OU's NonCon Schedule rankings via KenPom Preseason

[BigTime]

Memphis #71

McNeese St #333

Incarnate Word #244

Wisconsin #9

Central Arkansas #319

Villanova #5

Oral Roberts #210

Creighton #86

Washington St #152

Northern Iowa #59 or Hawaii #94

BYU #57 or New Mexico #111 or Auburn #162 or Harvard #169

LSU #49

 

[BigTime]

Wish we didn't have Central Arky or McNeese but otherwise a GREAT schedule for a veteran guard team trying to get a #1 seed.

 

[BigTime]

Hope that Northern Iowa and BYU become two of Sooner's opponents. Should end up with a really good RPI/SOS either way though with the addition of the Big 12 schedule.

 

[DenverSooner]

Strength of schedule is a funny thing in that you can play a bunch of teams like Creighton, New Mexico and Harvard and end up with a strong strength of schedule and someone else can play Arizona, Duke, North Carolina and then McNeese State 10 times and have a lower strength of schedule.

 

[BCSooners]

Strength of schedule is a funny thing in that you can play a bunch of teams like Creighton, New Mexico and Harvard and end up with a strong strength of schedule and someone else can play Arizona, Duke, North Carolina and then McNeese State 10 times and have a lower strength of schedule.

That's when quality wins come into play against top 50, top 25, and top 10.

 

[WTSooner]

I expected it to look a little tougher than this, but I guess Creighton lost a bunch of guys, and Memphis just isn't top 50 (at this point).

Still a very strong schedule. I just would have expected more than 2 opponents in the top 48.

 

[Sooner-Bred]

I think we should also mention that we came out at #11 in this ranking.

That being said, I fully expect both BYU and LSU to be squarely inside the Top-50 for most of the season and certainly by the end of it.

Memphis and Northern Iowa remain to be seen.

But that would give us games against Wisconsin, Villanova, BYU, LSU, Kansas (X2), Baylor (X2), Iowa State (X2), West Virginia (X2), and Texas (X2)

Totaling 14 games against the Preseason KenPom Top 50, with the potential for Memphis (71), Northern Iowa (59), and Oklahoma State (63) to sneak into that top 50 as well.

So a potential for as many as 17 games against Top-50 Opponents....Pretty darn good schedule

 

[TheGimper]

Full Big XII rankings for the curious:
#4 Kansas
#10 Baylor
#11 OU
#19 ISU
#28 West Virginia
#34 Texas
#63 OSU
#82 TCU
#93 Texas Tech
#110 Kansas St.

 

[BigTime]

Full Big XII rankings for the curious:
#4 Kansas
#10 Baylor
#11 OU
#19 ISU
#28 West Virginia
#34 Texas
#63 OSU
#82 TCU
#93 Texas Tech
#110 Kansas St.

Thanks

Are we the strongest average league? Freakin WEber had Weber up Kansas St...

 

[BigTime]

I expected it to look a little tougher than this, but I guess Creighton lost a bunch of guys, and Memphis just isn't top 50 (at this point).

Still a very strong schedule. I just would have expected more than 2 opponents in the top 48.

I felt the same way. Hopefully a few of the fridge 50 teams will be better than what Pomeroy has them at.

 

[DenverSooner]

Are those strength of schedule rankings or rankings?

 

[TheGimper]

Are those strength of schedule rankings or rankings?

Rankings

 

[stormspencer]

Full Big XII rankings for the curious:
#4 Kansas
#10 Baylor
#11 OU
#19 ISU
#28 West Virginia
#34 Texas
#63 OSU
#82 TCU
#93 Texas Tech
#110 Kansas St.

Baylor at #10 is a bit odd. And osu at 63 seems very high

 

[BigTime]

Baylor at #10 is a bit odd. And osu at 63 seems very high

I also thought Baylor was odd that they were that high but they are going to have a really good frontcourt and some good depth. The key will be guard play this year...

 

[Sooner-Bred]

I also thought Baylor was odd that they were that high but they are going to have a really good frontcourt and some good depth. The key will be guard play this year...

Lets be clear that this isn't who Ken Pomery actually believes are the 10 best teams in the country.

They are just the 10 teams he projects will have the highest average of offensive and defensive efficiency.

Those 2 things are not the same, as Ken Pom will be the first to point out.

Baylor has a high defensive efficiency because of their zone, but that's the same zone that also gets them beat by any team that gets hot enough from outside.

I don't expect their offense to be as efficient this season either.

 

[BigTime]

Lets be clear that this isn't who Ken Pomery actually believes are the 10 best teams in the country.

They are just the 10 teams he projects will have the highest average of offensive and defensive efficiency.

Those 2 things are not the same, as Ken Pom will be the first to point out.

Baylor has a high defensive efficiency because of their zone, but that's the same zone that also gets them beat by any team that gets hot enough from outside.

I don't expect their offense to be as efficient this season either.

I have heard that before regarding his rankings. Shouldn't having both the highest efficiency in both make you the best team over a 30 plus game sample size?

 

[Sooner-Bred]

I have heard that before regarding his rankings. Shouldn't having both the highest efficiency in both make you the best team over a 30 plus game sample size?

In theory, absolutely, which is why he developed his algorithm in the first place.

But its just not an exact science. For instance, in last year's final KenPom Rankings, right before the tournament, Wichita State was a top 10 KenPom team, but earned a 7 seed, Ohio State was ranked 20th in the country in KenPom, and earned a 10 seed. Maryland was ranked 35th, but earned a 4 seed.

For the most part, its pretty accurate, and if you're (generally) anywhere in the top 15, you have a legit shot at the FF.

But I think Baylor is one of those teams who might be ranked higher in KenPom than they are in the top-25 rankings throughout the year. I expect them to float anywhere between 12-24 in the rankings, especially when conference play rolls around and they take bumps from KU, ISU, etc. and get SWEPT by the Sooners :chestram2:

 

[BigTime]

In theory, absolutely, which is why he developed his algorithm in the first place.

But its just not an exact science. For instance, in last year's final KenPom Rankings, right before the tournament, Wichita State was a top 10 KenPom team, but earned a 7 seed, Ohio State was ranked 20th in the country in KenPom, and earned a 10 seed. Maryland was ranked 35th, but earned a 4 seed.

For the most part, its pretty accurate, and if you're (generally) anywhere in the top 15, you have a legit shot at the FF.

But I think Baylor is one of those teams who might be ranked higher in KenPom than they are in the top-25 rankings throughout the year. I expect them to float anywhere between 12-24 in the rankings, especially when conference play rolls around and they take bumps from KU, ISU, etc. and get SWEPT by the Sooners :chestram2:

Makes sense.