I would love to speculate on how awesome we would still be with Frank here.
I love having high expectations for wildcat BB. Thanks to Frank I have learned to have them.
I had them a long time ago, and there's a reason at times I called Frank, "Frank Kruger".
Kruger recruited better, IMHO.
absurd. kruger left the cupboard completely bare. frank left a top25 team.
Not sure if you missed kenpoms tweet earlier, didn't sniff the top 25 actually. Frank left a solid roster though.
that was a top25 team at the end of last year and i have no doubt frank would have them up there this year if he was still here. anything less will be be very, very sad.
A top 25 team at the end of last year? Let's take a look at the stretch run into post season starting in February, and then post season.
First off lets remind ourselves that K-State went into Feb. with loss at home to OU, and on the road against Iowa state.
Down the regular season stretch K-State went 6-3 (not bad), but 4 of those wins were against $hitty OSU, A&M, and Tech. 2 quality wins against mu and Baylor. The usual loss to ku, loss to a mediocre Texas team, owned by the Mayor in Manhattan.
Post Season: Blown out by Baylor in KC, game was never in doubt. A win vs a C-USA team in the NCAA tourney-we'll take'em, blown out by Syracuse.
haha.
http://kenpom.com/index.php?y=2012 Strength of Schedule NCSOS
Rank Team Conf W-L Pyth AdjO AdjD AdjT Luck Pyth OppO OppD Pyth
1 Kentucky 1 SEC 38-2 .9679 122.9 2 88.2 9 66.2 161 +.033 84 .7061 26 105.5 33 96.9 11 .6361 39
2 Ohio St. 2 B10 31-8 .9640 117.4 7 85.2 2 68.2 72 -.049 282 .7454 5 107.7 2 97.0 17 .5864 82
3 Michigan St. 1 B10 29-8 .9534 115.2 15 85.8 3 65.1 218 -.027 243 .7511 2 107.4 7 96.4 5 .5496 125
4 Kansas 2 B12 32-7 .9485 114.2 19 86.0 4 67.0 121 +.028 98 .7598 1 107.2 8 95.8 1 .7388 7
5 Wisconsin 4 B10 26-10 .9419 114.3 18 87.1 5 58.5 345 -.017 214 .7203 10 106.3 14 96.9 13 .5157 160
6 Syracuse 1 BE 34-3 .9404 118.1 6 90.3 17 65.2 209 +.061 36 .7068 25 105.8 28 97.1 18 .5925 76
7 North Carolina 1 ACC 32-6 .9342 114.7 16 88.6 11 72.2 10 +.017 131 .6831 35 105.5 34 97.9 38 .6264 50
8 Memphis 8 CUSA 26-9 .9245 113.2 21 88.7 12 68.3 71 -.063 306 .6357 60 103.5 72 98.0 41 .6918 19
9 Wichita St. 5 MVC 27-6 .9233 115.4 13 90.6 18 66.8 126 -.016 209 .5923 87 103.1 82 99.4 91 .5949 73
10 Missouri 2 B12 30-5 .9228 125.4 1 98.4 115 66.2 163 +.017 127 .6362 59 104.0 62 98.5 53 .3513 315
11 Indiana 4 B10 27-9 .9181 120.6 4 95.3 64 67.3 108 +.007 153 .7204 9 106.2 17 96.9 10 .5209 154
12 Florida 7 SEC 26-11 .9166 121.1 3 95.9 71 64.8 236 -.044 269 .6974 29 104.3 54 96.1 2 .5750 98
13 Georgetown 3 BE 24-9 .9151 110.7 37 87.8 7 63.0 300 -.014 204 .7129 20 106.0 22 97.0 16 .5846 87
14 St. Louis 9 A10 26-8 .9113 110.8 36 88.3 10 62.7 307 -.055 296 .6163 66 103.5 69 98.8 69 .5359 139
15 Louisville 4 BE 30-10 .9070 105.0 103 84.0 1 66.9 123 +.031 89 .7476 4 107.5 4 96.7 8 .6759 21
16 Vanderbilt 5 SEC 25-11 .9069 115.7 12 92.7 30 65.6 193 -.048 279 .7169 13 106.5 11 97.3 20 .6222 56
17 Baylor 3 B12 30-8 .9036 116.2 10 93.4 40 66.6 142 +.058 41 .7123 23 106.3 15 97.3 22 .5292 143
18 Marquette 3 BE 27-8 .9023 110.9 35 89.2 14 71.4 16 +.042 67 .7139 17 105.4 36 96.4 3 .5801 93
19 New Mexico 5 MWC 28-7 .8980 111.0 33 89.7 16 66.3 152 +.003 165 .5491 117 101.7 139 99.8 111 .4498 233
20 Duke 2 ACC 27-7 .8772 116.1 11 95.8 70 67.6 96 +.058 43 .7127 22 105.9 23 96.9 14 .7024 16
21 Gonzaga 7 WCC 26-7 .8687 111.7 29 92.9 34 65.5 200 -.019 218 .5478 118 103.0 84 101.1 155 .5938 74
22 Purdue 10 B10 22-13 .8680 116.7 8 97.1 88 65.4 206 -.003 179 .7168 14 107.1 9 97.8 36 .5094 170
23 Belmont 14 ASun 27-8 .8652 116.3 9 97.0 85 68.1 83 -.016 210 .5003 151 101.7 137 101.7 172 .6346 42
24 Florida St. 3 ACC 25-10 .8646 107.0 75 89.3 15 67.5 104 +.035 78 .6982 28 105.6 32 97.3 21 .6059 67
25 Kansas St. 8 B12 22-11 .8635 109.0 53 91.1 21 67.1 114 -.024 235 .6900 31 105.4 35 97.5 26 .4826 203
