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Jan 21, 2025
10:59:22am
jg94 3rd String
Worth repeating
Obviously, as fans we care most about wins and losses, as we should. And close losses often hurt more than blowouts. But margin of victory/defeat is a better predictor of future performance than the result is. In that respect, a close loss is much more like a close win than it is like a blowout loss.

For this reason we actually moved up a spot in KenPom after the Utah loss (someone can correct me - we’re 45 now and I think we were 46. In any event it’s close). It is too early to give up hope on this season and too earlier to give up on KY. We’re a couple bounces or whistles from 13-4 and a few more from 15-2. Prediction models know that, and that’s even assuming no improvement, which many of us (me included) are hopeful can still happen. We could still turn this into a decently successful season.

Just gotta hit some free throws…
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