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1 month 1 day ago #33529 by asteroid
Here we are, twelve rounds into conference play, and Real Time has
reappaeared.  For months, the Real Time web site was not responding
at all.  Then about a week ago, it resumed responding, but despite
the "last updated" date being 2025, all the records were from last
season.  Today, however, everything is current.  The unanswered
question is whether Real Time's predictions have gotten any better
during the downtime.

Meanwhile, Seven Overtimes is responding at a snail's pace and
fails to load either the rankings or the predictions pages.  So
I'll add the Real Time prediction to the list and omit the Seven
overtimes prediction this time around.

A home game against the conference cellar dweller.  Winless in
conference action.  Ought to be a cakewalk.  Think like that, and
you'll get beat.

All the predicted margins are double digits.  The average is 17.2
points, with a scatter of 3.7 points.  Colorado has been very
consistent, though consistently bad, having not played a single
game more than 17.2 points above expectation, which suggests that
Colorado doesn't have a chance.  Similarly, Kansas has not played
a single game more than 17.2 points below expectation, which suggests
that Kansas has a lock on the win.  Think like that, and you'll get
beat.  The odds give Kansas a 95 percent chance of winning, using
the Pomeroy ratings.  The average of the various predictions is
closer to a 91 percent chance of victory.  The Jayhawks responded
to their last loss with a strong showing against a depleted Cyclone
team.  How will they respond this time?  Self spent more time than
usual in the locker room after the loss in the Octogon; how will
the team respond?  The inconsistency of this team has made it more
difficult to predict the outcome of games.  It will be interesting
to see how this one goes, given the Buffaloes lowly status in the
Big 12 standings.  Their claim to fame this season is having beaten
UConn, though by a single point on a neutral court.  Kansas dare not
lose another home game.  Not that it's likely to make any difference
in the race for the conference championship, as the Fat Lady is
already warming up her vocal cords.

Rock Chalk!

Greenfield Stats Comparison
===========================
Offensive Stats      CU      KU      Defensive Stats      CU      KU
Points/Game         70.7    76.7     Opp Points/Game     72.0    66.7
Avg Score Margin    -1.3   +10.0     Opp Effective FG %  50.4    44.5
Assists/Game        15.0    18.0     Off Rebounds/Gm      7.7     9.0
Total Rebounds/Gm   34.3    38.9     Def Rebounds/Gm     23.6    26.3
Effective FG %      51.7    53.5     Blocks/Game          3.8     4.9
Off Rebound %       26.8    28.3     Steals/Game          7.5     6.3
FTA/FGA            0.367   0.234     Personal Fouls/Gm   16.3    14.3
Turnover %          19.2    14.1   

My Stats Comparison        KU              CU 
===================   =============   ============
performance           +1.24           +0.29    
inconsistency         13.01            8.18    
trend                 -0.19 ± 0.42    -0.42 ± 0.25
mental toughness      -0.19 ± 0.29    -0.28 ± 0.15         
average total pts     143.30          142.70 

Common Opponents
================
There are eight common opponents, seven in conference, two of which Kansas has
played twice (Iowa State and UCF) and two of which Colorado has played twice
(Iowa State and Arizona State), plus Michigan State.  One of Colorado's games
against Iowa State is a non-conference affair, which I'm pairing with Kansas'
road game with Iowa State; their respective home games with Iowa State are
paired with one another.  So we have eleven scores to compare:

KU   +8 MSU neutral ( +8 neutral court)
CU  -16 MSU neutral (-16 neutral court)
KU  +28 CU  at home (+24 neutral court)

KU  -17 ISU on road (-13 neutral court)     KU  +17 ISU at home (+13 neutral court)
CU  -28 ISU neutral (-28 neutral court)     CU  -10 ISU at home (-14 neutral court)
KU  +19 CU  at home (+15 neutral court)     KU  +31 CU  at home (+27 neutral court)

