Resumes matter
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The 13th place team in the Big Ten was a 4 pt underdog today to the #14 team in the country. If thatâs not the sign of a very strong league I donât know what it is.
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Like I cited the tweet earlier 5-4 in their last 9, what is the best Wisconsin win?? Louisville who had 7-8 players??
I mean, Wisconsin is 11th in KenPom? Pretty close to a top ten team.
Kansas, a preseason top 10 team, are now 1-3 in their past four games, just 3-4 in their last seven. This is the third time this season theyâve lost as a favorite.
Resumes matter.
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Has Iowa played like one? Maybe this year because itâs a down year for college basketball and itâs hard to even come up with 10 great teams, but they have 3 Big Ten losses already with still 5 games yet to be played against OSU, MI and Wisconsin. Chances are they will lose a few more before the year is done. Good team, but not sure they are great either
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They were 11th prior to the Penn State loss right? Iâd guess that will drop. And Iowaâs 4th in kenpom but literally the only commentary on them is how they are clearly worse than Illinois and at some point theyâll fall back down to earth.
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Kansas did beat a very good Creighton squad. I am just looking for a real good Wisconsin win and canât find one.
Yeah, Iâm sure theyâll drop a bit but they are top 15 itâs not like they are a top 40 team. Thatâs all I was saying.
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Yes. There is 1 point of difference in kenpom efficiency between Iowa and Michigan. And two of their B1G losses came without Fredrick, a la Michigan without Eli Brooks
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Wisconsin beat Minnesota, who was wins over Iowa, SLU and Michigan. Creighton has wins overâŚUConn twice? Along with losses to Butler, Providence and Marquette? What makes Creighton very good?
I get these things like Ken Pom and Net matter but we canât talk about how they value Wisconsin and constantly talk about how horrendous Iowa is. Unless we are finally ready to admit Iowa is elite as well.
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Your way of evaluating teams seems to just be based on who their best win is against. Right now Michiganâs is a home win over Wisconsin. Not exactly elite if you ignore the score
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Whatâs their best win? Home against Minnesota? I just canât think of many games where Iâve watched them and thought, wow thatâs a great team. Minnesota is the only ranked team theyâve beaten this year and they split the series with them. One win against the KP top 30 and that was a 2 pt win over Rutgers (and letâs be honest, does anyone actually think Rutgers is good?)
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Literally reading a thread where kenpom is used to defend a team that just lost with a fully healthy team of 6 seniors at a 5-7 Penn State team, but then two posts later kenpom is ignored to discredit the 4th best team in the system. My brain hurts
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I do agree that at this point Iowa is better than most here admit (myself included before the season started). But people can cite ratings like KP or the NET without using them as gospel. The argument doesnât have to be KP says this team is good so therefore thatâs fact. A person might be wrong in saying that (depending on the case), but itâs a fair argument to make.
Iowa is a top 10 team. So are Illinois and Michigan
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Who is also still going to lose plenty more Big Ten games. That doesnât mean they are bad.
Conference teams lose games in conference play. Especially in a really good and deep league. It happens every year and people always overreact.
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Iâd say you can pick from these, all impressive wins IMO.
13 point win at home against Kenpom #37 UNC
15 point win at home against Kenpom #32 Purdue
2 point win @ Kenpom #29 Rutgers
15 point win at home against Kenpom #31 Minnesota
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Better buckle up for Fran in February my friend. 
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