Is this sustainable?

[mynameisjonas]

Who are the expected losses at home?

Baylor, KU, and Texas?

How about none of them.

 

[VeloClone]

Better question: was that Leath next to Pollard in the crowd?!

I think that was Steve Malchow.

 

[Gunnerclone]

This defense has the ability to keep us in every game..

But ranking outside the top 100 in offense limits our upside...

Looking at the final Bart Torvik 2021 season. Teams that had a top dense and average to poor offense were:

Memphis - Won the NIT. Finished #1 in defense and #120 in offense
Tennessee - 5 seed, lost in the first round. #80 offense and #4 defense
St Mary's - NO post season finishing 14-10. #214 offense and #5 defense
VCU - One of the last teams in the tournament, 10 seed and lost in round 1. #122 offense and #6 defense
Utah State - 11 seed, lost in the first round. #126 offense and #7 defense
Clemson - 7 seed lost in first round. #106 offense and #16 defense

Similar story in 2019
4 seed K-State lost in first round
5 seed Wisconsin lost in the first round

Both had top 5 defenses and #85 and #82 defenses

Maybe and outlier of 2019 is Oregon. 12 seed, last 4 in who made a sweet 16. #80 offense and #15 defense

None of those teams will have ground through a big 12 season with those rankings. If we’re too -0 defense coming out of this league that is something different than your examples.

 

[Cytasticlone]

I remember that year too, but their sos that non con was in the 250-300 range. Absolutely terrible.

TCU was 20-12 (7-11 B12) heading into Selection Sunday in 2019 with this non-conference and ended up in the "First Four Out". It's still early but as it sits today our non-con wins should hold much more weight.

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Do we know what our non-con SOS is at this point? I don't have a KenPom Sub.

 

[enisthemenace]

Do we know what our non-con SOS is at this point? I don't have a KenPom Sub.

It’s probably decent. Would be a lot better if Memphis hadn’t **** the bed.

 

[Cytasticlone]

I think that was Steve Malchow.

It was Malchow on HIS left, but it was absolutely Leath on his right. So weird.

Also, definitely this :

Jamie probably invited him and said “see dumbass, I told you so.”

 

[cyclonestunners]

Do we know what our non-con SOS is at this point? I don't have a KenPom Sub.

Don't know ours... Bur that 2014 tcu teams schedule was laughable.

 

[VeloClone]

It was Malchow on HIS left, but it was absolutely Leath on his right. So weird.

Also, definitely this :

Oh, you mean the guy who was just talking non-stop? I saw that and said to Mrs. Velo, "Look at Jamie's face. He's thinking, 'Would you just shut up so I can watch the game!'"

 

[t-noah]

Jamie probably invited him and said “see dumbass, I told you so.”

HaHa. 'cept Jamie wouldn't call a former ISU president a dumb ass. He would be more diplomatic.

Jamie: What do you think of our new coach?
Leath: He seems to be pretty good. Yes he has potential.
Jamie: Has potential? What are you? Both dumb AND stupid? He might be one of the best coaches in the country and he loves Iowa State. We could have had him 5 years ago if it wasn't for you!
Leath: Hindsight is always 20/20 Jamie. You know I'm retired now?
Jamie: Good thing yah big bonehead!

 

[cyclonestunners]

Do we know what our non-con SOS is at this point? I don't have a KenPom Sub.

ESPN does strength of record and strength of schedule. SOR we are number 1!!!
Our SOS is 152.

 

[cat named georges]

I think if the team avoids blarges, broken feet, and covid shutting things down, I like our chances. But most importantly, I know who and when we play next because I'm excited to watch! I said last night I didn't want them to win, I wanted them to win by 20 and they delivered.

 

[bawbie]

I think if the team avoids blarges, broken feet, and covid shutting things down, I like our chances. But most importantly, I know who and when we play next because I'm excited to watch! I said last night I didn't want them to win, I wanted them to win by 20 and they delivered.

I just figured out today that fully one-third of our BigXII games are on ESPNU this year, which sucks because my cable provider moved it to a package several years ago - but I didn’t care until now.

 

[Cyclones1969]

I live in some pretty nice weather and more than once already this season I've been dreaming I could be fighting that zero degrees to get in and out of Hilton.

That’s what I told the mrs last night. The Hilton vibes came off the screen.

shes never been to a game at Hilton, and had no idea what I was talking about

 

[CloniesForLife]

Playing this team in Hilton is going to be a bad experience for every Big12 team

 

[Saul_T]

That was game nine of 30 in the regular season.

That's 9/30 = 30% of the season already gone.

This isn't a fluke. This team, and especially its defense, are legit.

I agree with you, but once you get to conference games, play people twice, opponents are able to scout using shared opponents, and you get a better picture how to defeat a team. I'm not saying that's what is going to happen, I just think during the non-conference schedule the preparation is different and a team that can impose its will on you defensively might make a bigger difference in non-con than conference play.

 

[t-noah]

I think if the team avoids blarges, broken feet, and covid shutting things down, I like our chances. But most importantly, I know who and when we play next because I'm excited to watch! I said last night I didn't want them to win, I wanted them to win by 20 and they delivered.

Of these three I am most concerned of blarges!

Do I need to look that up?

 

[bawbie]

Of these three I am most concerned of blarges!

Do I need to look that up?

Yutes.

 

[t-noah]

Yutes.

Oh OK, er, Thx!!

 

[Cyforce]

This defense has the ability to keep us in every game..

But ranking outside the top 100 in offense limits our upside...

Looking at the final Bart Torvik 2021 season. Teams that had a top dense and average to poor offense were:

Memphis - Won the NIT. Finished #1 in defense and #120 in offense
Tennessee - 5 seed, lost in the first round. #80 offense and #4 defense
St Mary's - NO post season finishing 14-10. #214 offense and #5 defense
VCU - One of the last teams in the tournament, 10 seed and lost in round 1. #122 offense and #6 defense
Utah State - 11 seed, lost in the first round. #126 offense and #7 defense
Clemson - 7 seed lost in first round. #106 offense and #16 defense

Similar story in 2019
4 seed K-State lost in first round
5 seed Wisconsin lost in the first round

Both had top 5 defenses and #85 and #82 defenses

Maybe and outlier of 2019 is Oregon. 12 seed, last 4 in who made a sweet 16. #80 offense and #15 defense

Many of those top ranked defenses are a product of a deliberate offense. Our defense is suffocating regardless of our style on offense.

 

[t-noah]

I just figured out today that fully one-third of our BigXII games are on ESPNU this year, which sucks because my cable provider moved it to a package several years ago - but I didn’t care until now.

I just did a look. I have espn+ now. Of the remaining schedule, 11 games are non-espn+ (mostly espn U/2) which I do NOT get; only 6 are on espn+.

Boy getting my money's worth!

My fall-back is watching delay on cyclones.tv.