Against Ranked teams - basketball- Week 11

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This year I will be again charting how teams have done “against ranked teams”, which is something that always comes up at the end of the year when the arguments over who should be in the NCAA tournament start. As usual, this is not meant to end those arguments, just to give those making them something to look at in forming their opinions. This is just one thing to look at. But I think it’s a big thing.

I will again be using my “new procedure” this year. The old procedure was that I would first grant teams playing ranked teams a certain number of points based on who they are playing. If you played the #1 team, (I use the AP- writer’s poll for continuity), you get 25 points. If you are playing the #2 team, you get 24 points, etc. down to getting 1 point for playing the #25 team. I call these “schedule points”. Here’s a chart to make it simple:
1-25, 2-24, 3-23, 4-22, 5-21, 6-20, 7-19, 8-18, 9-17, 10-16, 11-15, 12-14, 13-13, 14-12, 15-11, 16-10, 17-9, 18-8, 19-7, 20-6, 21-5, 22-4, 23-3, 24-2, 25-1.
(Of course you can always just subtract the ranking from 26. That will work every time.)

Then I look at the point differential in the actual game. If you defeated the ranked team, you add the number of points you won by to the schedule points. If you lost to that team, you subtract the margin you lost by from the schedule points. (I call these ‘game’ points.) The difference is that formerly I didn’t count any deficit: if you got to zero, you got zero. This year I’m going to record negative points, too, so a team can get full ‘credit’ for a really bad performance.

WEEK 11
Florida beat #Auburn 47-69 = +44 points
Alabama beats #4 Auburn 83-64 = +41 points
DePaul beat #5 Butler 79-66 = +34 points
Clemson beat #2 Duke 79-72 = +31 points
Kansas State beat #12 West Virginia 84-68 = +30 points
Louisville beat #3 Duke 79-73 = +29 points
Seton Hall beats #5 Butler 78-70 = +29 points
Washington State beat #8 Oregon 72-61 = +29 points
Arizona beat #20 Colorado 75-54 = +27 points
Temple beat #16 Wichita State 65-53 = +22 points
Houston beat #16 Wichita State 65-54 = +21 points
Penn State beat #21 Ohio State 90-75 = +19 points
South Carolina beat #10 Kentucky 81-78 = +19 points
Oklahoma State lost to #2 Baylor 68-75 = +17 points
Washington lost to #8 Oregon 61-64 = +15 points
Iowa beat #19 Michigan 90-83 = +14 points
U of Miami lost to #9 Florida State 79-83 = +13 points
Virginia lost to #9 Florida State 50-54 = +13 points
Iowa State lost to #2 Baylor 55-68 = +11 points
St. Louis lost to #13 Dayton 76-78 = +11 points
Texas lost to #6 Kansas 57-66 = +11 points
Wisconsin beat #17 Maryland 56-54 = +11 points
Fresno State lost to #7 San Diego State 55-64 = +10 points
Pittsburgh lost to #11 Louisville 68-73 = +10 points
Arkansas lost to #10 Kentucky 66-73 = +9 points
Duke lost to #11 Louisville 73-79 = +9 points
DePaul lost to #14 Villanova 75-79 = +8 points
Connecticut lost to #14 Villanova 55-61 = +6 points
Nevada-Reno lost to #7 San Diego State 55-68 = +6 points
Oklahoma lost to #6 Kansas 52-66 = +6 points
St, John’s lost to #18 Seton Hall 79-82 = +5 points
Georgetown beat #25 Creighton 83-80 = +4 points
Brigham Young lost to #1 Gonzaga 69-92 = +2 points
Purdue lost to #17 Maryland 50-57 = +2 points
Butler lost to #18 Seton Hall 70-78 = 0 points
Arizona lost to #20 Colorado 61-68 = -1 point
Virginia Commonwealth lost to #13 Dayton 65-79 = -1 point
Wisconsin lost to #15 Michigan State 55-67 = -1 point
Northwestern lost to #24 Illinois 71-75 = -2 points
Providence lost to #25 Creighton 74-78 = -3 points
Cincinnati lost to #22 Memphis 49-60 = -7 points
Nebraska lost to #21 Ohio State 68-80 = -7 points
Kansas State lost to #23 Texas Tech 63-77 = -11 points
Iowa State lost to #23 Texas Tech 52-72 = -17 points
Texas Christian lost to #12 West Virginia 49-81 = -18 points
Santa Clara lost to #1 Gonzaga 54-104 = -25 points

Comments: It was a good week to play Auburn, Duke and Wichita State. Iowa is turning out to be one of the best teams in the country- and the most successful on our schedule against ranked teams.

Top 25

Ohio State +109 points
Purdue +109 points
Baylor +90 points
Iowa +83 points
Kentucky +78 points

Michigan State +78 points
Oregon +78 points
Kansas +74 points
Michigan +73 points
Florida State +72 points

Seton Hall +65 points
West Virginia +64 points
Duke +61 points
Louisville +61 points
Arizona +60 points

Alabama +55 points
Wisconsin +54 points
Minnesota +53 points
Texas Tech +52 points
South Carolina +47 points

Colorado +46 points
Florida +45 points
Rutgers +44 points
DePaul +42 points
Gonzaga +42 points
Penn State +42 points

Syracuse has +17 points

SU’s opponents: Virginia +41, Colgate -22, Seattle -18, Cornell -25, Bucknell none, Oklahoma State -19, Penn State +42, Iowa +83, Georgia Tech +15, Georgetown +37, Oakland -24, North Florida -17, Niagara 0, Notre Dame +13, Virginia Tech +11, Virginia +41, Boston College 0, Virginia Tech +11, Notre Dame +13, Pittsburgh +7, Clemson -9, Duke +61, Wake Forest -1, North Carolina State +13, Florida State +76, Louisville +61, Georgia Tech +15, Pittsburgh +7, North Carolina +37, Boston College 0, U of Miami +8


The worst team so far is Alabama State with -71 points. Don’t spend it all in one place…