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Prior to the season, I wrote a number of posts centered around advanced metrics and tempo-free stats, but with more college basketball writers and analysts starting to use them, it seemed like a good idea to provide a brief summary of the key stats and how they are calculated.
I hesitate to give anyone credit for how the schedule has played out, but whether it be by luck or by design, the college hoops slate has been terrific in the first week of post-football action.
On Thursday at 8:00 ET, the 23rd-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (18-6, 6-6) return home to face the Illinois Fighting Illini (16-7, 5-5), on the Big Ten Network.
As always, Jerod, Ryan, and Andy will be here with another episode of The Assembly Call as soon as the game ends with instant analysis and fan reaction.
With just over four weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, it’s time to start taking a weekly look at teams on the bubble. Since this is the first edition of the season, the list is fairly extensive, but with each week more teams will move themselves firmly into the field of 68 while others will fall off the bubble entirely.
In episode #21 of The Bottoms Line College Basketball Podcast, host Andy Bottoms is once again joined by Troy Machir of Ballin’ Is a Habit to discuss all the latest news and events in college basketball.
In tonight’s Ohio State-Purdue game, Boilermakers guard Kelsey Barlow turned the tables on potential player of the year Jared Sullinger with a vicious poster dunk.
Usually it’s Sullinger you see on the highlight reels thundering over some helpless defender, but not this time.
Football season is officially over, and there are now less than five weeks until Selection Sunday.
With the exception of the last couple spots, this week’s at-large field was relatively easy to select. That isn’t to say that all the teams are particularly impressive, and I don’t think for a minute that there won’t be plenty of changes in the field between now and the end of the season.
By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over, and the sports world will finally be able to turn more of its attention to college hoops.
A terrific Kansas-Missouri game on Saturday night provided a springboard into “Rivalry Week,” which features a number of intriguing matchups.
Before that tips off though, here are this week’s power rankings.
On Saturday at 7:00 ET, the 20th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (17-6, 5-6) travel to West Lafayette to take on their arch rivals, the Purdue Boilermakers (15-7, 5-4), on the Big Ten Network.
As always, Jerod, Ryan, and Andy will be here with another episode of The Assembly Call as soon as the game ends with instant analysis and fan reaction.
Before I touch on this week’s college basketball stock watch, allow me to give a personal stock down to pink eye, which has now afflicted both of my daughters and threatens to take over our home.
But hey, there’s nothing kids under the age of five like more than having to take eye drops every few hours, right?
So please join me in giving conjunctivitis a hearty “You suck!”
Alright, on to basketball…
In episode #20 of The Bottoms Line College Basketball Podcast, host Andy Bottoms is once again joined by Rob Dauster of Ballin’ Is a Habit to discuss all the latest news and events in college basketball.
In case you’ve been too caught up in the Super Bowl hype machine this week, the BracketBusters matchups for this season were announced on Monday. This marks the 10th year of the event, which now features a ridiculous 142 teams.
On Wednesday at 6:30 ET, the 20th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (17-5, 5-5) head to Ann Arbor to take on the 22nd-ranked Michigan Wolverines (16-6, 6-3) on the Big Ten Network.
As always, Jerod, Ryan, and Andy will be here with another episode of The Assembly Call as soon as the game ends with instant analysis and fan reaction.
In just six weeks and one day, the first game of the tournament will tip off in Dayton.
Despite the fact that March Madness will be here before we know it, the exercise to find the last few at-large teams seems to actually be getting worse as each week passes. At this point, I’ll actually be hoping for some conference tournament bid thefts! [Read more...]
It sounds a bit odd to say this, but last week was relatively tame in the college hoops world since “only” nine teams in the Top 25 lost. Even so, there are no new teams in this week’s edition of my power rankings, just some jostling of positions.
