Kenpom Efficiency Ratings for the Decade
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I like the visual; it unfortunately does prove the Big 12 has a lot of "good" teams but lacks having more than one great title contender that the B10/ACC has.
agreed....
Amazing what an outlier Duke is.... they are like James Harden in a Graph of NBA Player Offensive Efficiency
I wonder what it is about the big 10/ACC that is different from the Big 12 that causes this?
K-State has well above average defensive efficiency and below average offensive officiency.
Farther right = better offensive efficiency
Farther up = better defensive efficiency
Overall, the best place to be is in the upper right-hand quadrant (better offensive & defensive efficiency).
At first glance, I thought it was a map, and wondered, "how did Iowa State get moved into the Southeast?!"
So 12 o'clock to 3 is Good Offense and Good Defense
3-6 is Good Offense and not as good Defense
6-9 is bad at everything
9-12 Bad Offense and Good Defense
3-6 is Good Offense and not as good Defense
6-9 is bad at everything
9-12 Bad Offense and Good Defense
I would like another home-and-home with Cincinnati.
Seems like we are the mirror opposites of each other as a program.
Seems like we are the mirror opposites of each other as a program.
And this is for the past 10 years? If so, it seems rather meaningless to me. For this year, it would be useful.
I think it is useful as a quantification of program "reputation" (e.g., fun-and-gun versus grind-in-out depending on how far is your bias in either the offensive or defensive direction) and "standing" (e.g., how good are you, how far to the upper-right). Iowa State is known for its offense and is to the bottom-right, and K-State for its defense (and to the upper-left).
Ask any one of us the "royalty" or top 5-6 programs of college basketball right now, and they would probably give you a list a lot like Duke, UNC, Nova (two championships lately), Gonzaga (almost won one), Kentucky, Kansas, and maybe like Virginia. This quantifies it.
Keep in mind that this is just the top 100 teams in Ave. Adjusted Efficiency so this is just a representation of the top 28% or so.
Draw a line on a 45 degree angle from upper left cutting to lower right and then pass it over the grid from the top right corner moving towards the bottom left corner and you will have a decently ordered list of the best teams of the last decade.
Duke, Kansas, Kentucky top 3. ISU appears to be about 17th or so. I didnt look for KSU yet.
For this year you just go to kenpom.com and read the rankings. You need those drawn out in a chart?