After our Miami game, we were #65 in Kenpom and had more or less been the same team from the start of the year to that point — pretty good on both ends but some inconsistencies that resulted in the close games with VMI/Charlotte (Jake was out for these), Oregon st, northwestern, loss to Louisville. Good trajectory but we hadn’t turned it up a notch yet.
In the 7 games starting with Florida St, we’ve been 16.9 points per 100 possessions better than our opponents in raw terms, which would be tops in ACC play. 5 were at home, so I’ll make the adjustment to each, and then I’ll adjust for opponent strength based on their Kenpom Adjusted Efficiency (what team’s overall rankings stem from). The result is:
Last 7: +25.61, which would be 9th in Kenpom, right between Kansas and Duke.
Last 4: +32.27, which would be #1.
Our defense has been consistently awesome, with an average PP100 of 89.9. Relative to what opponents had done on the season this has been great, ranging from +7 (Duke game) to +38, holding those 7 teams all below their season long adjusted offensive efficiency, and doing so by 19.8 points per 100 over that 7 game stretch.
The offense has been 7.9PP100 better on average than what those teams give up, with the first three averaging right at what our opponents give up and the three since Monsanto joined at 15.8 points better.