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    ***Official USMNT Thread***

    Took the family to the game. Got the win and met Clint Dempsey before the game. It was probably 90% Guatemala fans and absolutely insane in only the best way. I now know how Baylor fans felt at the 2014 Big 12 Championship game. I did not want Guatemala to score but being in the middle of their...
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    Rocco Becht makes donation to Mary Greeley pediatrics unit

    I think you meant to say Knoxville, TN? Or, Tampa Bay, FL? C'mon Blum.
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    Greatest Dunks in ISU History

    The Grayer dunks at Michigan State (0:58) and vs Kansas in Kemper (right after the MSU dunk in this video) are the most purely impressive dunks that I can recall. Honorable mention to Wigginton at Oklahoma. The Burton lob vs WVU in the B12 final is in the conversation.
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    Williams & Blum: Cyclones make statement in Lubbock

    I always thought Keiton Page was more of a shorter Bryant Reeves than an OG Phil Forte.
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    PHOTO GALLERY: Iowa State vs. Baylor

    That last picture is fantastic.
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    Cyclone Sunday Bruns

    I recall when Bruns was the sideline reporter during a game ten or so years ago when Walters threw it to him on the sideline after a poor offensive series. "Everything about that possession made me want to puke on my shoes." - Ben Bruns, documented sunshine pumper
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    Lyndsey Fennelly's new gym

    Macy Comito.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    NET is without question better than RPI. NET at least gives you a rating system aligned with team efficiency metrics even if it falls short on the resume side. RPI did neither of those things.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    It helps, but why not just use WAB to account for each game result instead of creating buckets and counting records in each. An all encompassing value makes it so much simpler.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    Please don't take my comments as a defense of NET. Biggest problem is lack of transparency.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    But they also have a better efficiency margin. They are +17 per 100 possessions and ISU is closer to +8 (those are from raw ppp numbers). The other problem is we do not have any variable data with the rankings... only the rank to compare. You'd have to go through and compare ratings of extreme...
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    Yes, the article is 2 weeks old now. Should have clarified that was where the text came from.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    My assumption is that it isn't just offensive efficiency but efficiency margin, though there is no way to know because the formula is so black box-y.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    I don't think I said they don't matter? Didn't mean to imply it either... as far as I know the formula is basically the same since it was introduced, but I could be incorrect there? I do tend to think that they will reward ISU for the Q1 wins.
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    https://cyclonefanatic.com/2022/02/friday-five-shot-selection-rankings-and-more/ ***** Rankings The biggest thing when looking at rankings is we all need to understand what the ranking is for and how it is being calculated. There has been much consternation of Iowa State’s NET ranking but...
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