Five-minute Scout

Oregon State a team built on getting (and making) layups

**Team:** Oregon State **Record:** 4-1 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 62 3 Strengths ----------- • **Interior defense:** Oregon State boasts the 18th-tallest team according to KenPom's effective height stat, which ranks a team's average height of the center and power forward ...

San Jose State features good size, a go-to guy and a really bad free throw shooter

**Team:** San Jose State **Record:** 2-2 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 270 *(Note: All team statistics are from KenPom and do not include San Jose State's win over Div. III UC-Santa Cruz unless otherwise noted.)* 3 Strengths ----------- • **Defensive rebounding:** This has been ...

Saint Louis a scary opponent for KU

**Team:** Saint Louis **Record:** 2-1 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 35 3 Strengths ----------- • **Defense ... all of it:** Former coach Rick Majerus turned his team into a defensive force a year ago, as the Billikens ranked 10th nationally in KenPom's overall defensive ...

Inside-out threat Brock Motum the player to watch for Washington State

**Team:** Washington State **Record:** 2-1 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 87 3 Strengths ----------- • **Making shots inside:** Washington State has made 58 percent of its twos so far this year (21st nationally), thanks in part to last year's Pac-12 leading scorer Brock Motum, ...

Jayhawks should be able to bomb away against Chattanooga

**Team:** Chattanooga **Record:** 1-0 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 283 3 Strengths ----------- • **Foul avoidance:** I'll say this about Chattanooga — though it doesn't appear to be very good defensively, it isn't going to give up free points at the line. Coach John Shulman's ...

Could Jeff Withey be in line for big game against Michigan State?

**Team:** Michigan State **Record:** 0-1 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 6 3 Strengths ----------- • **Rebounding:** Michigan State was a dominant rebounding team a year ago, and the Spartans did nothing to hurt that reputation against UConn. The Spartans were most impressive ...