RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Neither have I. For all I know, Boumtje Boumtje could be the Smith of Cameroon.
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Yeah, I've commented on this before - almost every year their talent level is insane.
You have to think that one of these years, it will come to fruition and they'll win it all.
Fake news so far.
What Brad has been saying for the past 5 years is that "95% of my job is roster management." The players have eligibility for sale to the highest bidder with no constraints.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Seems like he should be Costa Rican instead of Serbian.
Right, 63rd in points allowed per game as an assistant coach. One hell of a reach dude.
That's because they played very fast. More possessions = more points.
On KenPom they were the #1 defense (not 63rd):
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Points scored / given up is useless because it doesn't account for pace.
Illinois was the #2 offense, but was 28th in points per game (due to playing very slow).
What matters is efficiency -- points per possession.
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You seem to have racked up quite the track record lately.
-- Coleman is our "indisputable" PG; not Vaaks
-- Musselman over Brad
-- and now Michigan the 63rd best defense??
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I think the raw points per possession might explain this.
2026: Michigan kenpom #1 defense | #8 in raw ppp
2025: Houston kenpom #1 defense | #2 in raw ppp
2024: ISU kenpom #1 defense | #2 in raw ppp
2023: Tennessee kenpom #1 defense | #2 in raw ppp
2022: TTU kenpom #1 defense | #2 in raw ppp
2021: Memphis kenpom #1 defense | #1 in raw ppp
So, in terms of raw points per possession surrendered, Michigan was #8 this year (few cupcakes in there: Marist, UC Irvine), while many of the others were #1 or #2.
It's just that they played the #2 offensive strength of schedule, and that strength of opponent puts them over the hump as the top defense.
I'm confused - Michigan the first team to have the top KenPom defense rating to win the NCAA championship.
The Kenpom ratings don't actually determine anything and certainly do not determine game winning Pct. and tournament advancement rate.
Michigan ranked 7th in Team Defensive Efficiency according to Team Ratings
Michigan ranked 14th in Team Defense according to Warren Nolan
Michigan's KenPom Defensive Rating for the 2025 - 2026 regular season? That was 106.7 or 182nd in the nation.
You might want to double check these.
They were 106.7 in KenPom defense in 2024, not 2026 (when they were 88.5)
TeamRankings' defensive efficiency is not adjusted for opponent.
Not sure where you got the WarrenNolan ranking from. They were #8 in defensive rating, but that also isn't adjusted for opponent.
You are correct about the 2024 KenPom D- rating. I misread - my bad
But I think you are missing the point. KenPom is the most "bet against" rating in sports. Meaning - it is the least predictive statistical indicator in the history of sports. Having the best KenPom rating in anything - cannot be quantitatively substantiated. And your initial statement proves it - only once in 10 years has a KenPom top rated defensive rating won an NCAA title.
9 of the the KenPom overall top 16 teams made the sweet 16 in 2026 - and his top 16 teams failed to cover the point spread in 52% of their games.
I think you get my point. KenPom doesn't have the best teams at the top of its rating list. There is statistical bias to the ranking and a subjective
If you are trying to pick the National Champion - these stats will work better than KenPom
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
I’d ask for 6 mil a year to have to deal with that miserable curmudgeon, too.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
This has nothing to do with the original posters point btw. The original posters point was that Michigan did not have a historically good defense last year and was simply using KenPom as a data point to prove that.
I think he's going to be good but let's be real here. This is U-17 international ball, meaning he's playing against high school players (and even then some of the best high schoolers would be aged out) from counties with a much shallower talent pool. Likely this level of competition is below high level AAU ball if we're being honest.
Yeah, completely fair on the talent.
I think this is one of many data points at this stage though. Pretty sure he's been impressive back to when he was 15 playing with KJ. Averaging 16 and 7 for barca u & 17 and 7 at eurocamp also wasn't bad.
That said, I trust Scheyer to underperform with him.
These are completely wrong.
I've seen you make similar claims a few times, and each time I've provided links refuting your claims and asked for your data/source. I'm still interested if you have it.
That said, 52% ATS isn't profitable after the vig, and one tournament is a tiny sample size. With enough games, computer models generally end up really close to 50%.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I seem to remember the insiders saying we had zero interest in Krissa. Apparently that was a wise choice.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I still believe this hasn’t become a discussion topic yet. Guess I’ll have to do it myself.
Kerr Kriisa basically running the Nigerian Prince scam on donors? That effin crazy!
Kerr Kriisa basically running the Nigerian Prince scam on donors? That effin crazy!
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I have to wonder if Brad and company knew about this at the time and that’s why they had no interest.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Oh come on! That’s stupid. There’s no way the staff knew about this. They may have suspected character issues, but they couldn’t have envisioned the guy was scamming donors with a late 1990’s internet scam and threatening to sell his own organs.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Okay… you don’t have to call me names. And I dunno. These things leak. And the staff does its due diligence when recruiting players. Kriisa was not an EDG.
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