Ken Pomeroy

[Panthers to the Bone]

He has updated his site to include scouting reports. It's very interesting breakdowns:

http://kenpom.com/sr.php?team=Northern%20Iowa&y=2009

UNI's average experience (1.5 years) ranks 232 nationally...102nd most inexperienced (4th youngest in MVC behind Indiana St, Wichita, and Indiana State)

Bench gets 29.8% of minutes which ranks 213 nationally (4th most min by starters in MVC, behind Ill State, Evansville, and Mo State)

Big Jordan ranks 5th nationally in Defensive Rebounding %, 85th in % of shots taken, and 93rd in block %.

Ali ranks tops on the team at 166th nationally in Effective FG%

Kerwin leads the team in Offensive Rating at 287th nationally.

The team ranks 15th in FT % and 28th in 2 point FG % and 13th in offensive rebounding defensive stats.

Anyway, just some fun things to look at midweek in the MVC.

[DWadle1983]

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He also some interesting categories such as defining players with the category of "Nearly Invisible."

[UNIFanSince1983]

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UNI's average experience (1.5 years) ranks 232 nationally...102nd most inexperienced (4th youngest in MVC behind Indiana St, Wichita, and Indiana State)

Um so somehow Indiana State is the youngest team twice?

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Haha! That's funny. My bad on that one.

The other team should be SIU.

Also of note, UNI is ranked 328th in offensive rebounds.
Iowa State is ranked 331st.
Denver is ranked last at 344.

[clenz]

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In our case that can partially be attributed to our very high shooting percentage of late. If we keep that up I'm willing to accept a low offensive rebounding ranking.

This is true. Not many rebounds to be had when we are shooting over 50% from the field.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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Poor offensive rebounding is part of our strategy. Sounds weird, but that would be why ISU is right down there with us. Our focus is on getting back and preventing transition/easy baskets. This means one or maybe two are crashing the offensive boards. Personally I like not giving up easy buckets, even if it means not quite as many second chances. Points are a premium in this league so giving up easy buckets is not a good option.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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DM Register article on Ken Pomeroy's site and Ali Farokhmanesh and Josh Young.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090121/SPORTS020704/901210369/-1/SPORTS09

[ceaser150]

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Anyone know why UNI keeps falling in his computer rankings after every win? We dropped 3 spots after beating Bradley last night. We have consistently fallen after every win. We were around #80 at the start of this streak. We are at 93 now.

[run&blade]

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Anyone know why UNI keeps falling in his computer rankings after every win? We dropped 3 spots after beating Bradley last night. We have consistently fallen after every win. We were around #80 at the start of this streak. We are at 93 now.

I assume the teams UNI lost to are like an anchor around their necks at this point.

I think the only way UNI gets an at large bid is if they finish out the conference season without a loss and get to the title game of the MVC tournament.

Still, what a run. If I was a player I would be very satisfied with a MVC regular season championship ring, a NIT birth, and the knowledge that almost everybody comes back in 2010.

[MediaPanther]

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Anyone know why UNI keeps falling in his computer rankings after every win? We dropped 3 spots after beating Bradley last night. We have consistently fallen after every win. We were around #80 at the start of this streak. We are at 93 now.

That's why relying on computers to rank teams is ridiculous....BCS and RPI, the two most idiotic things in sports.

[Panther-Sheik]

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That's why relying on computers to rank teams is ridiculous....BCS and RPI, the two most idiotic things in sports.

When computers really do take over and destroy the earth, I know who they are coming for first

[9YRPLAN]

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at least iowa has a lot of winnable games forthcoming. they are a big factor in our RPI due to the strength of the big ten.

[jman2004]

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Anyone know why UNI keeps falling in his computer rankings after every win? We dropped 3 spots after beating Bradley last night. We have consistently fallen after every win. We were around #80 at the start of this streak. We are at 93 now.

We didn't go down. We're not at 93. I don't know what site you're looking at but I've read 3 different RPI listings that have us at 69, 70, and 70.

I would've liked to move up more than 6 spots after last nights victory, but we did in fact, move up not down.

[Khan4Cats]

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We didn't go down. We're not at 93. I don't know what site you're looking at but I've read 3 different RPI listings that have us at 69, 70, and 70.

I would've liked to move up more than 6 spots after last nights victory, but we did in fact, move up not down.

I think he is refering to some kind of power rating. And I honestly wouldn't know why we would be dropping with the current winning streak. Something like the 4th longest in the country right now.

We just need to keep winning, our fate is our own to shape.

[jman2004]

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I think he is refering to some kind of power rating. And I honestly wouldn't know why we would be dropping with the current winning streak. Something like the 4th longest in the country right now.

I don't know what he's referring to, because I've only noticed us drop (in RPI) a few times during this streak, and it's never been by more than a few spots.