[NU Sports] Basketball--Pomeroy rankings

[John Labbe]

I don't put a lot of stock in these computer rankings, but there's a  
guy named Ken Pomeroy who ranks all college basketball teams using a  
formula that he claims is best suited for predicting future results.   
You can read a little bit about his method here:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/4257404.html


In any event, he currently has the Cats ranked 18th, and he predicts  
they'll finish the season 22-7.  He considers us a favorite in all but  
two of our remaining games (the overall prediction takes into account  
that some close predictions could go either way).  I hope he's right,  
but in any event, I find it fun to track his rankings and predictions  
during the season.

http://kenpom.com/sked.php?y=2009&team=Northwestern&t=p

http://kenpom.com/