**Team:** Oregon State
**Record:** 4-1
**KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 62
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• **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 ...
**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
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• **Defensive rebounding:** This has been ...
**Team:** Saint Louis
**Record:** 2-1
**KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 35
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• **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 ...
**Team:** Washington State
**Record:** 2-1
**KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 87
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• **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, ...
**Team:** Chattanooga
**Record:** 1-0
**KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 283
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• **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 ...
**Team:** Michigan State
**Record:** 0-1
**KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 6
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• **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 ...