The preseason KenPom rankings are out. While these rankings mean little given all the offseason roster movement, there are three small IU-related takeaways worth considering.
This year's KenPom preseason rankings demonstrate the limitations of early season computer rankings in the age of college free agency. Many teams have been totally made over and the previous records of many transferred players are often not terribly relevant to their current situation.
Analytics are won or lost by how you perform v analytics projections. Last year when IU played the early games they got curb stomped by teams like Auburn and barely eked out wins against lower ranked competition. We need to be competitive and hopefully get some wins in the Bahamas and destroy all the lower ranked we play this year. If we do, our analytics will rise.
25 place drop from analysis of talent and finishing the season doesn’t speak well if coaching. Speaks better of recruiting though. Hope things turn and we play well this year.
This year's KenPom preseason rankings demonstrate the limitations of early season computer rankings in the age of college free agency. Many teams have been totally made over and the previous records of many transferred players are often not terribly relevant to their current situation.
Analytics are won or lost by how you perform v analytics projections. Last year when IU played the early games they got curb stomped by teams like Auburn and barely eked out wins against lower ranked competition. We need to be competitive and hopefully get some wins in the Bahamas and destroy all the lower ranked we play this year. If we do, our analytics will rise.
25 place drop from analysis of talent and finishing the season doesn’t speak well if coaching. Speaks better of recruiting though. Hope things turn and we play well this year.
Thank you, Jerod.