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Big X!! Week #1

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  1. Wis is #1, TOS is 3, IN 7 and MS 8.
  2. Purdue is all alone at 21
  3. MN and MI are 42 and 44
  4. NW & Ill are are at 58 and 55
  5. NU-100, IA-129 and PS-142
The Big X!! team are clustered into 5 groups.

If one of the teams in 3, 4, or 5 starts to play better, they will have a good shot at getting to the Dance but 8-10 or worse in conference isn't going to cut it.

NU vs Wis is the first conference game and Wis should win by 12, 58-46.
 

A few things to watch in the WISC games.

They play the slowest tempo, averaging almost an entire possession a game less than the second slowest team.
They are equally effective on defense against the 2 ball and the 3 ball--holding teams to 36% and 24% respectively--which is the 3rd best in the nation for both stats.
Despite being just as effective defensively inside the arc, Wisc's opponents have scored 62% of their points inside the arc. Only Central Ark makes teams more 1 dimensional, allowing their opponents to score 63% of all points inside the arc.
Wisc doesn't turn the ball over much but they don't have may possessions either so their TO total should be small. To understand how good they are, you have to look at TO%. 14.3% a possession for Wisc ends in a turnover. That is the second best in the Nation, just ahead of Purdue and NW.

(It's going to be a long season.)
 

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