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    Expectations for 2018-2019

    I saw this I was tagged in this post, and it gave me an idea, which I've tweeted about here. https://twitter.com/Big12BasketBlog Pulling together some data on my end and using the great barttorvik.com site, I've put together a Google Sheet on Big 12 rosters for the 2019 season. Each team has...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    This week's Big 12 Power Rankings are here. Regarding Iowa State, I took a look at the emerging play of Cameron Lard and examined his best skill. Also included: - Bill Self loves his lobs - I go deep on the Trae Young problem at Oklahoma - Texas Tech's motion offense - West Virginia's defensive...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    After a week off, here is this week’s Big 12 Power Rankings. Regarding Iowa State, I examined the fact that Hilton Magic is now backed by data and looked at their home vs. road splits. I made a fun Devonte’ Graham pie chart and examined who he assists most often. Also included: Some...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Here is this week's Big 12 Power Rankings. Regarding Iowa State, I took a look at their offense. This is their worst shooting team since 2011, which results in consistently poor spacing. Some rough game clips in here. Also included: Bill Self is an offensive genius I state my opinion on the...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Here is this week's Big 12 Power Rankings post, my 10th edition of the season. Regarding Iowa State, I took a look at the continued defensive issues for the Cyclones and how guys continue to have breakout games vs. them. I also took a quick look at the play of Nick Weiler-Babb. Also included...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Trying out a new feature this week. I'm calling it #TheTuesdayTally for now. Trying to decide if it will be weekly or bi-weekly, but basically, I'm finding an interesting statistic, trend, or factoid about each Big 12 team and reporting it here. As I focus more and more on game clips in the...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Here is this week's Big 12 Power Rankings post, my 9th edition this season. Regarding Iowa State, I took a look at the sudden downturn in 3-point shooting and the (over)reliance on their three guards. Some other things included this week: - Further examination of Trae Young's defense -...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Earlier today, I posted my newest edition of my Big 12 Power Rankings. Included this week: - Texas Tech's stifling defense - Teams going to the "Find Svi, Attack Svi" offense vs. Kansas - TCU's extremely balanced offense - The improved play of Mo Bamba, Kam McGusty, and Teddy Allen Regarding...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    I posted by weekly Big 12 Power Rankings one day late, but here they are. This is a little different this week, but I examined one reason to be optimistic and pessimistic about each Big 12 team headed into conference play. It's a nice reset as we head into conference play tonight. Enjoy...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    If people are interested, I took a look at my preseason Big 12 award predictions and updated them before conference play starts. https://big12basketblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/big-12-reset-midseason-picks-for-player-of-the-year-1st-team-2nd-team-and-all-freshman-team/
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Here is this week's edition of my Big 12 Power Rankings. https://big12basketblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/big-12-power-rankings-december-21st-2017-edition/ Regarding Iowa State, I took a look at their 3-point shooting compared to years past. If someone tells you this team plays different on...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Came here to post my current Bracketology projection with analysis on each Big 12 team's tournament outlook. Seems like a perfect time to post it considering the currently popular thread by someone negging Iowa State's tournament chances...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    I guess I don't think it'll happen unless there is a consistent trend over 2-4 games of Iowa State starting games slow and being down 12-4 or 15-7 with Beverly out there. And if that happens, I agree with what someone else said -- I think Brase would likely start. His shooting and rebounding is...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    This week's edition is now live. https://big12basketblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/big-12-power-rankings-december-14th-2017-edition/ For Iowa State, I wrote about the surprising play of Cameron Lard so far and his chemistry with Hans Brase. Also included -- what I think is the worst court in...
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    Big 12 Power Rankings at The Big 12 BasketBlog

    Yeah, after watching the game last night, his right elbow probably doesn't flare out to the right as drastically as I thought, but there's definitely some flare there. It's not the perfect elbow-in jumper that Donovan Jackson has. Jackson's elbow is almost aggressively perfectly straight.