After 2 in the Books, Iowa 56th (14th in B1G) and Out of NCAA.
Northwestern #21. lmao
It will be fun to watch the progress of this silliness.
Northwestern #21. lmao
It will be fun to watch the progress of this silliness.
Haslametrics Hates Hawkeyes
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By silliness do you mean the Iowa team or another “advanced analytics” model?
That is one fancy ass deal there. Soon the teams won’t even have to play the games, every result will be based on computer modeling.
Massey Composite doesn't have enough data yet but when it does, that fancy ass deal will shiver your timbers.
Not sure how Haslam's model works but KenPom and Torvik both weight pre-season projections into their models this early in the season. So their "ranking" of us is largely based on the projection and not how we've actually been playing. The preseason rankings get downweighted gradually as the season progresses until, around game 12 IIRC, they are no longer factored in at all and the ranking is based entirely on performance.
Not sure about Torvik, but Kenpom also weighs last season's metrics into the current season til about midway.
I despise the last year or early season rankings in there. I'm glad they are gone over time.
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Iowa is living and dying by the 3. It's going to be death as much as life
Analytics say teams should shoot threes and shots at the rim. Avoid midrange twos. Get to the free throw line, too. The game has changed a lot.
You’re just gonna keep spouting that misnomer & acting like you have a clue aren’t ya?
Computers don't play actual basketball.
Iowa will be a feast or famine squad this season. I'd bet midpack of B1G at best.
I still think 5th or better, why? I think we have the shooters this year both starting and off the bench. Reason they won’t, REBOUNDING!!!!!!
"5th or better" is highly unlikely.
With the limited sample of early B1G bball I've seen, Iowa will be out-athleted the majority of the time. The continued poor team D and rebounding will be a lot to overcome. High volume 3 point shooting at a 40% make clip isn't going to save them every night.
They'll be better than the bottom of the league. Fran's teams do a good job of avoiding being in that bottom third. I'll be surprised if they finish lower than 14th. More so if they're better than 5th.
10-10 conference record should roughly Top 9 out of 18 teams. Maybe they get to 11-9 in B1G play, that might be a top 7 finish. I don't see them winning fewer tha 8 or 9 games on the downside. Iowa isn't athletic by college B-ball standards, but they do have lot of guys that can put the ball in the hoop.
