Recent content by Heelsandeers

Obviously there are going to be outliers. The issue is it has little to no correlation to the predictive metrics (that actually tend to be pretty accurate) Talent = good players = good teams = winning more games. For the most part If a talent metric is consistently putting bad or average teams...

Not sure if you have been following the discussion or the specific metric being discussed But we’re calling it out because it makes zero sense and no one seems to know how it’s calculated The actual power rankings (pre-season) have been much more in the line with the results for UNC (and every...

Agreed, shooting was rarely there against better teams especially. Abysmal vs FLA, ALA, LOU, CLE, duke games, NCAAT loss It was good enough for most UNC teams perhaps but when you can't rebound or score inside ever that won't cut it

It truly is a mystery Last season Auburn, despite being one of the oldest and deepest teams in cbball, rated somewhere between Longwood and Rice Useless sounds about right

I would expect a talent metric to be in line with the predictive metrics. Not loosely correlated, at best This dumb metric isn't rating elite teams high with any consistency (despite predicting those teams to be good) and regularly identifying bad teams as being highly talented (despite...

It is even worse than I imagined. 2025: 1 UCONN 2 Illinois 3 Indiana 4 Virginia 5 Duke 6 UNC 118 Florida I mean, LOL Might be the first "metric" I've seen that loves the ACC

You started off by quoting a post that had nothing to do with your primary point

I’m not trying to make the case it was the most talented. I also think that is absurd I’m only making the case that it was absurd for that team to suck so badly all year long

I’m not sure who you’re going to convince that a college team, with a starting lineup of 5 fringe-NBA/G-league players, 2 of which were future All-Americans, and one of the leading rebounders in college bball history, was in fact not talented. But it’s certainly not me

You can critique the x's and o's of last season all you want but that roster as constructed was never going to get it done Love-RJ-Leaky-Nance-Bacot was a talented and balanced lineup and didn't beat anyone of note. Missing the NCAAT completely with that team is wild and entirely falls on...

That stat also has 2025-26 Florida rated at around 35, so going to go out on a limb and say it is indeed as garbage/useless as it originally appeared

How do you see the previous years? I can only find 2025 on the site Miami at #3 and Georgia Tech at #7 next season is uh.. interesting

Are these numbers determined pre-season or post-season? Is it just looking at HS recruiting rankings? I think his first 2 years definitely had the most talent, with a drop the 2 years following. Next year seems more in line with the previous 2 years. Most surprising perhaps, even though they...

Good to see the thread already in mid-season form

Made carnitas, salsa, and tortillas yesterday It had been a while