Currently listed as the:
- 3rd best team in the Big Ten (better than OSU, MSU, Wisconsin, Michigan)
- 4th best offense in the country
- 17th best team in the country
Now KenPom is a predictive measure, and not a ranking based off your W/L results over the year but if you want reason to believe this team could be more than just a one-and-done in the tourney there it is. If we were to stay at 17 through the end of the year this would be the 2nd best KenPom rated team in the Fran era (last year 7th).
I don't fully see this with my eye test because I don't trust the perimeter defense and rebounding in crunch time, BUT my hope is that we are too close to this team on a day-to-day basis and they actually are a lot better than we think. We will see!
- 3rd best team in the Big Ten (better than OSU, MSU, Wisconsin, Michigan)
- 4th best offense in the country
- 17th best team in the country
Now KenPom is a predictive measure, and not a ranking based off your W/L results over the year but if you want reason to believe this team could be more than just a one-and-done in the tourney there it is. If we were to stay at 17 through the end of the year this would be the 2nd best KenPom rated team in the Fran era (last year 7th).
I don't fully see this with my eye test because I don't trust the perimeter defense and rebounding in crunch time, BUT my hope is that we are too close to this team on a day-to-day basis and they actually are a lot better than we think. We will see!