Man, kenpom hates the crap out of this team.
i'm trying to pinpoint the reason and i can't figure it out. it's not preseason bias; he had us at #15 to start the year.
dropped from #28 to #48 after the 3-game stretch of beating then-#164 george mason by 1 point at home, losing to Texas by 20 at home, and losing to TTU on the road.
the weird thing is after the next 2 games (beating then-#57 WVU at home, then defeating then-#11 ISU on the road), we dropped four more spots to #52
after winning all 3 of the next games by double digits vs good opponents (
@ #21, vs #19, and vs #10), we only rose to #35
i was going to guess that our numbers indicate we should be losing these games, and have just gotten lucky. however, our "Luck" is only 46th highest in kenpom (for comparison, KU is 36th luckiest, and kenpom still has them at #9)
here are some overall (offense / defense) and SOS comparos with other rating sites:
kenpom: #35 (#172 / #4), #29 SOS
massey: #19 (#214 / #3), #24 SOS
other ratings:
sagarin: #31, #27 SOS
RPI: #9, #12 SOS
ESPN BPI: #38, #35 SOS