Ken Pomeroy is not high on the Mocs. Not that it matters what he thinks. But he also does a good job as basketball analyst...at least mathematically.
His predictions of us being 213 in the rankings, with just a 3% chance of upsetting Tennessee on Friday night, and a 13-17 (8-10 in the SoCon) record is very disheartening. At least, from a purely basketball perspective, it is disheartening. Hopefully, the Mocs can perform better than that.
The question is, how? He has us beating Austin Peay, Kennesaw State, and Jackson Satte in the first month, which puts us at 3-4, which is probably about right. He has us losing at Elon, and at home to Murray State and Appalachian State, but winning the remainder of our December games, and then it is into SoCon play. As sad as this sounds, that seems fairly realistic.
Basically, our shot is outperform in the SoCon. If we do that, we have a shot to drastically outperform his marks. Also winning at FIU, or beating a Tennessee or Louisville would be a nice start.
In other words, some breaks need to go our way. Maybe they will. Who knows? Here's hoping that the Mocs get everything going their way- starting Friday night!
GO MOCS!
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