KU  +19 ASU at home (+15 neutral court)     KU  +19 ASU at home (+15 neutral court)
CU  -20 ASU on road (-16 neutral court)     CU   -2 ASU at home ( -6 neutral court)
KU  +35 CU  at home (+31 neutral court)     KU  +25 CU  at home (+21 neutral court)

KU  +51 UCF on road (+55 neutral court)     KU   +4 UCF at home (  0 neutral court)
CU   -1 UCF on road ( +3 neutral court)     CU   -1 UCF on road ( +3 neutral court)
KU  +56 CU  at home (+52 neutral court)     KU   +1 CU  at home ( -3 neutral court)

KU   -1 WVU at home ( -5 neutral court)
CU   -8 WVU at home (-12 neutral court)
KU  +11 CU  at home ( +7 neutral court)

KU  +14 UC  on road (+18 neutral court)
CU   -6 UC  at home (-10 neutral court)
KU  +32 CU  at home (+28 neutral court)

KU  +13 TCU on road (+17 neutral court)
CU  -11 TCU on road ( -7 neutral court)
KU  +28 CU  at home (+24 neutral court)

KU   -6 UH  at home (-10 neutral court)
CU  -10 UH  at home (-14 neutral court)
KU   +8 CU  at home ( +4 neutral court)

All eleven of the comparisons favor Kansas, the average being 24.9 points with a
scatter of 15.0 points.  The two UCF comparisons represent the extremes, surprise,
surprise.

Players to Watch
================
most minutes       Julian Hammond III (guard)
most points        Julian Hammond III (guard)
most rebounds      Trevor Baskin (forward)
most assists       Julian Hammond III (guard)
most steals        Trevor Baskin (forward)
most blocks        Bangot Dak (forward)
most turnovers     Julian Hammond III (guard)
most fouls         Elijah Malone (center)

Guard Andrew Crawford is sitting out with a redshirt.

                                                          16-7           9-14
                       Margin   Predicted   Win Prb      Kansas        Colorado
Predictor              points     Score     percent   Rating   SOS   Rating   SOS 
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============
Massey                 +10.00   76   66       83       # 16   #  5    # 89   # 34
Pomeroy                +17.47   79   62       95.1     # 11   #  5    #106   # 40
Greenfield             +16.50   79   62                # 12   #  4    # 95   # 62
Dunkel                 +24.50   80   56                # 21           # 92
Vegas (via Dunkel)     +16.50   78   62                                        
Dolphin Predictive     +14.75   77   63       90.4     # 12   #  5    # 95   # 61
Seven Overtimes                                        #      #       #      #   
Real Time              +18.00   85   57       90.1     # 23   #  7    #204   # 55
DPPI                   +16.60   80   64       90.4     # 13   #  4    # 98   # 40 
ESPN BPI               +17.50                 94.3     #  8   #  3    #101   # 41
Whitlock               +15.69                          # 15   #  4    #114   # 39
Colley Matrix          +17.95                          # 21   #  6    #167   # 46
Donchess               +13.20   80   66       90.4     # 17   #  8    # 98   # 45
Haslametrics           +18.25   79   60                # 14           #104
INCCStats              +16.00   79   63       94.4     # 10           #101
common opponents       +24.91             
NCAA NET                                               # 11           #110
LRMC                                                   #      #       #      #   
Massey composite                                       # 15           #116
Pomeroy offense                                        # 39           #159
Pomeroy defense                                        #  5           # 87
Pomeroy tempo                                          #107           #178
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============ 
average                +17.19   79.3 61.9     91.0
scatter                  3.72    2.3  3.2      3.9

