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Mar 28, 2025
11:55:21pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

All 8 of the Elite 8 are in the Kenpom top 9. pic.twitter.com/kf7UD5IMfK
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Distrust the analytics at your own peril

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Mar 28, 11:55pm

unless the analytics say to go under screens

HouseDeeking

Mar 28, 11:58pm

Truth. Especially in the Big Dance, kenpom.com tells it like it is. Kenpom.com critics never tire of being wrong.

roseyscenario

Mar 29, 12:28am

The best teams this year really were clearly the best.

JuicyJam

Mar 29, 12:53am

It's more than 8/9 though even

krindorr

Mar 29, 3:16am

And Gonzaga was very very close to beating Houston

Cougs'16

Mar 29, 3:42am

It’s all 1 & 2 seeds in elite 8. So basically every ranking system got it right

zerome4sooners

Mar 29, 5:42am

RE: It’s all 1 & 2 seeds in elite 8. So basically every ranking system

IGlowInTheDark

Mar 29, 5:54am

Kenpom was 8 for 8 if you go back and look at the ratings on selection Sunday

Ycap

Mar 29, 7:26am

So how does Gonzaga losing and TT winning make Gonzaga jump TT in his model?

zerome4sooners

Mar 29, 9:31am

Not bad for a Wyoming-trained weatherman

IGlowInTheDark

Mar 29, 5:55am

I wonder how kenpom did last year?

1CougFan

Mar 29, 6:38am

NC state says they sucked. Only 3/8 were 1 and 2 seeds.

Coach's Dad

Mar 29, 6:49am

Except KenPom rankings and ‘24 seeding were not the same

BYU'01

Mar 29, 9:16am

Good thing we didn’t trust the analytics for BYU v Wisconsin…

HRCougar

Mar 29, 6:50am

Wasn’t it a toss up or 2 point game prediction? 🤷‍♂️

wisconsincougs

Mar 29, 6:52am

Kenpoms rating showed Wisconsin as multiple spots higher than BYU

HRCougar

Mar 29, 6:59am

My recollection is it was barely a difference, which held

wisconsincougs

Mar 29, 7:02am

Not sure about barely held

HRCougar

Mar 29, 7:27am

Pointing anything out that KenPom got wrong is borderline blasphemous here 😂😂

zerome4sooners

Mar 29, 9:40am

Predictive analytics never tell you who is definitely going to win, they just

scherbie

Mar 29, 8:15am

This is an overlooked point

krindorr

Mar 29, 9:19am

Helps that it was a chalky year. Comparing this to past years would provide a

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