Where the Stat Gurus Rank NC State Ahead of Ole Miss

NC State (8–4) faces Ole Miss (7–4) today at 1 p.m. at Greensboro Coliseum, but what do the advanced metrics say about the Wolfpack heading into tipoff?

Bart Torvik: 28th
Ken Pom: 30th
Evan Miya: 32nd

Highest Offense: Ken Pom: 18th
Lowest Offense: Evan Miya: 25th
Highest Defense: Evan Miya: 50th
Lowest Defense: Bart Torvik: 64th

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 7th best defense. NC State is ranked as the 24th most “unlucky” team out of 365. Their non-conference strength of schedule ranks 78th overall, and #2 in the ACC. The Wolfpack has the 16th 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 10th. He gives the Pack an 85.3% chance to make the NCAA Tournament, and projects them to be a 7.2-seed. He ranks their current non-conference schedule 16th overall.

Evan Miya

NC State’s offense ranks 4th in the ACC according to Miya, and their defense ranks 8th. They rank 6th in the conference in tempo (estimated number of possessions in a game), 2nd in home court advantage, and 7th in kill shots margin per game (how many more 10-0 runs a team has per game than their opponents).