[Cracked Sidewalks]Value Add projects MU 93rd; Burton 36% chance at NBA

[NersEllenson]

Ners -first, an apology. When Sultan published his "Pudner Projections" for the 2013-14 I assumed they were correct. Evidently they were not. So, my mistake - mea culpa. I'm still unclear as to where John had us projected last year - maybe he can clear that up for all of us.

Second, a warning. You have acquired a new ally, one who used to be Chico's Distorter in Chief. Be careful.

No worries Lenny - Not sure where you are confused on where John's preseason data had us projected - a Value Add of 21.52 - on normal growth/progression of players.  Eventual league champion Villanova only came in with a pre-season value add of 19.87...though they exceeded that by finishing year at 20.65.  Additionally, Nova kicked our a$$ in the contribution of their freshman 4.86 to 1.96 - pretty amazing that their freshman were able to contribute that much value add when even their vets were performing at expected/high level - whereas our vets were performing incredibly below their expectation.

This in and of itself was my whole frustration with Buzz - the vets weren't getting it done in any way, shape or form (outside of perhaps Davante, Mayo, Jamil) so why not play your highly touted/talented freshman more?  Especially when the losses were racking up in the nonconference?