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Trey Burke Named B1G Player of the Year
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According to UMHoops twitter feed:
New on UM Hoops: Trey Burke named Big Ten Player of the Year http://bit.ly/WiB2Lp
Blind Resumes Part II - The 1 Seeds
Welcome to Part II of the blind resume game. Multiple people in my last post asked me to make one for the 1-2-3 seeds, and here it is! The original post was comprised solely of "bubble teams" and can be found HERE. I have made a few slight changes to the game and criteria.
- Because conference record can be misleading (see: St. Mary's), there is a RPI number in parenthesis after the conference record. That is simply the addition of the RPI of every in conference team for every game they've played, divided by the amount of conference games they have played.
- I also got rid of the teams in the "good wins" and "bad losses" section, and replaced them by the RPIs of the teams. (@ means away game, vs means neutral nothing for home). This should make the game as blind as possible, taking out all possible biases, and making it tougher to guess the teams without looking.
- I also made my standards higher on what constitutes a good win or bad loss. In the bubble teams section I pretty much said anything under 75 was a good win, and over about 125 a bad loss. Now, (because let's face it- these are ONE SEEDS) anything in the top 50 is a good win, and anything below that is a bad loss. I realize losing to the #51 RPI team isn't a bad loss. It's more of an OK loss. But nonetheless, I put them in there. Consider them what you want. It's just a bunch of information.
Other than those three things, it works exactly the same! Just look over the chart, pick the team you think is most deserving of a 1 seed, and then click the link below the charts to find out who was who. I have made 4 tables of three teams, so you will be picking all four one seeds! All stats are as of 3/11/13.
Blind Resume Table #1:
|
Criteria |
Team A |
Team B |
Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
27-4 |
26-5 |
23-7 |
|
Conference Record |
14-4 (RPI: 90.3) |
14-4 (RPI: 97.2) |
13-5 (RPI: 63.4) |
|
RPI |
1 |
6 |
14 |
|
BPI |
2 |
7 |
10 |
|
Strength of Schedule |
1 |
25 |
5 |
|
Non-Conference SOS |
1 |
20 |
154 |
|
Home |
16-0 |
16-1 |
16-2 |
|
Away |
5-4 |
7-3 |
5-5 |
|
Neutral |
6-0 |
3-1 |
2-0 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
7-1 |
5-2 |
5-4 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
10-2 |
11-3 |
6-7 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
15-4 |
13-4 |
10-7 |
|
Last 10 games |
8-2 |
7-3 |
7-3 |
|
Good Wins |
RPI #s: 3,4,14,18,@18,23,25, 29,36,50 |
RPI #s: @14,19,@21,21, @24,vs27, 34,35,36,@47 |
RPI #s: @5,7,12, 23,42,43 |
|
Bad Losses |
RPI #s: @66,@83 |
RPI #s: @61,@226 |
NONE |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table 1.
Blind Resume Table #2:
|
Criteria |
Team A |
Team B |
Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
23-7 |
25-6 |
26-5 |
|
Conference Record |
14-4 (RPI: 71.8) |
14-4 (RPI: 95.6) |
14-4 (RPI: 66.5) |
|
RPI |
10 |
21 |
5 |
|
BPI |
18 |
30 |
3 |
|
Strength of Schedule |
14 |
79 |
10 |
|
Non-Conference SOS |
97 |
156 |
48 |
|
Home |
16-0 |
16-1 |
17-2 |
|
Away |
5-6 |
7-3 |
7-2 |
|
Neutral |
2-1 |
2-2 |
2-1 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
2-4 |
2-5 |
8-3 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
7-5 |
5-6 |
8-5 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
10-6 |
7-6 |
12-5 |
|
Last 10 games |
8-2 |
8-2 |
7-3 |
|
Good Wins |
RPI #s: 9,16,@40,40, 43,44,45 |
RPI #s: 8,24,@35,35,47 |
RPI #s: 7,@7,9,12,@12, @14,18,23 |
|
Bad Losses |
RPI #s: @51,@161 |
NONE |
NONE |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #2.
Blind Resume Table #3:
|
Criteria |
Team A |
Team B |
Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
26-5 |
25-6 |
24-6 |
|
Conference Record |
14-4 (RPI: 72.8) |
12-6 (RPI: 71.8) |
15-3 (RPI: 96.1) |
|
RPI |
3 |
12 |
4 |
|
BPI |
1 |
6 |
16 |
|
Strength of Schedule |
7 |
49 |
4 |
|
Non-Conference SOS |
31 |
197 |
3 |
|
Home |
15-1 |
17-1 |
14-1 |
|
Away |
8-3 |
5-5 |
10-3 |
|
Neutral |
3-1 |
3-0 |
0-2 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
3-3 |
4-4 |
4-2 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
9-4 |
8-5 |
6-2 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
12-5 |
11-5 |
14-4 |
|
Last 10 games |
9-1 |
5-5 |
7-3 |
|
Good Wins |
RPI #s: 10,@16,@17,vs32,40, 44,@45,46,50 |
RPI #s: 7,14,vs21,@23,29,vs40, @42,42 |
RPI #s: 1,7,@18,18,@29,39 |
|
Bad Losses |
RPI #s: @51 |
RPI #s: @182 |
RPI #s: vs73,@94,126,@164 |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #3.
