Maybe FranNo one needs a win more than Izzo today. Losses are stacking up.
Maybe FranNo one needs a win more than Izzo today. Losses are stacking up.
They just lost their best bench player for the year which will hurt them. The metrics love them right now but I have a feeling once they hit conference play you will them start to fall in the metrics. They have struggled with some so so teams already. I don't think they are the #1 team at all or close to it.Not so sold on Houston. Like last year, their team this year can struggle offensively. Yes, their rebounding and defense are elite but think they will get tripped up in the NCAA Tournament due to their offense.
Polls (not shown but fun to check):
AP - 30rd (24 votes)
Coaches - tied 33nd (12 votes)
Reddit - 28nd (175 votes)
Bracket Matrix - (2nd) 9th seed
lol.. I just changed the numbers from last time I posted. Forgot to change the ordinals (word I just learned). I fixed it now, thanksWhat is this madness?
ISU metric rankings shown on the teamsheets given to the NCAA tournament committee:
Quad rankings:
Net - 6th
SOS - 235th
Remaining SOS - 2nd! (For everyone complaining about not playing anybody in the non con)
Resume:
KPI - 87th
SOR - 52nd
Avg- 69.5th
Predictive rankings:
BPI - 6th
KP - 13th
Avg - 9.5th
Additional predictive rankings: *
TR - 6th
massey - 25th
barttorvik - 14th
haslametrics - 5th
colley - not updated
evanmiya - 14th
*Not sure if they replace Sagarin with a different advanced metric platform but here are some other rankings in that vein
Polls (not shown but fun to check):
AP - 30th (24 votes)
Coaches - tied 33rd (12 votes)
Reddit - 28th (175 votes)
Bracket Matrix - (2nd) 9th seed
Warrennolan is great. Not sure where they are getting their KPI numbers from though. We are 87th and that's coming from https://faktorsports.com/ (Kevin's own site).This site recreates the actual sheets given to the committee...
https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2024/team-net-sheet?team=Iowa-State
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"SAG" on that site is #1 for everybody because it's not been updated or definitely replaced.
So, we're reliant on BPI and KenPom for now. Maybe something like Torvik will replace it.
Warrennolan is great. Not sure where they are getting their KPI numbers from though. We are 87th and that's coming from https://faktorsports.com/ (Kevin's own site).
Not much new to report on the KenPom end, either.
Up to #13 in KenPom
Offense has taken a big jump in #s as were up to 40th in AdjO
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I think Pomeroy's numbers take some of last season into account too? It could be that we're finally starting those terribly low offensive numbers off the tail end of 2022-23.
Yeah, those slowly get pulled out as the season goes onI think Pomeroy's numbers take some of last season into account too? It could be that we're finally starting those terribly low offensive numbers off the tail end of 2022-23.
Pomeroy still has some of last year until around the 3rd week of January.I think Pomeroy's numbers take some of last season into account too? It could be that we're finally starting those terribly low offensive numbers off the tail end of 2022-23.
Surprised Pavs efficiency is so low. What all goes into that?Player Efficiency Ranking YTD:
1. Lipsey 27.4
2. Rob Jones 23.6
3. King 23.2
4. Gilbert 22.0
5. Momcilovic 17.6
6. Curt Jones 17.3
7. Omaha 16.5
8. Watson 15.5
9. Paveletzke 13.2
Box score +/-
1. Lipsey 14.7
2. Rob Jones 9.6
3. Gilbert 7.7
4. Momcilovic 7.3
5. Curt Jones 7.1
6. Tre King 6.1
7. Watson 6.1
8. Paveletzke 2.5
9. Omaha 1.9
Filtering out last season's influence on Torrvik, Iowa State is 8th overall and #27 in AdjO and #5 in AdjD. 67th in Adj Tempo
Interesting. He doesn't stuff the stat sheet but I also don't recall him turning the ball over or fouling. Doesn't feel like he's missing a ton of shots either
Only thing I can figure is that his field goal % is a bit weak (43.5) and free throw % (68.2). He has only turned it over 9 times (to 20 assists) and committed 7 fouls.Interesting. He doesn't stuff the stat sheet but I also don't recall him turning the ball over or fouling. Doesn't feel like he's missing a ton of shots either