{"id":82415,"date":"2025-02-02T11:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/eric-musselman-goes-on-rant-over-computer-data-outdated-rules-in-college-basketball\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:30:51","slug":"eric-musselman-goes-on-rant-over-computer-data-outdated-rules-in-college-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/eric-musselman-goes-on-rant-over-computer-data-outdated-rules-in-college-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Musselman goes on rant over computer data, outdated rules in college basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC<\/strong><\/a> coach Eric Musselman<\/a><\/strong> might not be a big fan of computer data, metrics and rankings to be frank.<\/p>\n

Some of these metrics, when weighing the best teams and how they stack up based on wins and losses, could be outdated, according to the Trojans\u2019 coach. Even something as simple as margin of victory could set off Musselman on a tirade.<\/p>\n

He did so a bit following USC\u2019s upset win over Big Ten foe Michigan State<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think our team\u2019s done not a good job of that, but great. Like, they don\u2019t look past an opponent,\u201d Musselman said postgame<\/a>. \u201cI think we as a group really understand that the only way for us to win is to be ultra focused. We\u2019re maybe out talented at times, maybe deeper benches that we\u2019re playing. Just play for 40 minutes and see where it comes out. But I can tell you the numbers, the KenPom and all that, I don\u2019t even want to get into it, but come on. Like, you beat somebody in non conference by 30, and that holds more weight than beating them by 10. It\u2019s a joke how those numbers go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Musselman elaborated on the metrics throughout college basketball and where USC could stand.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry, I mean, I don\u2019t want to say anything else other than I\u2019ve been on the flip side of it too, like don\u2019t think for a minute that we haven\u2019t got a good seed or got a good pairing in the tournament because of stuff that\u2019s really not real,\u201d Musselman said.<\/p>\n

Eric Musselman doesn\u2019t want to hear about computers<\/h2>\n

\u201cA computer doesn\u2019t understand basketball, so how\u2019s the computer deciding who should be in the tournament? It\u2019s unfathomable. Doesn\u2019t happen in any other walk of life, to my knowledge, and if it does, I\u2019d love to know what it is, but that doesn\u2019t make any sense to schedule and \u2026 College basketball is about development. How are you supposed to develop younger players if you beat teams by 30 and that has something to do with your resume at the end of the year? It doesn\u2019t even make sense. It\u2019s college basketball.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Musselman continued his point about college basketball development and not building resumes, thereby hindering development in some scenarios.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about developing. You get young players. How do they get an opportunity,\u201d Musselman said. \u201cIt affects the way you sub. It affects the way you develop players. But no one wants to talk about it because basketball is run by people who\u2019ve been doing it for a whole long time. We don\u2019t have four quarters. Why? Everybody else in the world has four quarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou call a time out, you advance the ball. It\u2019s better for basketball. But some guys don\u2019t want to do that because that would put pressure on you. It\u2019s really hard to coach that way. So that\u2019s my rant on college basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

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