He’s usually a top notch coach in the rankings but then when the season starts and he has to coach is when he nose dives.
KenPom Just Dropped
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I honestly won't have an inkling of what this team can be until I watch the first real game. I'm glad people are sleeping on this team. Beats being overestimated every year like we have to the past imo.
Yeah.
It’s just a baseline to help predict early season games. The model performs better in those games with it than without it.
As we play more games, the preseason ranking becomes less and less relevant.
i'm ok being at 42, We have been given good ratings for the past 10 years and then didn't live up to them. when the SEC starts we will be in the top 20 and have earned it,
Seriously, with the experience on this team, we should be a problem from the start. It takes every team some time to reach their true form and, we will get better as the season wears on. At the same time, if the hype is even close to real, we should be good from day one.
In this years SEC, that's likely a top 25 team. I think that's fair. Not the ceiling, for sure. But probably not the floor either.
Yes it usually takes nearly a half a season to come to any meaningful data.
Not a lot to go off of in a team scrimmage demo, but they do have a long way to go. It's going to take a year for everyone to truly be on the same page.
My own pet theory is that after the few transcendent players that there is little difference among the hundreds of players who fill out the ranks of Div 1 college hoops. Training, coaching, the day's events, the player's frame of mind, luck -- all of those level wins and losses out. Man o' War lost one to Upset. (Really. That was the horse's name.) Mighty Casey struck out. People with ranking systems who post pre-season predictions are just pushing their brand.
That was 28 years ago. Cal was a young, hungry coach trying to prove himself. He’s 65 years old,
been making lots of money, got fat and gets out worked by small school coaches
He’s washed up
Here's what Arkansas fans should remember about Kenpom: The week before the NCAA Tournament last year, Kentucky was 13 and Oakland was 141.
I sure hope so, one thing is for sure. I will be cheering my ass off and tuning into every game again. I watched most Cal games but after 2020 a lot of game I knew we would just lose because I’d seen it before so much.
It’s even emptier than I thought. I believe my prediction of 2k people is about right.
Man, Arkansas fans are in for a letdown. I kind of feel bad for them. Knowing that the five years before Cal will end up being way better than the five years that are starting right now.
He’s the king of running a program, until the lights shine brightest and then he forgots what to do.
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If that. You know those kids were hyped when they committed. Had visions of coming out under the lights. Big crowd cheering. All of it.
Got absolutely none of it. Got to be bummed.
People who pay attention to basketball realize KenPom needs 10-15 games worth of data before it makes any sense at all.
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