Where Florida basketball stand on KenPom at the end of November

As November comes to a close, the Florida Gators (5-2) are ranked No. 17, according to the KenPom College Basketball Ratings.

While the Gators started the season ranked No. 2 by KenPom, the non-conference schedule has proven difficult with losses to No. 8 Arizona and No. 50 TCU. Keeping in mind that the NET rankings don’t paint a full picture until the start of December, Gators Wire has decided to wait until now to post KenPom ratings.

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A plus-25.70 adjusted efficiency margin is solid, but a closer looks shows that Florida’s offense (120.1, 24th) is struggling more than the defense (94.4, 10th). That makes sense considering the guards’ shooting woes, but a breakout performance from Xaivian Lee provides hope for steady improvement over the next month.

The Gators are nuzzled between No. 15 Michigan St. (+25.86) and No. 17 Illinois (+24.91). Strong performances against No. 3 Duke (+32.05) and No. 7 UConn (+27.97) could easily propel Florida up the KenPom ratings.

Breaking down more KenPom ratings

Date

Nov. 30

W-L

5-2

NetRtg

+25.70

ORtg

120.1 (24)

DRtg

94.4 (10)

AdjT

72.9 (22)

Luck

-.055 (278)

SOS Net

+7.83 (35)

SOS ORtg

111.3 (50)

SOS DRtg

103.5 (33)

NCSOS Net

+7.83 (35)

Florida is playing with an adjusted tempo of 72.9, good for 22nd in the country. It’s a relatively quick pace, considering the Gators are frontcourt-loaded team. Florida struggled to crack the top 50 for all of last season, however.

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KenPom’s luck rating is Luck the deviation in winning percentage between a team’s actual record and their expected record using the correlated gaussian method. If the math stuff is confusing, ignore it. The gist is that positive numbers is worse than a negative number. High luck can mean a lower rating than a record suggests and negative luck often means underperforming.

Strength of Schedule according to KenPom

One thing Florida has going for it is a strong non-conference schedule. Lining up three top-25 battles in the first month of the season is going to keep that number…

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