Here is Kansas' season, for which the projected record is currently 22-9:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #296 Howard                      87  57   +29.45    +0.55
HOME   # 47 North Carolina              92  89   +10.77    -7.77
NEUT   # 17 Michigan St.                77  69    +1.10    +6.90
HOME   #197 Oakland                     78  57   +21.34    -0.34
HOME   #112 UNC Wilmington              84  66   +17.71    +0.29
NEUT   #  2 Duke                        75  72    -6.15    +9.15
HOME   #166 Furman                      86  51   +20.54   +14.46
AWAY   # 30 Creighton                   63  76    +0.31   -13.31
AWAY   # 24 Missouri                    67  76    -1.47    -7.53
HOME   #102 N.C. State                  75  60   +16.61    -1.61
HOME   #226 Brown                       87  53   +23.84   +10.16
HOME   # 44 West Virginia               61  62    +9.80   -10.80
AWAY   # 67 UCF                         99  48    +6.49   +44.51
HOME   # 62 Arizona St.                 74  55   +12.57    +6.43
AWAY   # 53 Cincinnati                  54  40    +3.89   +10.11
AWAY   #  8 Iowa St.                    57  74    -4.05   -12.95
HOME   # 57 Kansas St.                  84  74   +11.90    -1.90
AWAY   # 87 TCU                         74  61    +7.75    +5.25
HOME   #  3 Houston                     86  92    -1.62    -4.38
HOME   # 67 UCF                         91  87   +13.49    -9.49
AWAY   # 27 Baylor                      70  81    -0.70   -10.30
HOME   #  8 Iowa St.                    69  52    +2.95   +14.05
AWAY   # 57 Kansas St.                  73  81    +4.90   -12.90
HOME   #106 Colorado                    79  62   +17.47             0.951
AWAY   # 85 Utah                        77  69    +8.04             0.776
AWAY   # 37 BYU                         75  73    +2.13             0.580
HOME   #100 Oklahoma St.                82  65   +17.65             0.952
AWAY   #106 Colorado                    76  65   +10.47             0.839
HOME   #  9 Texas Tech                  73  70    +3.17             0.618
AWAY   #  3 Houston                     60  69    -8.62             0.208
HOME   # 10 Arizona                     77  74    +3.43             0.627

Here is Colorado's season:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #246 Eastern Washington          76  56   +11.95    +8.05
HOME   #152 Northern Colorado           90  88    +6.14    -4.14
HOME   #327 Cal St. Fullerton           83  53   +16.92   +13.08
HOME   #284 Harvard                     88  66   +13.61    +8.39
NEUT   # 17 Michigan St.                56  72   -12.84    -3.16
NEUT   # 34 Connecticut                 73  72    -8.18    +9.18
NEUT   #  8 Iowa St.                    71  99   -14.56   -13.44
HOME   #300 Pacific                     75  66   +14.52    -5.52
HOME   # 76 Colorado St.                72  55    +0.13   +16.87
HOME   #104 South Dakota St.            81  70    +3.23    +7.77
HOME   #353 Bellarmine                  79  55   +19.83    +4.17
HOME   #  8 Iowa St.                    69  79   -11.06    +1.06
AWAY   # 62 Arizona St.                 61  81    -8.45   -11.55
AWAY   # 67 UCF                         74  75    -8.30    +7.30
HOME   # 44 West Virginia               70  78    -3.37    -4.63
HOME   # 53 Cincinnati                  62  68    -2.53    -3.47
AWAY   #100 Oklahoma St.                73  83    -3.91    -6.09
HOME   # 37 BYU                         67  83    -4.58   -11.42
AWAY   # 10 Arizona                     63  78   -17.85    +2.85
HOME   # 62 Arizona St.                 68  70    -1.45    -0.55
AWAY   # 87 TCU                         57  68    -5.90    -5.10
AWAY   # 85 Utah                        59  72    -6.21    -6.79
HOME   #  3 Houston                     59  69   -13.87    +3.87
AWAY   # 11 Kansas                      62  79   -17.47             0.049
HOME   # 67 UCF                         77  79    -1.30             0.451
AWAY   #  8 Iowa St.                    63  81   -18.06             0.044
HOME   # 27 Baylor                      68  75    -6.95             0.256
HOME   # 11 Kansas                      65  76   -10.47             0.161
AWAY   # 57 Kansas St.                  67  76    -8.90             0.200
AWAY   #  9 Texas Tech                  62  79   -17.15             0.052
HOME   # 87 TCU                         67  66    +1.10             0.541
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