03-07-17 09:26 PM - Post#225491 In response to Columbia Alum
I don't think that the kenpom rating at the start should be used as either an indication of where Columbia was or where it should have been. It's just an educated guess coming into the season. I don't think the drop in Columbia's rating as the season went on was a result of playing worse, so much as it was a result of the preseason rating slowly dropping out of the numbers.
Part of Columbia's problem was just that Penn turned out to be quite a bit better than expected.
Losing all those front court minutes will hurt next year. Tape and Meisner will be the keys.