Adj D adj O

[Dalton26 17,034]

I agree. In a year where 1-25 can truly win it all, we have to wait to see what the draw is. There will be teams in the tournament this year that in other years would be considered cupcakes. We end up with a favorable draw, we have the ability to do something special. I said it before but the stars have really aligned for Crean this season, to earn more time at Indiana. The schedule, the roster, the parity in cbb, and the timing of it all, really is a golden opportunity for him.

I completely agree. Not trying to make a Crean dig but in my opinion if he was ever going to win one this would be the year. Our defense is playing great and there is no team that is dominate this year. It's truly anyone's year.

[schoosier 3,636]

All of these stats truly amaze me. They're right at your fingertips and I dont see how any successful coach these days arent using them in depth. It's almost like why have a head coach? The feel of the game is still important , but Im sure there's a stat for that also. Wasnt BS a leader in bringing these stats into play? At any rate, I would guess the great coaches have to plan for how these stats will be used game planning against them and then countering. Great stuff.

[HoosierTrav 8,087]

We aren't going to crack the top-20 in defense this year without an epic meltdown above us. It's just statistically too late even if we held every team remaining on our schedule to .800 points per possession, there aren't enough games left to average out our previous defensive failures. That's why the ranking is informative but it matters more how your defense is playing relative to the other teams at the end of the year than how it averages out.

 

If we play defense like we have in Big Ten play and offense like we have at home in general (except against Wisco) then we can make a serious run. It's all up to the players and their willingness to keep pushing through and avoid hitting a wall.

I wonder what our AdjD would rank if we calculated it after the Blackmon injury?... Maybe we are closer than we think..

[Brass Cannon 25,176]

I wonder what our AdjD would rank if we calculated it after the Blackmon injury?... Maybe we are closer than we think..

 

Well we are top of the Big Ten in the defensive efficiency. 

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

According to KenPom our AdjD, in conference play only, we are at 93.4 which would be good for #18.  Our AdjO is 113.3, good for #26.

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

Well we are top of the Big Ten in the defensive efficiency. 

 

We actually dropped a spot after to #2 behind Maryland but our offense jumped up to #4 in the conference.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

According to KenPom our AdjD, in conference play only, we are at 93.4 which would be good for #18. Our AdjO is 113.3, good for #26.

Those numbers qualify us for National Championship consideration. Haha

Looking forward to the rest of the season...

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

Those numbers qualify us for National Championship consideration. Haha

Looking forward to the rest of the season...

Haha, if it were only that easy..

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

Our conference AdjD is a little skewed because of our opponents.  5 of our 6 opponents are in the bottom half of the conference in AdjO.  I'm just guessing but that probably has more to do with their offense than our defense.  Our defense has improved a ton in conference play but I'll start believing our defense has the chance to be tourney worthy when we face teams like Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, pu, and Maryland.  Nebrasketball is current #3 in conference AdjO and we held them to .97 ppp.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

It's a little early to call our D truly top 20 until we play some of the higher ranked Big Ten teams. Still-- it is also unfair to consider the pre-Notre Dame games because our D is so much better than that now.  The average at the end of the Big Ten season just using Big Ten games will give us a fair average of where we stack up with other teams as our total season average will be a little misleading because of our total lack of defense earlier in the year.

 

The great news is that we are on the right track......D on Hoosiers!

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

IU is up to 18 in AdjO and 46 in AdjD after the NW game. 

[Bittersince87 209]

This could be our year. Isn't Syracuse ineligible? Lol

[Uspshoosier 50,982]

This could be our year. Isn't Syracuse ineligible? Lol

they were ineligible last year when they were terrible anyway, this year they are eligible for the tourney

[Brass Cannon 25,176]

where are people finding offensive and defensive efficiency within just conference play?

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

where are people finding offensive and defensive efficiency within just conference play?

 

KenPom

[Brass Cannon 25,176]

KenPom

thats what i thought  darn it

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

thats what i thought  darn it

 

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