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Nice job, as it is every week. I don’t believe Indiana will be one of the three B10 teams not making it to the BTT, though I have no comeback argument to defend the job Woodson is (not) doing. This is the reason I wasn’t buying them as a contender. But, I think they will out-talent enough...

Another coin toss game (65-63 on Torvik), WF did beat Michigan earlier, but they're rated behind N. Texas now. About 20 spots higher than MN with a similar profile to MN - OK D, mediocre O. Sallis is their best player, a transfer from Gonzaga last year. They take more 3s than MN, but are bad at...

Just because Asuma’s been bad doesn’t mean anyone is better (actually, Mike Mitchell would be if he were healthy). Odukale and Rigsby numbers are even worse. But call it like it is - he's been bad. That doesn't mean he can't improve, it just means he's been bad. Garcia is the only decent...

I'm glad someone said it. He's played about 70% of the available minutes, so you can't say they haven't played him much, and "not so great" is being nice when you look at the numbers. He's a true frosh, and he's getting experience, so that's something. But he is bad now.

If by stepping up you mean he's taking a lot of shots, then yes. 6-20 from the floor is just horrid. Stop. Let someone else do it.

Shoulda called heads. End-game theatrics aside, they did a good job of keeping WSU off the FT line (refs let'em play for the most part) and won in a lot of stats like rebounds, blocks, steals, second chance points and even fast break points. What wasn't great was Patterson taking 20 shots and...

The Shockers have played a schedule with 3/5 of what I’d call upper middles (W Ky, Northern Iowa, and St. Louis, who aren’t tournament teams, but are close to top 100 -non-cupcakes). Both combatants today fall in that upper middle category, too, WSU has been very good at getting to the FT line...

Marquette is a different animal - a private school that spends almost its entire athletic budget on hoops. Well, 3 (Wahl/Storr/Hepburn - Essegian was lost, too, but he had lost not just his starting role, but his whole spot in the rotation), But the point stands. Coaching makes a difference. I...

These are the kind of games where you learn about your team - it lets you know where you are and what you need to work on in preparation for the conference grind. The endless parade o' cupcakes is fools' gold to designed to pad win totals. It's like solving a Monday crossword - woohoo, empty...

I checked both kenpom and torvik this morning - both sites now have the Gophers below Washington and USC. Torvik has them at 6-14, but only one conference game where they’re currently favored - home against Washington on Feb. 1. Wichita State is ranked only a few spots ahead of the Gophs and is...

I'm surprised they're that good at defensive rebounding if they zone a lot. They should not be a test for the Gophers defense if they continue to cough it up on 25% of possessions.

We will have to agree to disagree on what constitutes "good." There's a difference between Torvik and kenpom right now because Yale is a few ticks better on defense than CMU on that one, but regardless, "on a par with Cleveland St." is not what I consider good. But, compared with the absolute...

No, they don't play quality defense. On the plus side, they are fairly good at keeping opponents off the offensive glass. But, they jack up a lot of 3s and turn the ball over waaaay too much - like bottom 5 in all of college basketball - and they foul a lot. They are not undersized like the last...

I was surprised to see Arizona out. Then I remembered that they no longer have the P12 to get healthy on. I think listing them out is a reach because they are more talented than most of the teams that will make the tournament, but they will have a harder time earning it in the B12.

I had to look him up because this is Ben McCollum's first year at the helm in Des Moines. Holy crap - 3 national championships at the D2 level with NW Mo St. Yes, this Ben has a way better resume than our Ben, and he'll probably be a hot commodity soon if this keeps up. He is a native of Iowa...

The lack of turnovers and getting back on D are good things, but pace is really irrelevant to how good a defense (or offense) you are. The better question is about defensive efficiency - how many points do you give up on each possession? On barttorvik, MN is 15th in the conference on that stat...

Third option - you are playing at a super slow pace

And Edey. I know @SelectionSunday still feels Purdue is the cream of the B10 crop, but I have been skeptical from the start. It's not like they're a bad team - they did beat Alabama at Mackey - but they no longer have that crutch that no other team has an answer for. They don't stand above -...

They just held CSU to 0.72 points per possession. For the uninitiated, Anything under 1.0 is generally a good defensive effort. 0.72 is ridiculously low, and you probably need the cooperation of the opponent's poor offense to get there. I pointed out before the game that CSU is short and would...