KenPom: November 2016 in Review

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Big East made the list a couple of times.

*sigh*

It wasn't for good reasons.

Biggest Upsets

3. November 29: #341 Delaware State 79, #99 St. John’s 72. (3.3%)

This was a weird one! Delaware State made 60% of its two’s which is the best its done in that department in 44 games. That stretch includes 21 games against MEAC teams and three games against sub D-I teams. St. John’s actually has been impressive defending the two against an otherwise decent schedule.

2. November 17: #274 Arkansas State 78, #30 Georgetown 72. (2.0%)

In the case of these November upsets, there are cases where the improbability of the outcome was mostly a function of our limited information early in the season. This is an example of that. Arkansas State has not lost since this win at McDonough Arena, running its winning streak to seven which also includes a neutral site win against Chattanooga and a home win over Lehigh. This is still a bad loss for a team with tournament aspirations, but it’s not completely embarrassing in light of what we now know about the Red Wolves.

Slowest-paced game

November 26: #2 Virginia 63, #58 Providence 52.

With Joe Scott out of the head coaching game for the moment, there is nothing stopping Virginia from winning honors for slowest-paced team this season. The floor is yours, Tony Bennett.

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With Joe Scott out of the head coaching game for the moment, there is nothing stopping Virginia from winning honors for slowest-paced team this season. The floor is yours, Tony Bennett.

Perhaps that will be the case, but ODU under Jeff Jones has played pretty slow-paced as well. UVA dismissing Nichols from their team has really changed their squad's potential IMO.