The Holy Land of Hoops

St John's @ Seton Hall- SH 64-63 53%
Butler @ Villanova- Vil 69-58 86%
Marquette @ DePaul- Mar 77-73 62%
Creighton @ Providence- PC 70-64 73%
Georgetown @ Xavier- X 75-71 65%

1 pretty much pick'em game, but then the other 4 all pretty clear favorites.

For DePaul- may be pretty close to being one of their best shots to win in conference play this year. Think 0-18 is a very real possibility for them.

Agree with all of them except SJU vs SH and that will be very close. KenPom is usually close to being spot on.

You heard it first here. DPU in an 'upset' over the Warriors (never did buy into the name change). The crowd, 3/4 from Milwaukee, is strangely quite for a DPU home game.

just doing this so I can use it for next season.....
St John's- 16 ken pom/11 RPI/29.7 RPI Forecast @ Seton Hall 41 ken pom/26 RPI/38.7 RPI Forecast
Butler- 37 ken pom/39 RPI/31.2 RPI Forecast @ Villanova 6 ken pom/7 rpi/11.1 RPI Forecast
Marquette- 103 ken pom/115 RPI/100.3 RPI Forecast @ DePaul 204 ken pom/258 RPI/240.7 RPI Forecast
Creighton- 79 ken pom/122 RPI/126.5 RPI Forecast @ Providence 50 ken pom/21 RPI/48.8 RPI Forecast
Georgetown- 30 ken pom/38 RPI/42.8 RPI Forecast @ Xavier 28 Ken Pom/57 RPI/30.8 RPI Forecast

avg teams-
Ken pom- 59.4
RPI- 69.4
RPI Forecast- 70.1

been wishing I had this info heading into the games last year to really be able to do a fair apples to apples comparison of where the conference is compared to last year.

Remember, kenpom doesn't directly account for injured players, so the SHU-SJU pick assumes whitehead is playing. If that were the case, I would agree with him in picking a close SHU win. As things stand though, I still think it will be a close game, but I expect a reverse. It's a shame, this week is SHU's 2 best chances for a resume building win but they're without a key player.

stever20 wrote:just doing this so I can use it for next season.....
St John's- 16 ken pom/11 RPI/29.7 RPI Forecast @ Seton Hall 41 ken pom/26 RPI/38.7 RPI Forecast
Butler- 37 ken pom/39 RPI/31.2 RPI Forecast @ Villanova 6 ken pom/7 rpi/11.1 RPI Forecast
Marquette- 103 ken pom/115 RPI/100.3 RPI Forecast @ DePaul 204 ken pom/258 RPI/240.7 RPI Forecast
Creighton- 79 ken pom/122 RPI/126.5 RPI Forecast @ Providence 50 ken pom/21 RPI/48.8 RPI Forecast
Georgetown- 30 ken pom/38 RPI/42.8 RPI Forecast @ Xavier 28 Ken Pom/57 RPI/30.8 RPI Forecast

avg teams-
Ken pom- 59.4
RPI- 69.4
RPI Forecast- 70.1

been wishing I had this info heading into the games last year to really be able to do a fair apples to apples comparison of where the conference is compared to last year.

Kenpom recently has started to list the ranking of teams heading into each game. It's listed in gray after the date of the game. If you click on the game score, it will list both teams' prior rankings and the initial win probability.

to show what DePaul does- their RPI moved up from 258 up to 235.
Marquette's dropped from 115 down to 131.

stever20 wrote:to show what DePaul does- their RPI moved up from 258 up to 235.
Marquette's dropped from 115 down to 131.

Does it matter? Both are likely playing in the play-in round.