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Big Ten Geeks: July 2012

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. This post has nothing to do with basketball. You've been warned. True story: I wrote this post yesterday, and just as I finished, I deleted it. It's certainly not necessary or expected (or welcomed, for some I'm sure) for me to comment on the Penn State scandal or the NCAA punishment, and so the threshold for actually sending words out into the ether was just whether or not I had anything interesting to say. Yesterday, I didn't think that I did. Then I read one opinion. It goes ...

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Big Ten Geeks: Three Shots

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Monday, March 2, 2015. One theme of tempo-free analysis is that basketball can be distilled into Four Factors: shooting (accounting for point rewards for converting 2s versus 3s), rebounding, turnovers, and free throw attempts. These items are, of course, normalized for opportunities of each—you cannot grab a defensive rebound on a made basket, for example. But we can do better than just chalk something up to "shooting," and thanks to Shot Analytics. The Illini lead the conference in the percentage of fi...

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Big Ten Geeks: Don't Miss It

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Sunday, April 5, 2015. Are you having fun yet. The Badgers are headed to the title game, and once again the story is Offense vs. Defense. Duke's defense has nothing—nothing—on Kentucky's. But today Jahlil Okafor is preparing for what's likely his final college game while Willie Cauley-Stein obviously has some other important business. To attend to. And the reason Duke's been so successful in the Tournament has been the unexpected play of the defense. Which was not a strength. In the regular season. On th...

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Big Ten Geeks: Let's talk Coach of the Year

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. Let's talk Coach of the Year. Holds my attention far longer than the observance that Baylor lost twice last week, so hey, let's knock them down a couple of pegs. Along with the close of the regular season comes the hardware, and almost all of the awards make sense—putting aside the objections of self-anointed wordsmiths who wax poetic over the difference between "valuable" and "outstanding" (a debate which centers on who played with the biggest collection of bums). And maybe ...

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Big Ten Geeks: May 2011

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Ask me if I care". As a child, I remember hearing this phrase a lot. By "a lot," I mean more than my own name. To be fair, my mother raised five children so I can understand why she didn't sweat the small stuff. But there may be something genetic to the phrase as well, because I find myself asking the same question with respect to those who clamor for level playing fields. When it comes to student stipends. The second response I had was "who cares? There's some line-drawing that wi...

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Big Ten Geeks: January 2015

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015. The Big Ten is Down, And It's Not Rutgers' Fault. I think most expected the Big Ten to take a reputational step back this season, but, speaking for myself, the measure by which the conference has fallen behind its major conference colleagues is surprising. And while it would be nice to blame this entirely on Rutgers, that simply is not accurate. Pomeroy Ranking, Top-12 Teams of the Big Ten. Also, it's worth noting just how good. This year's crop of freshmen are:. Last year, p...

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Big Ten Geeks: February 2015

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. Let's talk Coach of the Year. Holds my attention far longer than the observance that Baylor lost twice last week, so hey, let's knock them down a couple of pegs. Along with the close of the regular season comes the hardware, and almost all of the awards make sense—putting aside the objections of self-anointed wordsmiths who wax poetic over the difference between "valuable" and "outstanding" (a debate which centers on who played with the biggest collection of bums). And maybe ...

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Big Ten Geeks: March 2012

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Sunday, March 11, 2012. Two coaches were fired this past weekend in the Big Ten, and plenty has been said about them. We should. We shouldn’t feel sorry. For them, and plenty of people are leveraging the newly-opened jobs for a State of the Union. Of What This Says About College Basketball. And I think that’s why almost no matter the reason for a coach being fired, there are some. It’s usually the NCAA that’s painted as greedy. But that argument falls flat when one recognizes. That almost all of the money.

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Big Ten Geeks: Another One in the Books

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Monday, March 9, 2015. Another One in the Books. The regular season is over, and just like everyone figured, Wisconsin. Came out on top. And not just in the conference standings:. Speaking of standings, Maryland. Fans are rather upset with my claim. That this year's Big Ten was Wisconsin, and everyone else. After all, there's Maryland, a mere two games back, who beat the Badgers in their only matchup of the season. Well, a few points:. That was on Maryland's home floor. Efficiency Margin, Conference Games.

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Bryce's Brackets and Observations: Ramifications? You want to know the Ramifications? Fine!

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Bryce's Brackets and Observations. My prediction of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket, coupled with sporadic observations about Notre Dame basketball and college basketball in general. Constructive criticism is welcome, and in fact encouraged. I will attempt to defend my remarks, but I will consider all comments that come my way. Thursday, February 18, 2010. You want to know the Ramifications? Here's what happened tonight:. Saint Louis beat Rhode Island. Wins at Davidson, all but ensuring them...