{"id":3614,"date":"2012-12-13T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T17:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2012-12-14T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T13:06:11","slug":"biggest-surprises-of-the-college-hoops-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3614","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Surprises of the College Hoops Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a really slow week for on-court action, so it seems like a good time for some a quick emotionless, objective, quantitative analysis of teams that have surprised in the first month of the college hoops season.\u00a0 Based strictly on the KenPom rankings today compared to his preseason rankings, here are the biggest surprises (rankings represent KenPom’s rankings for today<\/a>\u00a0versus his rankings posted on 11\/9 before the first games were played and indicate the sheer numerical difference between the two rankings.)<\/p>\n

10 Most Improved College Basketball Teams<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Illinois-Chicago
    \n<\/span><\/strong>currently\u00a0#122 from preseason #289<\/li>\n
  2. Canisius<\/span>
    \n<\/strong>#146 from #276<\/li>\n
  3. Utah<\/span>
    \n<\/strong>#194 from #309<\/li>\n
  4. Eastern Kentucky
    \n<\/strong><\/span>#185 from #292<\/li>\n
  5. Gardner-Webb
    \n<\/strong><\/span>#145 from #240<\/li>\n
  6. Pepperdine<\/strong><\/span>
    \n#208 from #299<\/li>\n
  7. San Francisco
    \n<\/strong><\/span>#111 from #197<\/li>\n
  8. Boston U.<\/strong><\/span>
    \n#132 from #213<\/li>\n
  9. Bradley<\/strong><\/span>
    \n#154 from #234<\/li>\n
  10. Maryland\/Wyoming<\/strong><\/span> (tie)
    \nMD: #56 from #135
    \nWY: #59 from #138<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Obviously, because I simply used the discrete change in rankings, this list is somewhat biased towards those teams that were expected to be really bad and have proven barely\u00a0mediocre.\u00a0 That shows that the presence of Maryland and Wyoming in the #10 spot\u00a0to be\u00a0pretty\u00a0impressive for those two teams and the starts they have had.\u00a0 Teams like Charlotte, Middle Tennessee, North Dakota State<\/strong>, and Illinois State<\/strong> all went from “thought-to-be-decent” to “really good.”\u00a0 And, Ole Miss<\/strong>, who has improved from #74 in the preseason all the way to #21 now probably has seen the most subjectively impressive rise in their ranking.<\/p>\n

    10 Most Disappointing College Basketball Teams<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Missouri State
      \n<\/strong><\/span>currently #244 from preseason #123<\/li>\n
    2. Penn State
      \n<\/strong><\/span>#167 from #67<\/li>\n
    3. Old Dominion
      \n<\/strong><\/span>#226 from #132<\/li>\n
    4. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
      \n<\/strong><\/span>#291 from #200<\/li>\n
    5. Lamar<\/strong><\/span>
      \n#312 from #226<\/li>\n
    6. Marist<\/strong><\/span>
      \n#253 from #169<\/li>\n
    7. Delaware State
      \n<\/strong><\/span>#288 from #205<\/li>\n
    8. Mercer<\/strong><\/span>
      \n#158 from #82<\/li>\n
    9. Furman<\/strong><\/span>
      \n#314 from #258<\/li>\n
    10. IUPUI<\/strong><\/span>
      \n#300 from #229<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The opposite bias holds here in that this list is catered more towards teams that were thought to be mediocre, but have been pretty bad.\u00a0 Teams like Rice, Southern Utah<\/strong>, and Presbyterian<\/strong> are all really <\/em>bad, when they were only considered to be slightly bad.\u00a0 And, then there are teams like South Dakota State, Drexel, Vanderbilt, Marshall<\/strong>, and UMass<\/strong>, who all were supposed to be pretty good, but have all shown to be just mediocre thus far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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