***2022-23 MBB General Thread***
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And that concludes the annual circle jerk of the "royalty" of college basketball.
ACC: I saw some pretty interesting things here. FSU and Louisville are both 0-3 with some really bad losses in there. Louisville has lost all 3 games by 1 point, which is extremely brutal. They are basically done for an at large already unless they just go on a crazy run. There are only 5 of the 14 ACC teams in the top 50 in Bart Torvik so there won't be many quality wins to be had and they both have at least 2 Q4 losses.
Big 12: 9 of 10 teams are in the top 50 of Torvik. TCU lost to NW St, and had to come back from way behind against Ark Pine Bluff, so maybe they are actually just not good? OU lost to Sam Houston St. as well and OSU lost to Southern Illinois. Currently Torvik has us 7th ahead of all of those teams. It's conceivable I think we're better than KSU and WVU as well. That would bode well for us.
Big 10: 9 Teams in the top 50 of Torvik. Michigan State is actually looking a lot better than I thought. Lost by one to the Zags and beat UK. Minny only other team with a loss in the conference but they were expected to be really bad.
PAC: Only 3 teams in the top 50 of Torvik. A lot of teams with losses including 0-3 Cal. What is going on with that AD? Gonna be a lean year for that conference I think.
SEC: 8 Teams in the top 50 of Torvik. That SEC money is finally flowing to the other sports it appears. Only Vandy and Florida have what I would consider to be a bad loss.
It certainly appears based on the analytics already the SEC, Big 12, and Big 10 are way ahead of the pack as far as quality teams go.
Big 12: 9 of 10 teams are in the top 50 of Torvik. TCU lost to NW St, and had to come back from way behind against Ark Pine Bluff, so maybe they are actually just not good? OU lost to Sam Houston St. as well and OSU lost to Southern Illinois. Currently Torvik has us 7th ahead of all of those teams. It's conceivable I think we're better than KSU and WVU as well. That would bode well for us.
Big 10: 9 Teams in the top 50 of Torvik. Michigan State is actually looking a lot better than I thought. Lost by one to the Zags and beat UK. Minny only other team with a loss in the conference but they were expected to be really bad.
PAC: Only 3 teams in the top 50 of Torvik. A lot of teams with losses including 0-3 Cal. What is going on with that AD? Gonna be a lean year for that conference I think.
SEC: 8 Teams in the top 50 of Torvik. That SEC money is finally flowing to the other sports it appears. Only Vandy and Florida have what I would consider to be a bad loss.
It certainly appears based on the analytics already the SEC, Big 12, and Big 10 are way ahead of the pack as far as quality teams go.
Games of note tonight:
#2 Gonzaga at #11 Texas in Austin on ESPN2 at 8:30 pm CST
Iowa vs Seton Hall in the Gavitt Tipoff Games (New Jersey) at 6:00 pm CST on FS1
#2 Gonzaga at #11 Texas in Austin on ESPN2 at 8:30 pm CST
Iowa vs Seton Hall in the Gavitt Tipoff Games (New Jersey) at 6:00 pm CST on FS1
Crap. Villanova plays Michigan State before they play us. They've already been upset by Temple and I'm guessing they'll lose to Sparty as well, so they're gonna be like a wounded animal when they play us. Still like our chances for an upset, though.
You jinked it.
Seton Hall is playing wayyyyyyy too fast. They look awful to me.
Iowa on a 19-3 run. They'll win by 15 or so.
Seton Hall can't hit the broadside of a barn and are making a lot of fouls. Tons of turnovers as well.
