assists (19.2 spg.) & steals (8.8 spg.). Top 3 in 7 categories.

#stats #facts #numbersdontlie

[Bocephys]

Everyone is going to flip their shiz when I post these, because they will say "look who we played!" And "it's only 6 games!" And "we lost to Pitt and Michigan and they aren't good!!!"

But:

Through games of 11/28, #mubb ranks 6th in NCAA in FT Pct. (.821), 10th in assists per game (19.2) & 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55)

#mubb ranks 1st in @BIGEASTMBB in FT Pct. (.821), assists (19.2 spg.) & steals (8.8 spg.). Top 3 in 7 categories.

#stats #facts #numbersdontlie

Yea, but look at who we've played.  Plus, it's only through 6 games.

[KampusFoods]

Yea, but look at who we've played.  Plus, it's only through 6 games.

And we lost to Pitt and Michigan. And they aren't good.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Everyone is going to flip their shiz when I post these, because they will say "look who we played!" And "it's only 6 games!" And "we lost to Pitt and Michigan and they aren't good!!!"

But:

Through games of 11/28, #mubb ranks 6th in NCAA in FT Pct. (.821), 10th in assists per game (19.2) & 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55)

#mubb ranks 1st in @BIGEASTMBB in FT Pct. (.821), assists (19.2 spg.) & steals (8.8 spg.). Top 3 in 7 categories.

#stats #facts #numbersdontlie

Funny, the first thing I thought was "Cue JB on fact that FT rate doesnt matter"

[Jay Bee]

Everyone is going to flip their shiz when I post these, because they will say "look who we played!" And "it's only 6 games!" And "we lost to Pitt and Michigan and they aren't good!!!"

But:

Through games of 11/28, #mubb ranks 6th in NCAA in FT Pct. (.821), 10th in assists per game (19.2) & 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55)

#mubb ranks 1st in @BIGEASTMBB in FT Pct. (.821), assists (19.2 spg.) & steals (8.8 spg.). Top 3 in 7 categories.

#stats #facts #numbersdontlie

The problem is that none of those stats correlate well to having a good offense. Team FT% doesn't mean jack and field goals don't require assists.

Those numbers don't lie... they just don't mean much at all

[Silkk the Shaka]

And we lost to Pitt and Michigan. And they aren't good.

Michigan = 25 kenpom, 24 Sagarin, projected RPI 27

I guess all things are relative, but I'm thinking Michigan is pretty good

[fjm]

Michigan = 25 kenpom, 24 Sagarin, projected RPI 27

I guess all things are relative, but I'm thinking Michigan is pretty good

Haha I think he was joking about what I put in my original post.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Haha I think he was joking about what I put in my original post.

guess I missed it. C'est la vie

[fjm]

guess I missed it. C'est la vie

Oh no worries! I appreciate you showing Michigan and their current rankings as many people still think we are a dumpster fire. Although yes we shouldn't have lost by that much, was still a tough game.