State men's basketball up to No. 2 in RPI

[615dawg]

Early but our schedule is set up to look good in this metric. No one we have played has lost to anyone else. We should be No.1 in the nation in SOS after we play Northwestern.

Already played 2 Pac 12 teams
We will get a Big 10 team tomorrow (Northwestern looking like they will advance)
We face an ACC and another Big 10 team later in the non-conference

We have two trash teams on our non-conference (Bethune and Southern U.) but that's better than six like we usually have. Nicholls already has a win over LSU and plays Baylor and Maryland. Plus, the Southland is several steps above the SWAC.

 

[johnson86-1]

I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about basketball. The anticipation of how things are going to turn south is killing me. If it was baseball I’d know it’s going to be Tommy john, but there are so many possibilities in basketball, it’s exhilarating.

 

[615dawg]

We have depth.
We have an incredible defense.
We have an above average shooting team.

Its set up to be a great season. No. 18 in KenPom

 

[pseudonym]

We'll get Northwestern tomorrow rather than Rhode Island, which we wanted. It's a great opportunity to get a neutral site win over a team that finishes with a winning record in a good conference.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about basketball. The anticipation of how things are going to turn south is killing me. If it was baseball I’d know it’s going to be Tommy john, but there are so many possibilities in basketball, it’s exhilarating.

I feel the same. It's not a matter of if the Indian curse will strike. It's how and when. I expect that we've gotten a taste of it with losing Tolu for the non-conference portion of the season but our guys have really stepped up so far.

I expect that we will do something similar to 2004 when we won the SEC and got a great seed just to be bounced in the 2nd round.

 

[RockyDog]

3 SWAC games last year put us in Dayton. I don’t care what the challenges are year to year, that was chickenshit scheduling. Whoever signed off on that should have had their pay docked. There are plenty of other southern conferences you can go to for gimme dubs without having to rely on the SWAC.

 

[Seinfeld]

We have depth.
We have an incredible defense.
We have an above average shooting team.

Its set up to be a great season. No. 18 in KenPom

And we haven’t even seen our best player on the floor yet

 

[Crazy Cotton]

This probably helped alot



Arizona state had a 98% chance of losing their game with 2 minutes to play. Outscored them something like 10-2 in that last little bit.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

And we haven’t even seen our best player on the floor yet

Tolu and Bell will be Hell on Wheels

 

[Duke Humphrey]

We have depth.
We have an incredible defense.
We have an above average shooting team.

Its set up to be a great season. No. 18 in KenPom

We have a floor coach for the first time since Dick Williams

 

[kired]

 

[60sdog]

We have depth.
We have an incredible defense.
We have an above average shooting team.

Its set up to be a great season. No. 18 in KenPom

We have depth.
We have an incredible defense.
We have an above average shooting team.

Its set up to be a great season. No. 18 in KenPom

All of the above is true except we still are not a good three-point shooting team. We are at 31.8% right now, which is better than last year but not average, it is a little below average.

 

[60sdog]

Early but our schedule is set up to look good in this metric. No one we have played has lost to anyone else. We should be No.1 in the nation in SOS after we play Northwestern.

Already played 2 Pac 12 teams
We will get a Big 10 team tomorrow (Northwestern looking like they will advance)
We face an ACC and another Big 10 team later in the non-conference

We have two trash teams on our non-conference (Bethune and Southern U.) but that's better than six like we usually have. Nicholls already has a win over LSU and plays Baylor and Maryland. Plus, the Southland is several steps above the SWAC.

 

[60sdog]

That’s cool but I think NET ranking is what governs now.

 

[Doubledawgblitz]

Our 3 point average is affected by a couple of post area players who insist on still shooting them. Really like our HC and the effort the team gives!

 

[BirdPuppy]

Our 3 point average is affected by a couple of post area players who insist on still shooting them. Really like our HC and the effort the team gives!

Yep, remove Cam and DJ from the numbers and we’re 36% from 3.

21/25 from the line yesterday.

We are still working out some kinks and trying to figure out which lineups work that can take advantage of our depth. We are going to be very good when March comes around.