Search results

Just taking a peek at Indiana's analytics on Torvik, they clearly are preaching close twos and 3s on offense and forcing tough twos on defense. Only 9% of their shots are midranges while their opponents have taken 35% of their shots from midrange. That's how you do it. Gophers appear to be...

There was an official injury report in the IGT that did not list anyone out for the season. And those are always truthful and accurate…

Why not? He came to Iowa from Drake. Drake, from the MVC - a lower conference than where Medved was toiling. The main reason it wasn’t realistic is that the Iowa job was open - bad luck on timing.

Again, timing. Could have moved on from Johnson a year earlier. I have nothing against Medved - too soon. I certainly liked the hires at Indiana and Iowa better, though.

If Iowa had been just a little better last year, maybe they don’t can Fran and bring on McCollum. Maybe Indiana gets him instead, but that was the realistic (ish) option for the Gophers. It’s only 7 games, yes, but it’s hard not to look at the stark difference. The coach makes a huge...

Sprinkle was 4 years at Montana State, his alma mater. They were a longtime losing program when he got there, and he got them to the tournament in both his 3rd and 4th years. That was pretty impressive, albeit at a lower level.

And that the program isn't deathly afraid like it has been to actually accept the invitation...

Sprinkle also won a championship in the Big Sky before coming to USU, and USU did win the league in his one year. Remember, that's a league that has San Diego St.. in addition to Medved's CSU, and Pitino's UNM. I would not pooh-pooh him - he's accomplished.

I will repeat something I've written here before. Danny Sprinkle of Washington was last year's Niko Medved - he was a very successful coach in the MWC, and was universally praised as a great hire, both within the fanbase and outside. Unlike the Gophers this year, they even brought in a...

I don't think you understand how bad the Badgers offense is. They scored 47 points...in a combined 7 B10 games until yesterday. They cannot throw the ball at all with this 4th string, run-first QB - in the Washington game (which they won 13-10), their punter was their leading passer. They...

SS put'em in a 50-50 bucket, but unlike SanFran, this would be considered a bad loss - it's likely going to be a Quad 3 game by the end of the year.

A clear-eyed assessment. The analytics are not good, and weren't good last year either. someone said it before - if he were from Cherry, Illinois, people would be much more critical. He is well below average for a B10 scoring PG, currently 13th of the 15 (he'd be dead last as a "pure PG" and...

FTR, Tonje left for Mizzou

I think the skepticism stems from every school being able to do that, and there being a cap. Probably still on the low end of payroll compared to schools with outside big bucks donors, and probably always will be (under the current system).

Tonje was hurt at Mizzou, after he left CSU. I went and looked him up - he really didn't do much until his 4th year at CSU, and even then, he was good but not even in honorable mention in the MWC all conference selections. The reason I mention it is that he became an all-American second-teamer...

I'm just not a fan of using assist percentage as anything meaningful as a team stat. Does it describe how you run offense? Yes. If you have a high rate, does that mean you are a good offensive team? No - it does not answer that question at all. Put another way, what's more valuable, a basket...

They're all playing in a new system (except JCJ). It takes repetitions to get to the point where you are reacting rather than thinking. The typical arc of Medved's teams have been to get better as the calendar turns to the new year, so this little stretch isn't particularly out of character...

Agree. What is happening everywhere in P4 programs is that players who aren’t getting major minutes look to transfer, mostly down a level. They need to pay market value for their core starters or they leave, too. If a player gets too good, you may not be able to afford them. I am describing...

None of the next 3 opponents (regardless of who the 3rd one is) are currently rated higher than the 15th B10 team. I agree that 3-0 should be the expectation for a tournament team. 2-1 is still a good start on the 50/50 category, though (where you need 4-2 - the Mizzou game was in a different...

Assist percentage is a poor stat to judge whether an offense is "working". The only thing that matters is how many points are scored per possession. Currently, the most efficient offense in the conference is Illinois at #4 in the country - and they're #325 in assist percentage. 18 assists on 19...