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Very rarely does a team make such a massive turnaround mid season on one end of the floor. And, just as important, Iowa is still humming along on O as well. These are types of numbers it takes to make a deep run in the tourney.
 
When things were looking bleak someone posted a website that showed the NCAA results of teams with similar Off and Def efficiency rankings and it basically showed iowa didn't stand chance making it past round of 32 or 64... anyone have an updated look based on latest numbers?
 
When things were looking bleak someone posted a website that showed the NCAA results of teams with similar Off and Def efficiency rankings and it basically showed iowa didn't stand chance making it past round of 32 or 64... anyone have an updated look based on latest numbers?
@Raptorpeeps

an update might not mean much though. I’m less interested in a defensive efficiency number that includes Iowa’s crappy zone D, and more interested in the defensive statistics going back to when they started playing man - early February, top 10. I imagine teams who are top 10 in offense and top 10-20 in defense fare pretty well in March
 
These are teams from the past+results that are similar in profile to Iowa’s team per Torvik’s site

RD
Iowa2021124.395.470.3-2???
Kansas2017121.594.571.45.11E8
Iowa2020117.299.770.15.1🦠
Duke2014125.998.666.75.43R64
Duke201211695.368.25.42R64
Notre Dame2015125.398.663.95.53E8
Duke2017122.195.669.75.52R32
Baylor2013112.495.367.65.6-
Duke2013118.491.567.85.72E8
Kansas2018122.196.469.95.71F4
Duke2015125.290.666.45.81Champs
 

Very rarely does a team make such a massive turnaround mid season on one end of the floor. And, just as important, Iowa is still humming along on O as well. These are types of numbers it takes to make a deep run in the tourney.
Great stuff, keep it coming...
perfectly illustrates the importance on defense (and reboundin) to being successful and shows why the loss of CJF may again be addition to the defense (and these winning metrics) without sacrificing (too much) offense.
 
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Very rarely does a team make such a massive turnaround mid season on one end of the floor. And, just as important, Iowa is still humming along on O as well. These are types of numbers it takes to make a deep run in the tourney.
Fran's a frickin genius.

It is time for the RELBS.

raise, extension, larger buyout.

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Very rarely does a team make such a massive turnaround mid season on one end of the floor. And, just as important, Iowa is still humming along on O as well. These are types of numbers it takes to make a deep run in the tourney.
Thanks for posting. I was just going to ask someone with a Kenpom membership what our defensive efficiency was over the past 7 games. From the link you posted, it appears to be very very good.
 
Thanks for posting. I was just going to ask someone with a Kenpom membership what our defensive efficiency was over the past 7 games. From the link you posted, it appears to be very very good.
I don't have a subscription, but the AdjD of the current #134 team is 100.2, so that's pretty close to what Iowa's was at the time (after 19 games). Iowa's current AdjD is 95.0.
So: 100.2 x 19 + (AdjD) x 7 = 95.0 x 26
1903.8 + 7x = 2470
AdjD = 80.9

That's really good, and over the course of a full season would be the best out of any team for the past 20 years by far.

Takeaways:
Iowa's defense has been playing very well for the past 7 games.
Iowa's opponents have been playing poorly on offense for the past 7 games.
It's not going to continue to be this good indefinitely, but it sure has been fun to watch.
 
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I don't have a subscription, but the AdjD of the current #134 team is 100.2, so that's pretty close to what Iowa's was at the time (after 19 games). Iowa's current AdjD is 95.0.
So: 100.2 x 19 + (AdjD) x 7 = 95.0 x 26
1903.8 + 7x = 2470
AdjD = 80.9

That's really good, and over the course of a full season would be the best out of any team for the past 20 years by far.

Takeaways:
Iowa's defense has been playing very well for the past 7 games.
Iowa's opponents have been playing poorly on offense for the past 7 games.
It's not going to continue to be this good indefinitely, but it sure has been fun to watch.
Thanks for this, lots to like
 
These are teams from the past+results that are similar in profile to Iowa’s team per Torvik’s site

RD
Iowa2021124.395.470.3-2???
Kansas2017121.594.571.45.11E8
Iowa2020117.299.770.15.1🦠
Duke2014125.998.666.75.43R64
Duke201211695.368.25.42R64
Notre Dame2015125.398.663.95.53E8
Duke2017122.195.669.75.52R32
Baylor2013112.495.367.65.6-
Duke2013118.491.567.85.72E8
Kansas2018122.196.469.95.71F4
Duke2015125.290.666.45.81Champs
With Iowa's discovery of defense in the last 7 games and using the metrics the OP posted, Iowa is more like Houston or Gonzaga for historical comparisons.

Houston

Houston2019116.691.665.84.63R16
West Virginia2010116.691.463.64.92F4
Baylor2020114.588.466.25🦠
Duke2010120.887.866.35.81Champs
Houston202011292.265.75.8🦠
Syracuse20131138765.45.94F4
West Virginia2009114.49065.66.16R64
Villanova2016123.190.966.66.22Champs
Texas Tech2018112.791.567.66.23E8
Tennessee2018114.29267.16.33R32

Gonzaga

North Carolina2009123.191.674.35.41Champs
North Carolina2008122.991.974.75.71F4
North Carolina2019120.892.674.561R16
Gonzaga2019124.49170.561E8
Gonzaga2020121.394.3726.5🦠
Kentucky2017118.391.373.76.82E8
Kansas2011119.789.669.46.81E8
Duke2015125.290.666.46.91Champs
North Carolina2012115.389.172.66.91E8
Duke2008115.889.973.57.12R32
 
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