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.

WEEK 3
Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38 points
Tennessee lost to #13 Baylor 77-62 = +28
Duke beat #17 Arizona 69-55 = +23
Nebraska beat #14 Creighton 74-63 = +23
Alabama beat #25 Illinois 100-87 = +14
St. John’s lost to #13 Baylor 98-99 = +12
San Diego State lost to #3 Gonzaga 67-80 = +10
UNC Wilmington lost to #1 Kansas 66-84 = +7
Baylor beat #22 St. John’s 99-98 = +5
Illinois lost to #8 Alabama 87-100 = +5
Georgia beat #22 St. John’s 66-63 = +4
Kennesaw State beat #24 Rutgers 79-77 = +4
UT Rio Grande Valley lost to #19 Wisconsin 84-87 = +4
Pittsburgh lost to #19 Wisconsin 75-81 = +1
Arizona lost to #12 Duke 55-69 = 0
Baylor lost to #11 Tennessee 62-77 = 0
Georgia lost to #15 Marquette 69-80 = 0
UC Greensboro lost to #16 Indiana 58-69 = -1
Hawaii lost to #10 North Carolina 69-87 = -2
Little Rock lost to #20 Arkansas 67-79 = -6
Purdue lost to #15 Marquette 58-76 = -7
Virginia lost to #11 Tennessee 42-64 = -7
Northern Kentucky lost to #18 Cincinnati 60-76 = -8
Central Florida lost to #19 Wisconsin 70-86 = -9
Merrimack lost to #24 Rutgers 63-74 = -9
East Texas A&M lost to #2 Connecticut 46-81 = -11
North Alabama lost to #4 Auburn 69-102 = -11
Lipscomb lost to #9 Kentucky 68-97 = -12
Pacific lost to #20 Arkansas 72-91 = -13
IU Indianapolis lost to #5 Iowa State 52-87 = -14
Southern U. lost to #23 Texas A&M 54-71 = -14
Georgia Tech lost to #18 Cincinnati 58-81 = -15
Marshall lost to #6 Purdue 45-80 = -15
Hofstra lost to #7 Houston 44-80 = -17
Florida A&M lost to #21 Florida 60-84 = -19
Long Beach State lost to #3 Gonzaga 41-84 = -20
Southern Illinois lost to #21 Florida 68-93 = -20
Virginia lost to #22 St. John’s 55-80 = -21
Jackson State lost to #9 Kentucky 59-108 = -32
Maryland Eastern Shore lost to #25 Illinois 40-87 = -46




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

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 3: Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38
Week 2: Purdue beat #2 Alabama 87-78 = +33
Week 2: Wisconsin beat #9 Arizona 103-88 = +32
Week 3: Tennessee lost to #13 Baylor 77-62 = +28
Week 1: Auburn beat #4 Houston 74-69 = +27
Week 2: Kentucky beat #6 Duke 77-72 = +25
Week 3: Duke beat #17 Arizona 69-55 = +23
Week 3: Nebraska beat #14 Creighton 74-63 = +23
Week 1: North Carolina lost to #1 Kansas 89-92 = +22

TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Gonzaga +56 points
Marquette +38
Wisconsin +32
Tennessee +28
Auburn +27

Purdue +26
Duke +25
Kentucky +25
Nebraska +23
North Carolina +22

Kansas +20
Texas A&M +19
Alabama +18
Michigan State +17
McNeese +16

Arkansas State +15
Arkansas +13
St. John’s +12
Houston +10
San Diego State +10

Arizona State +9
Central Florida +9
Maryland +7
UNC Wilmington +7
Illinois +5
New Mexico +5
Yale +5

The worst in a game is Arkansas-Pine Bluff who lost to #20 Cincinnati 54-109 = -49 and Tarleton State who lost to #12 Baylor 41-104 = -49. Jackson Stae has the worst cumulative total at -67.

Syracuse has yet to play a ranked team. (Texas Tech was actually rated #24 in the coach’s poll when we played them. ESPN only lists the writer’s poll rankings in their schedules or with their scores.)
Here are their opponents:
Le Moyne -18
Colgate
Youngstown State -29
Texas
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech
Cornell
Tennessee +28
Notre Dame
Albany
Georgetown
Maryland +7
Bucknell
Wake Forest
Florida State -7
Georgia Tech -15
Boston College
Louisville -8
Notre Dame
Clemson
Pittsburgh +1
Stanford
California
Duke +25
U of Miami
North Carolina +22
North Carolina State
Virginia Tech
Southern Methodist
Virginia -28