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(01-08-2018 09:13 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 07:43 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 06:26 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 04:08 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 03:50 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  Yes, KenPom now has the top three going 14-4 and UAB at 12-6.

Who does he have 5th, 6th and 7th and their projected records?

Id guess Marshall might be 5th now since Tech has been stinking up the conference.

But Tech will still be tough enough to beat us when we visit there unless we come to play. Pretty much ANY road game is the same. Think any game is easy and we will lose.

After UAB at 12-6, KenPom projects four teams at 9-9: Marshall, UTSA, North Texas, and La Tech.

USM and UTEP are projected at 7-11. Charlotte and FIU at 6-12, and Rice and FAU at 5-13.

I can buy UAB as bad as 12-6. But I hope for better. And I can buy a lot of equality for teams 5-8. But one of them will do better than 9-9.

As for the top 3 teams, No way is there a 3 way tie at 14-4. Someone will do better or worse but we will not have 3 teams go 14-4. Two teams, maybe. And, I hold out hope that UAB goes 14-4. 15-3 would be better but that's just not reasonably realistic because of our weak pre-conference schedule.

It’s just a computer projection, nothing more and nothing less. It’s not to be taken literally. It will likely change by next weekend. What has been a constant is WKU’s rise in the computer rankings. They started the season at 230 according to KenPom, and now sit at 58.

Its fun and Im glad you post about it. Since a lot of the kenpom data is behind a paywall.