#pcbb Links of the Day 3/11/14

Now that the regular season has been in the books for a few hours, I decided it’s high time that I update my rankings of the top 25 players in Division I. The premise of my list is simple:

The NBA doesn’t exist. If we were evaluating these players purely on college production and not on anticipated professional potential, who would rise to the top as the best performers in Division I?

To find that answer, I’ve gone back to a number of my preferred information sources, including but not limited to:

• My observations based on watching hundreds of hours of college hoops (I like my job)
• The excellent individual player stats generated by Ken Pomeroy at kenpom.com
• Data on play-by-play performance collected by Jeff Haley and available at hoop-math.com
• Translations that project NBA performance based on college metrics, compiled by Insider colleague Kevin Pelton

Continue reading #pcbb Links of the Day 3/11/14

Cox Sports: Big East & A-10 Postseason Live Chat Tonight at 7pm

Cox Sports is doing an online chat at 7pm tonight to discuss postseason hopes of Big East and A10 teams including breaking down each league’s conference tournament and bubble teams. Vin Parise, Adam Finkelstein and Chris DiSano will be on the show.

Special guests include Mike Morrell, Assistant Coach at VCU and Providence College Assistant Brian Blaney, and there will be a few surprises. Don’t miss it! Tonight at 7:00pm EST at Coxsportsonline.com

Upcoming Alumni Gamewatches and Gatherings #pcbb

Wednesday March 12th

  • Providence College Athletics invites you to join Providence College President, Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80, Athletic Director Bob Driscoll along with head men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley, at our annual BIG EAST Kick-Off Fundraiser hosted by Board of Trustee member Tom Boyan ’85. Food and beverages will be provided.  In addition, The Ed Cooley radio show will broadcast live on sports radio 103.7 WEEI FM.The minimum donation for this event is $500 per person.  In addition, for all recent graduates (’09-’13) the cost for the event is $250 per person. Monthly payment plans are available for each price level over a 6 month period. Proceeds will go directly to support the Friar Athletic Fund.If you would like to enroll in a monthly payment plan please call Colleen O’Brien at (401) 865-1880. To sign up for this event, click here.

PJ Clarke’s Sidecar

915 Third Avenue, at 55th St.

New York, NY 10022

Friday March 14th

  • Students and alumni are invited to attend the Big East Career and Networking Night. Guest will have the opportunity to connect with other Big East alumni, students, and network with up to thirty employers from various career fields. This event is at Madison Square Garden 12:00pm-2:00pm.Light refreshments will be served and optional online resume submission will be available for employer access.

    Register for free at: bigeastcareercenter.org
    by March 10, 2014 at 5:00pm

Contact: Gary Beaulieu
Director of Butler University Internship/Career Services
gbeaulie@butler.edu

Big East Tournament Bracket

Now that all the action from Saturday has played out and the tiebreaker scenarios calculated, the final bracket is done for the Big East tournament. The first round games will be Wednesday night and then the top 6 teams get involved on Thursday. I’m really looking forward to getting to the Garden this week and covering these games. With the way these last couple of weeks have been, I have a feeling we are in for some exciting games this week and maybe even a little overtime. Here is the bracket:

Bracketology Update 3/10/14 #pcbb

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi came out with his new bracket today and he has PC as the 3rd of the “First Four Out” category. Lunardi currently has a total of 3 Big East teams in -Villanova, Creighton and Xavier – with SJU and PC in the “First Four Out” and Georgetown in the “Next Four Out” category.

CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm came out with his new bracket last night at 9:26pm. He has PC in the tournament as a 12 seed in a First Round play in game against Tennessee in the South Region. Palm also has Villanova, Creighton and Xavier in but lists Georgetown in his last four out while not listing St. John’s.

I’ll have a full Bracketology update on Thursday at noon as I do every week.

Joe Lunardi’s Latest Bracket Update

Jerry Palm’s Latest Bracket Update

NBCSports.com’s 2014 College Basketball All-Americans; Bryce Cotton Second Team All-American

NBCSports.com’s 2014 College Basketball All-Americans

FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

Doug McDermott, Creighton (26.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 44.7% 3PT)

Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati (20.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

Russ Smith, Louisville (17.5 ppg, 4.8 apg, 3.5 rpg, 2.0 spg, 39.4% 3PT)

Jabari Parker, Duke (19.2 ppg, 9.0 rpg)

Shabazz Napier, UConn (17.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 5.2 apg, 1.8 spg, 40.7% 3PT)

SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

Kyle Anderson, UCLA (14.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 6.7 apg, 48.0% 3PT)

Nick Johnson, Arizona (16.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg)

Bryce Cotton, Providence (21.7 ppg, 5.9 apg): Cotton’s had a truly unbelievable season, carrying an injury-riddled Providence team to within a strong Big East tournament of an at-large bid. He’s averaging 40.1 minutes this season.

Cleanthony Early, Wichita State (16.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg)

Andrew Wiggins, Kansas (16.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.2 spg)

THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

T.J. Warren, N.C. State (24.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg)

DeAndre Kane, Iowa State (17.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 5.9 apg)

Nik Stauskas, Michigan (17.4 ppg, 3.4 apg, 3.3 rpg, 45.8% 3PT)

Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico (20.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg)

Melvin Ejim, Iowa State (18.2 ppg, 8.6 rpg)

How #pcbb Can Boost Their RPI Today 3/10/14

There were no games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI at 54 (was 54).

A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themselves, 5 negative) on PC’s RPI. This value is via RPI Forecast. For an explanation of this value, click here.

Top 5 Negative

Team Conf Curr Wgt Fut Wgt Curr W/L Exp W/L Curr Impact Exp Impact ▾
Maine AE 1.70 1.70 18.52 18.52 -1.07 -1.07
DePaul BE 4.08 4.08 37.93 37.93 -0.98 -0.98
Fairfield MAAC 1.66 1.66 22.58 22.58 -0.91 -0.91
Boston College ACC 1.67 1.67 25.00 24.95 -0.83 -0.84
Marist MAAC 1.69 1.69 40.00 40.00 -0.34 -0.34

Top 5 Positive

Team Conf Curr Wgt Fut Wgt Curr W/L Exp W/L Curr Impact Exp Impact ▴
Providence BE 26.31 26.31 63.16 63.16 6.92 6.92
Villanova BE 4.10 4.10 89.66 89.66 3.25 3.25
Creighton BE 4.07 4.07 82.14 82.14 2.62 2.62
St. John’s BE 4.08 4.08 65.52 65.52 1.26 1.26
Xavier BE 4.07 4.07 64.29 64.29 1.16 1.16
Massachusetts A10 1.72 1.72 78.57 77.96 0.98 0.96

Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:‌

No games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance:

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