Monthly Archives: February 2012

Senior Day

It’s that time of year where I start taking up college hoops on Basketball Prospectus, and today I tried to wrap up the careers of the Pac-12’s rotation seniors. My comments on Darnell Gant: Depending on how the Huskies finish … Continue reading

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Romar the Developer

I promised a few weeks ago, in the comments on my Lorenzo Romar manifesto, that I would follow up with more data. I apologize that other projects have gotten in the way, but there’s good news. During the interim, Dan … Continue reading

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Teams with 12 Pac-10 Wins That Missed the NCAA Tournament

Obviously, this is a season unlike any other for the Pac-12, and not just because the conference expanded. Still, with the Huskies earning their 11th and 12th conference wins last weekend with a sweep of the Arizona schools to complete … Continue reading

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In Which One Game is Meaningless

One of my favorite Ken Pomeroy studies comes from College Basketball Prospectus 2008-09, when Ken took aim at the notion that Team A is better than Team B just because Team A beat Team B. What he found was truly … Continue reading

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The Night Ben Howland Went Home with a Timeout

For some reason, nothing fascinates me more than the way college basketball coaches use their timeouts. And there is no more interesting study than UCLA’s Ben Howland, who seems to value his stoppages of play differently than anyone else in … Continue reading

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Plus-Minus Shows Wroten’s Growth

Last weekend’s plus-minus numbers for the Huskies: Arizona State Wroten +12 Gant +8 N’Diaye +8 Gaddy +6 Ross +4 Seferian-Jenkins 0 Wilcox 0 Kemp -1 Simmons -7 Arizona Wroten +12 N’Diaye +8 Simmons +8 Gaddy -2 Seferian-Jenkins -2 Ross -3 … Continue reading

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