Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - after week 15

[SWC75]

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 15 (2/12-18)
Auburn beat #11 South Carolina 101-61 = +55
Connecticut beat #4 Marquette 81-53 = +50
Texas Tech beat #6 Kansas 79-50 = +49
Ohio State beat #2 Purdue 73-69 = +28
Syracuse beat #7 North Carolina 86-79 = +26
Kentucky beat #13 Auburn 70-59 = +24
Baylor beat #25 Oklahoma 79-62 = +18
Oklahoma State beat #19 Brigham Young 93-83 = +17
Butler lost to #4 Marquette 72-78 = +16
Illinois State beat #23 Indiana State 80-67 = +16
Louisiana State beat to #11 South Carolina 64-63 = +16
Minnesota lost to #2 Purdue 76-84 = +16
Pittsburgh beat #21 Virginia 74-63 = +15
Kansas beat #25 Oklahoma 67-57 = +11
Wake Forest lost to #9 Duke 69-77 = +9
Florida State lost to #9 Duke 67-76 = +8
Iowa beat #20 Wisconsin 88-86 = +8
Southern Illinois beat #23 Indiana State 74-69 = +8
Texas Tech lost to #10 Iowa State 74-82 = +8
Cincinnati lost to #10 Iowa State 59-68 = +7
Maryland lost to #14 Illinois 80-85 = +7
South Florida beat #24 Florida Atlantic 90-86 = +6
Central Florida lost to #19 Brigham Young 88-90 = +5
Virginia Tech lost to #7 North Carolina 81-96 = +4
Wake Forest lost to #21 Virginia 47-49 = +3
Fordham lost to #16 Dayton 70-78 = +2
Texas lost to #3 Houston 61-82 = +2
West Virginia lost to #12 Baylor 81-94 = +1
Ohio State lost to #20 Wisconsin 54-62 = -2
Marquette lost to #1 Connecticut 53-81 = -3
Oklahoma lost to #12 Baylor 62-79 = -3
Duquesne lost to #16 Dayton 59-75 = -6
Auburn lost to #22 Kentucky 59-70 = -7
Mississippi lost to #22 Kentucky 63-75 = -8
Oklahoma lost to #6 Kansas 57-67 = -10
Temple lost to #24 Florida Atlantic 68-80 = -10
Arkansas lost to #8 Tennessee 63-92 = -11
DePaul lost to #1 Connecticut 65-101 = -11
Butler lost to #17 Creighton 57-79 = -13
Georgetown lost to #17 Creighton 72-94 = -13
Texas A&M lost to #15 Alabama 75-100 = -14
Michigan lost to #14 Illinois 68-97 = -17
Vanderbilt lost to #8 Tennessee 53-88 = -18
Arizona State lost to #5 Arizona 60-105 = -24
South Carolina lost to #13 Auburn 61-101 = -27
Pepperdine lost to #18 St. Mary’s 59-103 = -36

Amazing in the 15th week, we get the three best performances against ranked teams of the entire years!


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
Week 9 Tennessee beat #22 Mississippi 90-64 = +30
Week 10 Nebraska beat #1 Purdue 88-72 = +41
Week 11 West Virginia beat #3 Kansas 91-85 = +29
Week 12 South Carolina beat #6 Kentucky 79-62 = +37
Week 13 Kansas beat #4 Houston 78-65 = +35
Week 14 Rutgers beat #11 Wisconsin 78-56 = +37
Week 15 Auburn beat #11 South Carolina 101-61 = +55

TOP TEN
Week 15 Auburn beat #11 South Carolina 101-61 = +55
Week 15 Connecticut beat #4 Marquette 81-53 = +50
Week 15 Texas Tech beat #6 Kansas 79-50 = +49
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 10 Nebraska beat #1 Purdue 88-72 = +41
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

The worst game so far:
Week 1 Stanislaus State lost to #23 St. Mary’s 28-107 = -79

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Connecticut +167
Kansas +166
Purdue +154
North Carolina +142
Marquette +111

Texas Tech +108
Tennessee +107
Kentucky +105
Auburn +103
Texas Christian +100

Arizona +94
Michigan State +94
Cincinnati +89
Wisconsin +85
Texas +83

Florida +77
Baylor +76
Texas A&M +73
UCLA +72
Clemson +71

Iowa State +71
Georgia Tech +70
Duke +64
Memphis +64
Alabama +62
Villanova +62

The worst cumulative total: DePaul -84

Syracuse is -1.

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College +8
Butler +14
Canisius
Clemson +71
Colgate -10
Cornell -11
Duke +78
Florida State +27
Georgetown -31
Georgia Tech +70
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State -11
Louisville +4
U of Miami +35
New Hampshire
Niagara
North Carolina +142
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +7
Oregon +8
Pittsburgh +36
Tennessee +50
Virginia -20
Virginia Tech +35
Wake Forest +14

The teams we have played so far have a collective ART of +643. The teams we have yet to play are +58.