11-27-2025, 12:28 AM
There's now a line out for the game. Stanford is the slightest of favorites, at -1.5. Both Santa Clara and Saint Louis have looked very good so far. Santa Clara has a 19-point road win at Xavier, but Saint Louis is also -1.5. Whatever happens tomorrow, they both figure to be favored on Friday.
Ken Pomeroy recently did a study on who are the coaches, across all of D-I, whose coaching has added the most value independent of recruiting over the past 18 seasons. Kyle Smith was 9th. The coach we are about to go up against, Niko Medved, is 16th.
The coaching effect - by Ken Pomeroy - kenpom's thoughts
Ken Pomeroy recently did a study on who are the coaches, across all of D-I, whose coaching has added the most value independent of recruiting over the past 18 seasons. Kyle Smith was 9th. The coach we are about to go up against, Niko Medved, is 16th.
The coaching effect - by Ken Pomeroy - kenpom's thoughts
"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only dream forever." -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)