Iowa vs Villanova
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They were ranked #2 for there solid performance and W against a loaded Duke team, other than that they had faced cupcakes until the Battle for Atlantis tourney.
Well, this weekend we found out that both KU and Duke aren't all that they were cracked up to be. Both lost.
I think we'll split with KU this year, or could even win both. Wiggins had 6 points against Villanova, and Black had zero. I'm still not sure how good KU really is?
I totally hear you, dude. I remember last year and Villinova beating Louisville and thought "no way Louisville is best team in the nation". Or like totally Kentucky was not the best team considering their SEC conference tourney loss to Vandy. Don't get me started on '10/'11 season and UConn. They lost around 8 or more games? Garbage team - barely top 10 and that's on a really good day.
This logic is so sound after watching one game - even if it's super early in the season.
Breck - you're onto something here. Write a book!
It was more than 1 game. They almost lost to UTEP a day after Iowa destroyed them. I'm sure they'll get better but they're very beatable right now.
Duke lost to Arizona, a team who could end up winning it all, not exactly a bad loss.
It was the other way around. I thought KU looked pretty good when they played Duke--very FAST, but they looked pretty pedestrian when Nova came at them on both ends.
'Nova generally looked pretty tough the other night; real gritty.
I need to get to where ISU is playing a lot more often, so I can stop reading about what Iowa is doing.
FWIW KenPom now has us as a 1 pt favorite of KU at home and only 4 losses over the year although this doesn't factor in percentages which would put us at 7 losses.
Marble shot 81% from the line last season. He didn't shoot them well at Atlantis, but he's a good free throw shooter.
Of course Iowa is going to drop out of the rankings. If they don't, this whole ******* this is stupid. Any team 15-25 that loses should drop out.
I dont care care what he shot last year. This year he's clanking up there at 70%. When you're go to 1/2 guard shoots FT as well as your 7 footer, that's not a promising sign. If you were the other team, why would you not take the chance of fouling Marble late in the game considering his poor (so far) FT shooting and his ability to create and get the the rim?
No disrespect intended, but KenPom is worthless until at least late December. It's just too early, too many cupcakes on the menu so far for just about everyone.
