Keeping an eye on the national rankings

[CyCarp]

I didn't expect a huge jump, but expected to add a lot more than 4 votes. Oh well, keep on winning.

[clenz]

Andy Katz still has yet to put UNI in his power 36

So many voters look to that as a "check/cheat" for their votes. Their assumption is if Katz doesn't have you in the 36 you aren't worth a vote.

That hurts UNI - and other non major schools.

[rhoho]

Andy Katz still has yet to put UNI in his power 36

So many voters look to that as a "check/cheat" for their votes. Their assumption is if Katz doesn't have you in the 36 you aren't worth a vote.

That hurts UNI - and other non major schools.

Time to start tweeting Andy

[BCPanther]

This weeks votes:

19--Dave Preston (WTOP Radio, Washington DC)
24--Chad Leistikow (Des Moines Register), Chris Basnett (Lincoln Star Journal, Lincoln, NE), Joe Buettner (Norman Transcript, Norman, OK), John Feinstein (Author, NPR, Washington DC), Seth Davis (CBS/SI, New York)

I, I don't get it....

[hediondo19]

This weeks votes:

19--Dave Preston (WTOP Radio, Washington DC)
24--Chad Leistikow (Des Moines Register), Chris Basnett (Lincoln Star Journal, Lincoln, NE), Joe Buettner (Norman Transcript, Norman, OK), John Feinstein (Author, NPR, Washington DC), Seth Davis (CBS/SI, New York)

I, I don't get it....

So Vitale and Dave Borges who voted for us last week, don't vote for us this week?

[clenz]

I'm wondering if we are a pandering vote so he doesn't have to deal with backlash of not voting for a team in his state for Leistikow.

[Cannic88]

Andy Katz still has yet to put UNI in his power 36

So many voters look to that as a "check/cheat" for their votes. Their assumption is if Katz doesn't have you in the 36 you aren't worth a vote.

That hurts UNI - and other non major schools.

we were earlier in the year

[UNIGrainer]

No mention of UNI in the initial edition of ESPNs bubble watch either. I honestly think they just unintentionally forgot us as they have mid-majors with worse resumes/metrics on there like Liberty.

[DownGoesKansas]

This weeks votes:

19--Dave Preston (WTOP Radio, Washington DC)
24--Chad Leistikow (Des Moines Register), Chris Basnett (Lincoln Star Journal, Lincoln, NE), Joe Buettner (Norman Transcript, Norman, OK), John Feinstein (Author, NPR, Washington DC), Seth Davis (CBS/SI, New York)

I, I don't get it....

Meh, I mean we could be ranked but hard to really blame anyone if we are not there. Are we an 8 seed or better in any bracketology? Seems like that is where we should be more upset.

We literally just need to win, win and then win more.

[orangetennis]

Andy Katz still has yet to put UNI in his power 36

So many voters look to that as a "check/cheat" for their votes. Their assumption is if Katz doesn't have you in the 36 you aren't worth a vote.

That hurts UNI - and other non major schools.

We must not pass the "eye test"

[sivert]

I'm not sure we (in the minds of those who haven't watched us much) have a great claim on respect. We beat Colorado. And we led WVU by 15 30 minutes into that game. And we beat SCaro and a few others. But we lost to ISUr and SIU. So Katz has to decide if Colorado was a fluke or ISUr/SIU.

[anderjao]

A little bit of love from ESPN today:
- still a 10 seed in Lunardi's bracket (right now he has us with potential early matchups against WVU and Colorado again)
- AJ Green is listed as their front-runner for MVC POY: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ery-conference
- listed us as a team who could pull off a major upset (because of our rebounding, of all things): https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...sketball-upset

Didn't realize we were 25th in the nation in rebounding

[sevelev711]

That's on defensive rebounding, which is still massively important, but I also think that going from "probably last" in o-boards to "above average" is helping us even more. Can't remember the last time we were getting second chance opportunities like we are this year.

[sivert]

That's on defensive rebounding, which is still massively important, but I also think that going from "probably last" in o-boards to "above average" is helping us even more. Can't remember the last time we were getting second chance opportunities like we are this year.

Is Off Rebounds based on number of rebounds per game or rebounds per missed shots?
We make a pretty high percentage of shots and have a relatively slow tempo. Those make for few opportunities for Offensive boards.

[sivert]

I found a formula for it. Off Reb % = ORB / ( ORB + Opp DRB )