Connecticut – Uconn just took a loss to St. John’s last
Friday night so now seems like a good time to talk about them. Their offense efficiency according to KenPom
is below what you would like from a title contender, sitting at 27 but overall
they are 8th. Torvik and the
NET also have them slotted at 8 and both losses are against Quad 1
opponents. The early season loss to
Arizona was without 2 starters and again, it was against Arizona. I’m still high on the Huskies even in a
barren Big East.
Verdict: Contender...for now
Kansas – How can you actually make a prediction about Kansas
with Darryn Peterson in and out of the lineup?
Hard to make a guess when you don’t know who is going to be on the court
and who’s not. What I do know is
Peterson, while the best player in college, is 100% managing his playing time
in an effort to get to the NBA healthy and get that rookie contract. Do you know what players who do that in
college do when they get a rookie contract?
They manage their playing time until they get an extension. And when they get an extension it’s the same
behavior until they get a max-contract.
And by then they have a label of a player not interested in
winning. I also question whether he
loves the game. Super talent and the NBA
will love him but he will frustrate every franchise he plays for.
Verdict: They should allow players to go directly to the
NBA. And Kansas is a pretender but I’m
impressed with how they’ve played with this circus.
Michigan State – Tom Izzo this, Tom Izzo that. I keep hearing the podcasts talk about how he
does so much with less talent than every other team year in and year out. If he’s so good how come he constantly has “less
talent” than other blue bloods? He’s got
1 Final Four in 10 years and Jeremy Fears is AS dirty as Grayson Allen
Verdict: Pretender
and not making the 2nd weekend
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