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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5253399, 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 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 [/QUOTE]

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