palestra38
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Reg: 11-21-04
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02-28-16 11:15 AM - Post#202942
In response to bradley
I looked back at the KenPom preseason ratings---in October, they had Penn at 224...they are 251. Of course, that prediction was with Hicks and Woods. By the time of the Ivy season, with both gone, it's fair to say that Donahue did a great job with what he had. My recollection, however, despite the poor predictions for Penn by the media, most of us thought pretty much anything could happen with the bottom 4. Add the Harvard collapse and Penn gets to 4th without 2 of its best players.
I think the overperformance came from Princeton, which has improved steadily as the season went on and won all the close games--the true sign of a champion (no, in my opinion, it's not luck). Henderson should be the runaway Coach of the Year, barring an unlikely collapse.
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