Where Do the Stat Gurus Rank NC State Before Texas Southern?

NC State (7-4) will host Texas Southern (1-7) tonight at 7pm in the Lenovo Center. The game will be televised on ACC Network Extra.

Where do the Stat Gurus rank the Wolfpack prior to tipoff?

Ken Pom: 28th
Bart Torvik: 28th
Evan Miya: 31st

Highest Offense: Ken Pom: 20th
Lowest Offense: Evan Miya: 27th
Highest Defense: Evan Miya: 38th
Lowest Defense: Bart Torvik: 58th

Ken Pom and Bart Torvik rank NC State 5th in the ACC, while Evan Miya has them at 6th.

KenPom

According to Ken Pom, the Wolfpack has the 4th best offense in the ACC, and the 8th best defense. One of the reasons NC State is still ranked 28th overall is because Ken Pom ranks them as the 16th most “unlucky” team out of 365. Another factor is their non-conference strength of schedule, which ranks 46th overall, and #1 in the ACC. The Wolfpack has the 9th hardest non-conference strength of schedule out of all Power 4 schools (68 schools).

Bart Torvik

NC State’s offense ranks 4th in the ACC according to Torvik, and their defense ranks 11th. He gives the Pack an 84.4% chance to make the NCAA Tournament, and projects them to be a 7-seed. He ranks their current non-conference schedule 14th overall. The Wolfpack ranks 4th in the ACC in home court advantage.

Evan Miya

NC State’s offense ranks 4th in the ACC according to Miya, and their defense ranks 6th. They rank 4th in the conference in tempo (estimated number of possessions in a game), 2nd in home court advantage, and 10th in kill shots per game (how many more 10-0 runs a team has per game than their opponents).