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Cal Football Leadership Roundtable, Part II: Coaches & Players
Continued from Part I: Leadership TwistNHook: I find it very difficult to make an informed judgment regarding "leadership" here. Firstly, one person's definition of leader is another person's definition of annoyance. The point is that it is incredibly difficult to define leader and...
Searching for the right five
There have been some strange sights this fall for the St. John's Red Storm. Just when a fan thinks they know who Steve Lavin's 8 man rotation is... there's another player logging major minutes who had previously been stuck talking to the coaches all game. Or there's a star who seems to be benched...
Close to the ballin' hour - St. John's Media Day roundup
Yesterday was St. John's Media Day - and the team is ramping up for the first exhibition contest, which should be available on Storm Tracker All-Access this Saturday evening. Of course, there is coverage and video from St. John's Sports. From the media day quotes, there are insights into the...
St. John's is an interesting team, Steve Lavin an impact hire
We're filling these spaces in the preseason with previews, human interest stories, guess/speculation, and generally chomping at the bit to get it on with some games. I'm trying to hit some preseason contests at DePaul to feed my basketball jones. And I will be a guest on Hoops Talk Live tomorrow...
YABB prediction model likes St. John's basketball to improve
Yet Another Basketball Blog (YABB) has been going through conference previews, using a model that writer Dan Hanner has crafted to predict teams' finishes. He predicts the efficiencies of teams using the returning minutes on offense and defense, factoring in new recruits, and factoring some player...
St. John's links from Big East Media Day + quote roundup
Note: some of these links on St. John's basketball were tweeted by the official St. John's men's basketball Twitter account. And there are official photos and videos from Red Storm Sports. If you haven't heard, Steve Lavin can talk a LOT. And he held court on his senior-laden St. John's team,...
2010 Big East Coaches' poll released
The official Big East coaches' poll, released this morning... Team/ Points 1. Pittsburgh (12) 222 2. Villanova (1) 208 3. Syracuse (2) 187 4. Georgetown 173 5. West Virginia 164 6. St. John’s (1) 145 7. Notre Dame 123 8. Louisville 121 Marquette 121 10....
2009 Big East Coaches' poll vs the results
The reason I started last week's posts on efficiency margin last year and over the last 5 years of the Big East was a look at the disparity between the coaches' picks for the final Big East order (like a "power ranking!") and the Big East basketball teams' actual finish. In the preseason at 2009...
5 Years: Big East Efficiency Margins vs Standings
Statistics taken from Statsheet.com, Bigeast.org This is a continuation from yesterday's "True Grit" post, which was a look at how the Big East basketball teams' standings matched up with their efficiency margins, since those margins (offensive efficiency - defensive efficiency) are a decent,...
Early look at the Big East: Pitino thinks St. John's will top the Big East
The Big East's coaches pre-ranked the men's basketball teams in May. And Rick Pitino's pick is off the reservation. According to Katz' article (linked below), the Big East coaches voted on the rankings of the men's basketball teams is to place said teams into tiers. Once in tiers, the team's repeat...
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