Blind Resume Table #4:
|
Criteria |
Team A |
Team B |
Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
24-5 |
30-2 |
24-7 |
|
Conference Record |
14-4 (RPI: 66.6) |
16-0 (RPI: 168) |
13-5 (RPI: 60.1) |
|
RPI |
9 |
11 |
7 |
|
BPI |
17 |
5 |
9 |
|
Strength of Schedule |
23 |
78 |
5 |
|
Non-Conference SOS |
174 |
39 |
55 |
|
Home |
16-1 |
15-1 |
17-1 |
|
Away |
6-3 |
10-1 |
6-5 |
|
Neutral |
2-1 |
5-0 |
1-1 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
4-2 |
2-1 |
4-6 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
8-3 |
5-2 |
8-7 |
|
Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
12-4 |
11-2 |
11-7 |
|
Last 10 games |
9-1 |
10-0 |
7-3 |
|
Good Wins |
RPI #s: 3,10,16,@16,vs31, @44,@45,@46 |
RPI #s: 21,24,@33,33,35 |
RPI #s: vs6,12,14,23,37, 42,43,@43 |
|
Bad Losses |
RPI #s: @51,@130 |
NONE |
NONE |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #4.
I hope you enjoyed Round II of the Blind Resume Game! Hope Michigan can grab a good seed and go far in the tourney. Thanks for reading! Go Blue!
Trey Burke Named 1st Team All-American by SN—and Sources Say He'll Win Big Ten POY
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Congrats to Trey Burke for being named first team All-American by Sporting News. The others: Victor Oladipo (Indiana), Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga), Otto Porter (Georgetown), and Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State).
Also, reports on Twitter are that Burke will be named Big Ten player of the year tonight:
Hearing from several sources that U-M PG Trey Burke, one of five finalists for the Cousy Award, will be awarded Big Ten POY tonight. #bookit
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) March 11, 2013
And: Michigan's Trey Burke officially a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award
The other five finalists on the list are: Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams, Saint Mary's Matthew Dellavedova, Miami's Shane Larkin and Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart.
The Cousy Award will be announced during Final Four weekend.
EDIT: It seems likely that Burke will eventually gain consensus first-team All-American status. According to the Michigan record book, here's the select company he would join:
Cazzie Russell 1965
Cazzie Russell 1966
Rickey Green 1977
Gary Grant 1988
Chris Webber* 1993
Thank you 2013 Michigan basketball
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Let's thank and say nice things about the basketball team and staff before the season ends in 4 weeks. While there were certainly moments of disappointment for Michigan fans at Crisler and in cyberspace, our disappointments must pale when compared to those of the players and staff. Or at least it should be so, if we put our participation in proper perspective. We were one rimmed out tip and one half-court throw from going 27-4 and a #1 seed. Instead we will have to be content with a 25-6 mark and a #3 seed. The Horror!
While we are far from assured of a better record next year--you can't lose a Trey Burke without it hurting big time--Michigan basketball has clearly returned to an elite level. I, for one, am thrilled to again be invested enough to be disappointed in the kind of losses we had this year.
(Slight Mod Edit - unfortunate typo corrected. No "h" in Crisler. LSA)
Home FT Shooting: A Plea to MGoFaithful
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I cringed at Crisler in the last minute of the game as GRIII, Hardaway, and Trey headed to the line while players and fans alike waved their arms to quiet the crowd.
My proof: http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Goldman_...
I pulled this paper from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. For those unaware, it is an annual conference now sponsored and covered by ESPN that celebrates the nerds of sports. Panelists explain the ways data is helping us understand performance better than ever. This research paper (though based on NBA data) documents disparaties in home/road performance in two variables: offensive rebounding and free throw shooting.
As expected, offensive rebounding improves in a home environment which makes sense due to the effort and energy required. However, free throw shooting in pressure scenarios is worse at home than on the road. The worst environment to shoot a free throw is in a quiet, nervous home arena, yet road environments cause no significant effect, positive or negative, to free throw shooting.
My plea is for Crisler Center fans to greet Michigan FT shooters with a steady buzz of solid, maybe not defeaning applause in support of our players. It's tough when the building goes mostly silent and 13,000 fans expect you to make every shot.
Disclaimer: This is no excuse for our gut-wrenching loss yesterday, just my thoughts on how we can give our team the best home court advantage possible.
Hello: PF/C Ricky Doyle (MBB)
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Product of Michigan visit this weekend, JR PF Ricky Doyle (Bishop Verot) is now a Wolverine.
A bit of an under-the-radar recruit since he didn't play AAU ball, but according to ESPN had offers from tOSU, Miami (YTM), Purdue, and Notre Dame. Has been sidelined for a decent portion of the season due to ankle injury, IIRC.
