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    Starters Minutes

    To the original point about NET and scoring margins, there's really no such thing as garbage time anymore... especially for a bubble type team. The absurdity of NET has made every margin matter. NU moved into the top 50 in NET (currently 48) with the 25-point win yesterday. They probably would...
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    Bracketology

    The B1G is fine (3rd best conference according to the metrics), but it is most certainly not the premier basketball conference.... more generally (haven't won a title in 25 years) and definitely not this year. The conference has been pretty mediocre in non-con play this year. As much as it...
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    This is a Tournament Team

    Dayton’s path to the tournament is winning the A10. It’s a sub par league and they are decent so that’s entirely possible. They aren’t likely to get an at large bid. They are currently 49 in NET. That doesn’t improve against A10 competition. They were in the teens at this point last year. I...
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    This is a Tournament Team

    This is a good take. That Iowa team - like every team NU has played so far (yes, that includes Butler, UNLV and Dayton) - is unlikely to make the tournament, so I'm not sure what that says about NU. For once, NU matches up well against Iowa relative to the rest of the conference. NU had clear...
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    Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Butler

    I don’t think this is exactly a hot or particularly negative take here. NU went to OT with KenPom 342 Eastern Illinois. Fine… an outlier a la Chicago State last year. Then Montana State. Then the abysmal offense against Pepperdine. This team is gritty and they give it their all, but they just...
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    Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Butler

    Butler lost at home to Austin Peay. NU is staring a 5-15 B1G in the face. Nobody will be looking back on this and think it was anything other than another one of our 20 or so losses.
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    Anyone up to speed on Miami OH?

    I'm fairly sure the SP+ model has no way to account for a new OC. It's really just a reflection of last year's trend and returning production. That said, Lujan would be working miracles to get the offense sniffing the top 50.
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    Anyone up to speed on Miami OH?

    This is a bit extreme re Miami OH as a CFP contender. The game will likely be very competitive because a) it's Week 1 and b) neither team is likely going to be very good. Say what you want about SP+ as a predictor, but Miami (OH) starts the season at 80th (NU at 75th). Both teams are projected...
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    Our guy is in the portal: Malik Mack, Harvard

    Didn’t realize they had all graduated. That certainly changes the likelihood of them getting in.
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    Our guy is in the portal: Malik Mack, Harvard

    Agree on this. Doesn’t NU still have a policy in place that you have to do at least half of your coursework at NU to get a degree? That limits the pool even further. Related to this, I’m curious as to whether Dusty May fully realizes the extent of this challenge at Michigan. It isn’t in the...
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    Our guy is in the portal: Malik Mack, Harvard

    Just for context, Blake Preston was ranked 229 and Langborg was ranked 267 in last year’s Rivals portal rankings. NU can certainly be in the mix for guys ranked higher than that, but a lot of the chatter on here is about top 25 ranked transfers this cycle. There’s arguably more interest in...
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    Final observations from 11 rows back

    Completely agree with this. NU beat the second best team they played this year with a comparable big man (Purdue) because of Buie, Langborg and Berry. They had little to no help from their bigs in that game aside from the 15 fouls they offered. Nicholson was objectively not good against Purdue...
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    Roster in review and the future

    Those are currently 2 of the top 4 players in the portal. In this era, that’s equivalent to recruiting 2 of the top 4 high school players in the country. NU has come a long way, but they aren’t at that level.
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    Roster in review and the future

    The priority will clearly be finding a point guard who is poised and capable. Not Boo level (not going to find that), but capable of running the offense and hitting some shots. If, for whatever reason, Collins doesn’t find someone to fill that role via the portal, don’t be surprised if he’s...
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    Attn: Cappy - Scouting Florida Atlantic

    NU wins this game if Barnhizer and Martinelli play relatively well offensively. They will have a size advantage if FAU plays them straight up. So, if there’s a way to get Goldin out of the paint (or the game with fouls), Barnhizer and Mart should be able to back down their defenders and get...
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