Against Ranked Teams - basketball after week 10

[SWC75]

(I'll do week 11 tomorrow)

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 10 (1/6-12)
Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 = +55
Georgia beat #6 Kentucky 82-69 = +33
Arizona beat #21 West Virginia 75-56 = +24
Michigan beat #22 UCLA 94-75 = +23
Southern California beat #13 Illinois 82-72 = +23
Alabama beat #10 Texas A&M 94-88 = +24
Maryland beat #22 UCLA 79-61 = +22
Texas Tech lost to #3 Iowa State 84-85 = +22
South Carolina lost to #2 Auburn 63-66 = +21
Texas lost to #1 Tennessee 70-74 = +21
Georgia beat #17 Oklahoma 72-62 = +19
Texas lost to #2 Auburn 82-87 = +19
Villanova beat #9 Connecticut 68-66 = +19
Kentucky beat #14 Mississippi State 95-90 = +17
Mississippi State lost to #6 Kentucky 90-95 = +15
Texas A&M lost to #5 Alabama 88-94 = +15
Notre Dame lost to #4 Duke 78-86 = +14
Oklahoma lost to #10 Texas A&M 78-80 = +14
Georgetown lost to #7 Marquette 66-74 = +11
Texas A&M beat #17 Oklahoma 80-78 = +11
Arkansas lost to #8 Florida 63-71 = +10
Georgetown lost to #9 Connecticut 60-68 = +9
Ohio State lost to #15 Oregon 71-73 = +9
East Carolina lost to #19 Memphis 70-74 = +3
Cincinnati lost to #11 Kansas 40-54 = +1
South Carolina lost to #5 Alabama 68-88 = +1
Northwestern lost #16 Michigan State 68-78 = Even
Utah lost to #3 Iowa State 59-82 = Even
Vanderbilt lost to #14 Mississippi State 64-76 Even
Boise State lost to #25 Utah State 79-81 = -1
Colorado lost to #21 West Virginia 70-78 = -3
Arizona State lost to #11 Kansas 55-74 = -4
Arkansas lost to #23 Mississippi 66-73 = -4
San Diego lost to #18 Gonzaga 80-93 = -5
Texas Christian lost to #12 Houston 46-65 = -5
Washington State lost to #18 Gonzaga 75-88 = -5
San Jose State lost to #25 Utah State 78-85 = -6
Pittsburgh lost to #4 Duke 47-76 = -7
Louisiana State lost to #23 Mississippi 65-77 = -9
Rutgers lost to #20 Purdue 50-68 = -12
Tennessee lost to #8 Florida 43-73 = -12
Washington lost to #24 Michigan 75-91 = -14
Kansas State lost to #12 Houston 57-87 = -16
UCLA lost to #24 Michigan 75-94 = -17
Washington lost to Michigan State 54-88 = -24
Penn State lost to #13 Illinois 52-91 = -26
Nebraska lost to #20 Purdue 68-104 = -30

Interesting that Texas lost to #1 Tennessee by four points and to #2 Auburn by 5 while Texa Tech lost to #3 Iowa State by 1 point. We lost to Texas by 4 and Texas Tech by 5. Georgetown lost to #7 Marquette and #9 Connecticut by 8 points each. Notre Dame lost to #4 Duke by the same margin. Could it be that we're not as bad as everyone thinks - when we want to be?



WEEKLY LEADERS
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 2: Purdue beat #2 Alabama 87-78 = +33
Week 3: Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38
Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 = +42
Week 5: Mississippi State beat #18 Pittsburgh 90-57 = +41
Week 6: Dayton beat #6 Marquette 71-63 = +28
Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +42
Week 8: Memphis beat #16 Mississippi 87-70 = +27
Week 9: Illinois beat #9 Oregon 109-77 = +49
Week 10: Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 = +55

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 10: Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 = +55
Week 9: Illinois beat #9 Oregon 109-77 = +49
Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 = +42
Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +42
Week 9: Alabama beat #12 Oklahoma 107-79 = +42
Week 5: Mississippi State beat #18 Pittsburgh 90-57 = +41
Week 4: Louisville beat #14 Indiana 89-61 = +40
Week 3: Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38
Week 5: Creighton beat #1 Kansas 76-63 = +38
Week 5: Missouri beat #1 Kansas 76-67 = +34


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Alabama +122
Illinois +109 points
Gonzaga +108
Dayton +98
Auburn +89

Kentucky +88
Michigan +81
Memphis +78
Duke +77
Marquette +76

Texas A&M +75
Mississippi State +74
Iowa State +72
Florida +65
Creighton +59

West Virginia +59
San Diego State +56
Maryland +55
North Carolina +55
Georgia +46

Kentucky +45
Tennessee +43
Missouri +42
Nebraska +42
Purdue +42

The worst in a game is Maryland Eastern Shore who lost to #19 Arkansas 35-109 = -67. The Hawks also have the worst cumulative total at -143.

Syracuse is -3 against ranked teams.

Here are their opponents:
Le Moyne -18
Colgate +10
Youngstown State -29
Texas +23
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech +21
Cornell
Tennessee +55
Notre Dame +10
Albany
Georgetown +20
Maryland +55
Bucknell
Wake Forest -26
Florida State -7
Georgia Tech -22
Boston College
Louisville +31
Notre Dame
Clemson +26
Pittsburgh 6
Stanford
California
Duke +77
U of Miami +12
North Carolina +55
North Carolina State +4
Virginia Tech +2
Southern Methodist
Virginia -30