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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4922825, member: 289"] The last few years I’ve attempted to quantify team’s performances against ranked teams, (historically a big factor in decisions made about getting into playoffs) with a system that gives points to teams for the ranking of their opponents and adds or subtracts the point differential in their games, (adds in a win, subtracts in a loss). The ‘ranking’ points are 25 for playing a #1 ranked team, 24 for playing a #2 ranked team, etc., down to 1 point for playing a 25th ranked team. These points are easily computed by subtracting the ranking number from 26, (26-1 = 25; 26-25 =1, etc.). Over the course of the season, I add the points earned by each team in their games against ranked teams as a sort of standings but have always maintained that this is just one thing to look at in evaluating the team, not a final overall ranking. WEEK 8 (12/25-31/23) Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40 Florida Gulf Coast beat #7 Florida Atlantic 72-68 = +23 San Diego State beat #13 Gonzaga 84-74 = +23 Creighton lost to #10 Marquette 67-72 = +11 Marquette beat #22 Creighton 72-67 = +9 Wichita State lost to #2 Kansas 67-86 = +5 California lost to #4 Arizona 81-100 = +3 Central Arkansas lost to #12 Oklahoma 72-88 = -2 Eastern Kentucky lost to #1 Purdue 53-80 = -2 Monmouth lost to #12 Oklahoma 56-72 = -2 Austin Peay lost to #19 Memphis 70-81 = -4 Illinois State lost to #8 Kentucky 70-96 = -8 Texas State lost to #20 James Madison 65-82 = -11 Wyoming lost to #14 Brigham Young 68-94 = -14 Bryant lost to #24 Mississippi 78-95 = -15 Pennsylvania lost to #3 Houston 42-81 = -16 Fairleigh Dickinson lost to #11 Illinois 71-104 = -18 Queens lost to #16 Duke 69-106 = -27 Radford lost to #18 Clemson 58-93 = -27 Charleston Southern lost to #9 North Carolina 60-105 = -28 UNC Greensboro lost to #21 Texas 37-72 = -30 Adams State lost to #15 Colorado State 61-106 = -34 I said this premature last week so I’ll repeat it here: “Beginning next week the Adams State type teams should disappear from these listings as conference play begins in earnest.” WEEKLY CHAMPIONS Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29 Week 2 Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25 Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39 Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39 Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40 Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38 Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44 Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36 Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40 TOP TEN Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44 Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40 Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40 Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39 Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39 Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38 Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36 Week 5 Marquette beat #12 Texas 86-65 = +35 Week 7 Providence beat #6 Marquette 72-57 = +35 Week 4 Wisconsin beat #3 Marquette 75-64 = +34 The worst game so far: Week 1 Stanislaus State lost to #23 St. Mary’s 28-107 = -79 CUMULATIVE TOP 25 Marquette +114 Purdue +106 Connecticut +95 Arizona +94 North Carolina +94 Kansas +76 Kentucky +71 Wisconsin +67 Memphis +64 UCLA +64 Michigan State +59 Duke +50 Tennessee +50 Stanford +43 Florida Atlantic +41 Alabama +40 Colorado +39 Colorado State +39 Georgia Tech +36 Illinois +33 Seton Hall +33 Northwestern +31 Villanova +30 Texas A&M +27 Utah +26 Xavier +26 The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79 Syracuse is -2 Syracuse opponents: Boston College Canisius Clemson +23 Colgate -10 Cornell Duke +50 Florida State +15 Georgetown -10 Georgia Tech +36 Gonzaga +14 Louisiana State -4 Louisville -2 U of Miami -8 New Hampshire North Carolina +94 North Carolina State +5 Notre Dame +4 Louisiana State Niagara Oregon Pittsburgh Tennessee +50 Virginia -20 Virginia Tech Wake Forest [/QUOTE]

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