Just curious, what is the record of those MWC-Big 6 matchups.
This is a great post and should be tattooed to Numbers' forehead.
This changes SaturdayWake and Gonzaga are the only teams in the top 30 NET with only 1 Q1 win, Indiana State is just outside at 31.
SMU is the highest rated team with 0 Q1 wins at 36
I like that stat but it also further highlights two things: 1) our OOC schedule has been absurdly easy and 2) our road record is abysmal. You’d think if you had the most home wins in the whole NCAA over a 4-year stretch that you’d be pretty good. We haven’t made the tourney. We haven’t been ranked. We’ve made the NIT once.Good win last night. The Deacs start the day ranked #21 in kenpom, #23 in torvik, #22 in BPI and #26 in NET. If those numbers keep improving it will be difficult to omit the team from the Dance despite holes in the resume. I enjoyed Randolph's mention that the 46 wins at the Joel over the past three seasons are the most home victories in the NCAA.
They've won two natties since they last won an AP ranked road game.
Yale has a sophomore big named Danny Wolf that has risen from an unknown to getting NBA interest. Wolf is 19, 7-0 250. and after essentially riding pine last season he is averaging 15 ppg and 10 rpg and getting better every week. He shoots 38% from three. He has double doubles in 7 of his last 8 games. There are murmurs that UCONN, among others, are trying to lure Wolf into the transfer portal. Yale coach James Jones, won't go quietly in this, and can see this as a big off-season story as Yale has the gravitas for big media to listen. Yale is a really good team, but so is Princeton and Cornell. FWIW, Princeton has a similar player, sophomore guard Xavian Lee who similarly has exploded after limited PT as a frosh.
Whomever makes it out of the Ivy League is going to a handful in the NCAAT. Just like last year.
Danny Wolf:
Xavian Lee:
Okay. So not a hot take?Not really. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are easily the most well-known universities that don’t have big time athletics. If they wanted to, they’d have no problem getting bankrolled.
You know I will. That was HPU during the Tubby years and now HPU is right there. Just need the right transfers and recruiting. I’ll try to catch a Northeastern game this week. Are they on ESPN+?Who wants to talk CAA basketball, particularly Northeastern? The Huskies are not only not very good, they're not even remotely entertaining and have no real upside over the next few years. Who wants to jump on board with me?
Elon pulled one of the biggest CAA upsets beating UNCW in Trask. Almost never happens.Who wants to talk CAA basketball, particularly Northeastern? The Huskies are not only not very good, they're not even remotely entertaining and have no real upside over the next few years. Who wants to jump on board with me?
Brown should probably invest in a better arena first!We go to a lot Brown games, so I follow Ivy League hoops sort of. They’re sleeping giants in the age of NIL.
PS: I realize that’s a hot take.