80+ Preview: Iowa St. at Texas Tech

KenPom Thrill Score: 86.9 1 p.m. CT, ESPN. Line: Texas Tech -2.5. Total 147.5Handle: Iowa St. 46 percent of bets, 54 percent of money on Action. Total 51 percent of money on Over. Projections KenPom: Iowa St. 77-76.Haslam: Iowa St. 76.1, Texas Tech 73.7.Evan Miya: Iowa St 76, Texas Tech 74. BPI Predicted Difference: Iowa St -.3.Greg Peterson: Iowa St. -3.5, Total 1475. Pro tracker: 2 Bets on Texas Tech ML (-110 to -125). Top Players Iowa St GmScore LeadersCurtis Jones, Guard 13.49.Kershon Gilbert, Guard 13.29.Joshua Jefferson, Forward, 12.59. Tamin Lipsey, Guard, 10.49. Texas Tech GmScore LeadersJT Toppin, Forward, 15.23.Darrion … Continue reading 80+ Preview: Iowa St. at Texas Tech

KenPom’s Minimum Qualifying Standards

With football nearly in the rearview, my focus has turned to basketball, and for me that is mostly college basketball. Yes, the NBA is a better product, but for some reason I always gravitate to watching college more. I can’t explain it. The eye is always toward the March Madness tournament. And who can win it. I’m a fan of KenPom, TeamRankings, Torvik, all of it. One of the things I look at heading in is teams who meet the minimum required rankings of past national champions. Basically, “no team ranked lower than <this> has ever won the title. Criteria … Continue reading KenPom’s Minimum Qualifying Standards