Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - After Week 3

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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.

(The last couple of years I’ve also kept track of ranked team’s performances vs. unranked teams by totaling the points gained or lost against them but that was a lot of extra work and tended to favor schools with weak schedules so I’m dropping that measure this year, as I did for the football version of this.)

WEEK 3 (11/21-27)
Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
Purdue beat #8 Duke 75-56 = +37
Tennessee beat #3 Kansas 64-50 = +37
Iowa State beat #1 North Carolina 70-65 = +30
Alabama beat #1 North Carolina 103-101 = +27
Arizona beat #17 San Diego State 87-70 = +26
Alabama beat #12 Michigan State 81-70 = +25
Connecticut beat #18 Alabama 82-67 = +23
Wisconsin lost to #3 Kansas 68-69 = +22
Creighton beat #9 Arkansas 90-87 = +20
Kent State lost to #2 Houston 44-49 = +19
Arizona beat #10 Creighton 81-79 = +18
North Carolina State lost to #3 Kansas 74-80 = +17
Portland lost to #1 North Carolina 81-89 = +17
Creighton beat #21 Texas Tech 76-65 = +16
Xavier lost to #6 Gonzaga 84-88 = +16
Oregon State lost to #8 Duke 51-54 = +15
Texas Christian beat #25 Iowa 79-66 = +14
Arkansas lost to #10 Creighton 87-90 = +13
Arkansas beat #17 San Diego State 78-74 = +13
Portland lost to #12 Michigan State 77-78 = +13
San Diego State lost to #9 Arkansas 74-78 = +13
Northwestern lost to #13 Auburn 42-43 = +12
Ohio State beat #21 Texas Tech 80-73 = +12
Xavier lost to #8 Duke 64-71 = +11
Creighton lost to #14 Arizona 79-81 = +10
Oregon lost to #12 Michigan State 70-74 = +10
St. Louis lost to #13 Auburn 60-65 = +8
Cincinnati lost to #14 Arizona 93-101 = +4
Bellarmine lost to #8 Duke 57-74 = +1
Clemson lost to #25 Iowa 71-74 = -2
Ohio State lost to #17 San Diego State 77-88 = -2
Northern Arizona lost to #4 Texas 48-73 = -3
Southern California lost to #22 Tennessee 66-73 = -3
Little Rock lost to #11 Indiana 68-87 = -4
Portland State lost to #6 Gonzaga 78-102 = -4
San Diego State lost to #14 Arizona 70-87 = -5
Texas Tech lost to #10 Creighton 65-76 = -5
Maryland Eastern Shore lost to #5 Virginia 45-72 = -6
Bradley lost to #13 Auburn 64-85 = -8
Alabama lost to #20 Connecticut 67-82 = -9
Louisville lost to #9 Arkansas 54-80 = -9
Kansas lost to #22 Tennessee 50-64 = -10
McNeese lost to #7 Baylor 60-89 = -10
West Virginia lost to #24 Purdue 68-80 = -10
Iowa State lost to #20 Connecticut 53-71 = -12
Coppin State lost to #23 Maryland 79-95 = -13
Bellarmine lost to #19 UCLA 60-81 = -14
UT Rio Grande Valley lost to #4 Texas 54-91 = -15
Gonzaga lost to #24 Purdue 66-84 = -16
Duke lost to #24 Purdue 56-75 = -17
Oregon lost to #20 Connecticut 59-83 = -18
Butler lost to #22 Tennessee 45-71 = -22
Lindenwood lost to #16 Illinois 59-92 = -23
Jackson State lost to #11 Indiana 51-90 = -24
Louisville lost to #21 Texas Tech 38-70 = -27
North Florida lost to #15 Kentucky 56-96 = -29
Omaha lost to #25 Iowa 64-100 = -35
Pepperdine lost to #19 UCLA 53-100 = -40

Comments: Purdue had a heck of a week. North Carolina did not.


TOP 25
Purdue +75
Michigan State +54
Creighton +46
Arizona +44
Virginia +44

Alabama +43
Texas +43
Xavier +39
Tennessee +37
Arizona State +31

Colorado +30
Illinois +28
Arkansas +26
Baylor +26
Portland +26

Connecticut +23
Wisconsin +22
Gardner-Webb +19
Kent State +19
Iowa State +18

UC Irvine +18
North Carolina State +17
Gonzaga +15
Oregon +15
Oregon State +15

The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Monmouth (-70)
Syracuse has yet to play a ranked team.

WEEKLY CHAMPIONS:
WEEK 1 Michigan State lost to #2 Gonzaga 63-64 = +23
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES:
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 2 Gonzaga beat #4 Kentucky 88-72 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #8 Duke 75-56 = +37
WEEK 3 Tennessee beat #3 Kansas 64-50 = +37
WEEK 2 Arizona State beat #20 Michigan 87-62 = +31
WEEK 2 Michigan State beat #4 Kentucky 86-77 = +31
WEEK 2 Colorado beat #24 Texas A&M 103-75 = +30
WEEK 3 Iowa State beat #1 North Carolina 70-65 = +30
WEEK 2 Virginia beat #5 Baylor 86-79 = +28