16 years ago this week Chief lliniwek Danced his last dance.
His spirit will be with us
Hail to the orange.
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I was that that game. Same with football. RIP16 years ago this week Chief lliniwek Danced his last dance.
His spirit will be with us
Hail to the orange.
Agree 100%. And I take it a step further and say the same thing is true when it comes to the referees. Everything evens out over the course of 35-40 games.Regarding the luck conversation in the previous thread.
If I'm a coach/player, luck doesn't exist. My mentality is I create my own luck. Like someone else mentioned, I play so well that even a few unlucky bounces don't cause me to lose.
From an objective analyst perspective, luck absolutely plays a role in the game. There are small lucky & unlucky bounces each game that directly impact the outcome of the game.
Over the course of a season, I imagine luck tends to even out. You catch a bad call in one game, the next game the refs give you a call. But even the outcome of a season can be impacted by luck.
Northwestern is currently 42 in KenPom. The analytics say they should have more losses than they do. Yet here we are. Call that luck, call that skill, it is what it is.
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I have a feeling that guy is going to be a regular around here.
Little close for comfort...Illini- 104
Kitties- 39
In poker there is a term called variance to describe how a player goes through ups and downs but achieves an overall positive or negative return. It supposes that luck will cut both ways. That term can be used in basketball. Over the course of a season, luck plays a small role in the overall record, but in a single game luck does play a role.Regarding the luck conversation in the previous thread.
If I'm a coach/player, luck doesn't exist. My mentality is I create my own luck. Like someone else mentioned, I play so well that even a few unlucky bounces don't cause me to lose.
From an objective analyst perspective, luck absolutely plays a role in the game. There are small lucky & unlucky bounces each game that directly impact the outcome of the game.
Over the course of a season, I imagine luck tends to even out. You catch a bad call in one game, the next game the refs give you a call. But even the outcome of a season can be impacted by luck.
Northwestern is currently 42 in KenPom. The analytics say they should have more losses than they do. Yet here we are. Call that luck, call that skill, it is what it is.
I have a feeling that guy is going to be a regular around here.
I mean, I don't think that's true. You've only got a very small handful of games that you can say were within reach of being tipped by the officiating. If you happen to be on the wrong end of a couple of those, it has a huge impact on your season. So even if 35 games is enough to even out all of the calls in the aggregate, it's not enough to even out their impact on your season.Agree 100%. And I take it a step further and say the same thing is true when it comes to the referees. Everything evens out over the course of 35-40 games.