Processing the Numbers, Basketball Edition | Norfolk State Spartans

The Tide get one last tune-up before the tip-off of SEC playRPI information courtesy of CBS Sports.

BPI information courtesy of ESPN.

All other statistics are courtesy of KenPom.com, Ken Pomeroy’s outstanding basketball analytics site.

So, how’d last game go?

Not especially well. The Tide were once again without Shannon Hale, and got off to a slow, ugly start against an opponent that they should have blown off the floor. They never really got better from the field, hitting their last field goal of regulation with 12 minutes to go in the game. Jacksonville State was not much better, but they kept it close enough to where the Tide needed to hit several free throws down the stretch to stay in the…