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Ken Pomeroy Responds After Doug Gottlieb’s ‘KenPom Is Bulls***’ Rant

Pomeroy says the ratings are built to predict future performance, not to grade resumes, questioning the clarity of Gottlieb’s point.

Overview

  • Awful Announcing reported that Pomeroy was bewildered by Gottlieb’s criticism and said coaches often misunderstand that his model is predictive.
  • At a Tuesday press conference, Gottlieb called the ratings “bullsh*t,” arguing they lack context on player availability and overvalue narrow losses in buy games.
  • Gottlieb defended the Horizon League’s quality and warned its champion could be pushed into a 16 seed and the First Four, claiming Green Bay would outperform other 16s.
  • WLUK-TV’s Michael Gross posted a four-minute clip of the exchange that circulated widely on social media.
  • As of Wednesday night, Green Bay was 13-12 and ranked No. 228 by KenPom, with Pomeroy defending the use of scoring margin and citing Oakland’s 79-70 loss to Michigan State as meaningful.