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Davis Offensive Rating 140.8 Davis Defensive Rating 76.6 Robinson Offensive Rating 112.0 Robinson Defensive Rating 81.4 These are points scored and allowed per 100 possessions. Points per game isn't a good stat to measure a player. It really only tells you how many times a player shot ...

re: ESPN Bracket Projections

Posted by JonShoes on 2/12/12 at 1:20 am
[quote]For the record realtimerpi.com has us in with finishing at 8-8. Our RPI is decent and will get better after we play MSU, UK and Vandy. We have 2 good wins against 2 top 40 RPI teams in MSU and Miami. We dont have a bad loss in no conference. USM MTSU and Marquette are all but in and Daytin ha...
[quote]Duke can't be that insanely good from the 3 point line every game.[/quote] Funny thing is they shot below their season average tonight. Season 3%- 39.3% Tonight 3%- 38.9%...

I'm just gonna leave this here

Posted by JonShoes on 2/4/12 at 1:23 pm
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re: Epic Mississippi Saints fail

Posted by JonShoes on 1/14/12 at 8:09 pm
[quote]On a side note. The word "epic" needs to die a horrible fricking death.[/quote] Rack. I suggest that when the word epic is about to be posted it goes to a committee for review. That crew of internet specialists will determine if said thing is, in fact, epic. If it is "epic" you are a...

re: What is really a sport?

Posted by JonShoes on 1/6/12 at 8:06 pm
[quote]There are judges to decide the winner of a boxing match, just as in mma[/quote] Like I said, I've never watched a full match, so I wouldn't know. Boxing or MMA just don't do it for me. It does seem rather odd to let a third party judge who won rather than them just keep fighting until a ...

re: What is really a sport?

Posted by JonShoes on 1/6/12 at 7:53 pm
[quote]So no boxing?[/quote] I've never watched a full boxing match, but I was always under the impression that it was punch count that determined the winner if there was no knockout?...

re: What is really a sport?

Posted by JonShoes on 1/6/12 at 6:58 pm
Two rules for athletic activity to be called a sport. 1. If said activity is scored via third party (ice skating, cheerleading,..etc.) it is not a sport. 2. If at the highest level of competition a women can defeat a man (car driving) it is not a sport. If any athletic activity meets one o...

re: "The Last Great Game"

Posted by JonShoes on 1/5/12 at 12:25 pm
[quote] Surprised you're going to read it[/quote] Yeah, I think it may be hard to read a few of the chapters. Just looking at some of the pictures in the prologue make me cringe. But, I am not only a huge Kentucky fan, I'm also a huge college basketball fan. So, stories like these give me a gr...

"The Last Great Game"

Posted by JonShoes on 1/5/12 at 12:18 pm
Today was the release date for Gene Wojciechowski's "The Last Great Game." I've already got my copy and am excited to start reading. It's about the 1992 Duke-Kentucky game and the events leading up to the game. I was curious if anyone else was going to pick this up or had any thoughts? :cheer...

re: Post All Avatar Pic Requests Here

Posted by JonShoes on 12/26/11 at 11:19 pm
test [img]http://i.imgur.com/YPYb0.gif[/img]...

re: Current SEC RPI

Posted by JonShoes on 12/26/11 at 8:35 pm
[quote]We have beaten Arizona, Texas A&M, and West Virginia and play Baylor Wednesday.[/quote] The RPI is older than the CD player and it is clearly showing its age. It must die. 75% of its formula depends on what other teams do, and not how a team performs. It's painfully awful....
[quote]I am not saying they go out in the 1st or 2nd rounds but they don't have good enough guard play for a NC this year. Book it[/quote] Based off of what? Do you have anything to back that up or are you just throwing shite at the wall and hoping it sticks?...
[quote]UK will go down early in the tourney - they don't have solid guard play even with the talent they have. The NCAA tourney is all about solid guard play. Book it[/quote] 100% False. A Calipari coached team that does not turn the ball over will always advance far in the tournament. Unlike ...
[quote]Do you get a free Caramel Empanada when UK forces 15 or more turnovers?[/quote] No, but we do get a free Taco Bell taco with more than 6 three's....
If you want to use offensive ratings it's not even close. Barnes: 105.7 ORate, 26% of poss, 28.4% of shots taken McDermott: 126.7 ORate, 29.4% of poss, 37.3% of shots taken Granted, Barnes is surrounded with greater talent so he doesn't have to carry the workload like McDermott does, but it i...

re: Current SEC RPI

Posted by JonShoes on 12/20/11 at 12:00 pm
[quote]That's retarded.[/quote] I agree 100% That is why I enjoy the KenPom ratings so much, it tells you exactly how well you are performing at any given time. ...

re: Current SEC RPI

Posted by JonShoes on 12/20/11 at 10:07 am
An expanded look on the outdated RPI. [link=(http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2011/03/ratings_madness.html)]RPI is lousy[/link]...

re: Current SEC RPI

Posted by JonShoes on 12/20/11 at 9:45 am
[quote]I wonder how different ours would look if we were 12-0[/quote] If you're talking about the KenPom ratings about the same, it looks at how you played, not if you won or lost. ...

re: Current SEC RPI

Posted by JonShoes on 12/20/11 at 9:42 am
I think that the RPI needs to be taken out of the formula for determining NCAA tournament teams. It was a system developed in the 80's and it is clearly showing its age now with all of the modern systems of analytics available. My biggest problem with the system is that it does not tell you how ...