I get that KenPom / BartTorvik are predictive based on tempo-free stats and not results, but the discrepancy between how they rate Purdue (and to a lesser extent with Sparty) and their results to date is particularly large, even considering the losses have been close except maybe Nebraska, which is by far their worst loss, no less. I also know those ratings still might have some preseason bias, but I thought that would be lessened by this point in the season.
Just finished watching Michigan's unsurprisingly easy win since there were more interesting early games when it was going on and throughout the day. Livers' early injury was kind of strange, because it wasn't clear what caused it, but I suspect he'll just be out next weekend, if only for precautionary reasons. Apparently Johns was sick, as well, so Michigan had some unusual lineups even before the walkons came in..... I was hoping that Bajema would get more meaningful minutes, but he looked decent when he was in. Maybe next weekend he'll get more time, though UM Lowell isn't as bad as Presbyterian. It's hard to draw any positive conclusions in these big mismatches, though. I will say I was glad to see how they stayed focus throughout the game and never let Presbyterian make a run, unlike the App State game (though they've proven to be better than expected and could contend in the SunBelt this year).
