The latest EOCBB guest for our Summer Shootaround series: @kenpom.com! I tried to get him to reveal Sparty's preseason ranking. At one point in the spring, MSU was No. 2.
First cut of preseason conference ratings. Looking forward to seeing how people categorize the Pac-12. Not on the level of other power leagues but conceivably far ahead of all non-power leagues.
People are saying that was the best game played on American soil since Soccer Bowl '79
kenpom@kenpom.com · 3w agolegit one of the greatest games in futbol history
@kenpom.com is dropping dark mode on us in the middle of July like we aren't all logged in anyway.
I'll know bluesky has made it when someone breaks news like Fairfield going to the CAA here. For now, I suffer.
If you're not watching all the games on Telemundo, you get what you deserve.
Defector@defector.com · last mo.Cape Verde deserved better than whatever the hell JP Dellacamera was doing: defector.com/cape-verde-d...
Program rankings have been updated. Notable changes: Texas State 215 -> 149 (simply for joining the Pac 12) Memphis 34 -> 42 Miami FL 47 -> 39 Miami OH 180 -> 160 Michigan 🏆 20 -> 13 John Groce is the only coach to willingly take a downgrade kenpom.com/programs.php
peak in-game win probability for Spurs in finals losses: game 1: 94.1% (Q3 6:31) game 2: 90.9% (Q2 11:32) game 4: 98.7% (Q4 9:33) game 5: 97.1% (Q4 7:54) image is game 5 nose dive
Not really interested in the De'Aaron Fox hot takes. More interested in: What should be Fox's confidence be that he'll make the layup in order to go for it? Layup better than free throws, no? Especially for not a great FT shooter.
Another Knicks playoff game, another cardiac-arrest win probability graph (via Dunks and Threes):
Random research: From '97-'25 there were 17 teams that shot better than 60% on 2's (no more than 2 in any season). In '26 there were 8 such teams.
So it remains that a US based team has won the CFL’s Grey Cup more recently than a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.
Manute Bol walked so Wemby could run www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ1a...
Every Manute Bol 3-Pointer of His Career
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RMJ=H@rmj.bsky.social · 2mo agotheres Wemby height bias on his threes. Dude could shoot 20% from 3 on 8 attempts per game and folks would be like, “yeah but did you seee the two he MADE?!?”
If you can co-opt the names of defunct conferences that produced multiple Final Four teams, then I'm not sure why the Southland is not rebranding to the Southwest Conference.
Sickos Committee@sickoscommittee.org · 2mo agoThe MAAC Conference is rebranding as the Metro Conference.
Last night, De'Aaron Fox said that as good of a player Wemby is, he's a better person. An overused cliche that has no bounds on absurdity and in this case means Wemby is the best human on the planet. Like, Rick Steves move over.
introduce yourself with five business establishments in radford, virginia that you have not yet the opportunity to visit 1. nobby's kitchen 2. la quinta inn by wyndham radford 3. sharkey's wing & rib joint 4. radford orthopedic center 5. elliott's military surplus and fishing tackle
The Knicks have outscored their opponents by 212 points over that nine-game span. That's the highest such figure in NBA history over any nine-game span, regular season or postseason. The previous mark of 209 points was set by the Bucks from Nov. 28 to Dec. 16, 1973.
In games 1 and 2 of the '99 Finals, the Knicks scored a total of 144 points
Most Points in 1st Quarter of Playoff Game Scoreless in Rest of Game, Last 30 Seasons Paul George 15 Tonight Jason Kidd 14 Apr 2003 Ron Harper 13 Apr 1998 Voshon Lenard 12 May 1997 PG: 0-9 FG after 1Q (others: 0-5 combined)
Last summer @kenpom.com and I talked it over and came to the considered conclusion that we're right. Well, now we'll find out. johngasaway.substack.com/p/ken-pomero...
Ken Pomeroy and I still believe
No, really, expand the field
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