Here’s a quick, position-by-position breakdown of the Connecticut Huskies. Stats do NOT include the Huskies’ 80-54 win over DePaul last night, due to deadlines and publication at the Marquette Tribune. Point guards Ryan Boatright and Shabazz Napier: A changing of the guard has taken place in Hartford as Boatright, the freshman, has taken over point guard […]
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Why Linsanity is good for Marquette
Written for the Tuesday, Feb. 14 edition of Marquette Tribune. Don’t ‘Lin’ch me. I know I’m a bit late to the punch, but this whole writing one column a week thing does have its drawbacks. When I turned in my column to my editors last Sunday, “Linsanity” was nothing more than a typo for somebody […]
Two statistics carry Marquette in conference play
Depending on who you talk to, Marquette has surprised many with a 10-3 conference that pits them in second place in the Big East with five games to go. Superb offensive efforts from Darius Johnson and Davante Gardner, a defensive clinic by Jae Crowder and the emergence of Junior Cadougan, Vander Blue and Jamil Wilson […]
Marquette’s Computer Profile (as of Feb. 12)
Positives Strength of schedule (32) and non conference SOS (104): is better than, or comparable to, Missouri (SOS: 85, NCSS: 261), Kentucky (SOS: 67, NCSS: 96) and Ohio State (SOS: 31, NCSS: 125). Conference SOS (46) is higher than Syracuse (58), Duke (60), North Carolina (64) and Kentucky (79). Non conference RPI (16) is higher […]
February 12 Bracketology
We will now have two brackets per week (Sunday and Thursday) until the end of the conference tournament season.
Conference breakdown
Big East: 8
Big Ten: 8
ACC: 6
SEC: 5
Big 12: 5
Mountain West: 4
Atlantic 10: 3
West Coast: 3
Conference USA: 2
Missouri Valley: 2
Pac 12: 2
Last Four In
Colorado State
Purdue
Xavier
BYU
First Four Out
Seton Hall
Alabama
VCU
Northern Iowa
Next Four Out
Wyoming
Arkansas
UCF
Texas
Additions (case for, case against)
BYU
▪ Non conference SOS: 51
▪ 10-2 in last 12 games
▪ 8-3 in road/neutral games
▪ Loss at Utah State (RPI: 147), at home against Loyola Marymount (RPI: 111)
Valparaiso new Horizon league representative
Michigan State now the AQ for Big 10 due to head-to-head tiebreaker
Subtractions (case against, case for)
Alabama
▪ Loss at South Carolina (RPI: 171)
▪ 6-6 in road/neutral games
▪ Lost five of last eight games
▪ Non conference RPI: 24
▪ SOS: 28
▪ Have only played five games against RPI sub-150
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