Against Ranked Teams (basketball) Week 10

[SWC75]

This year I will be again charting how teams have done “against ranked teams”, which is something that always comes up at the end of the year when the arguments over who should be in the NCAA tournament start. As usual, this is not meant to end those arguments, just to give those making them something to look at in forming their opinions. This is just one thing to look at. But I think it’s a big thing.

I’m going to do it a bit differently this year. The old procedure was that I would first grant teams playing ranked teams a certain number of points based on who they are playing. If you played the #1 team, (I use the AP- writer’s poll for continuity), you get 25 points. If you are playing the #2 team, you get 24 points, etc. down to getting 1 point for playing the #25 team. I call these “schedule points”. Here’s a chart to make it simple:
1-25, 2-24, 3-23, 4-22, 5-21, 6-20, 7-19, 8-18, 9-17, 10-16, 11-15, 12-14, 13-13, 14-12, 15-11, 16-10, 17-9, 18-8, 19-7, 20-6, 21-5, 22-4, 23-3, 24-2, 25-1.
(Of course you can always just subtract the ranking from 26. That will work every time.)

Then I look at the point differential in the actual game. If you defeated the ranked team, you add the number of points you won by to the schedule points. If you lost to that team, you subtract the margin you lost by from the schedule points. (I call these ‘game’ points.) The difference between this year and last year if that I didn’t count any deficit: if you got to zero, you got zero. This year I’m going to try to record negative points, too, so a team can get full ‘credit’ for a really bad performance.

WEEK 10

Louisville beat #12 North Carolina 83-62 = +35 points
Mississippi beat #11 Auburn 82-67 = +30 points
Florida State lost to #1 Duke 78-80 = +23 points
Iowa beat #16 Ohio State 72-62 = +20 points
North Carolina beat #15 North Carolina State 90-82 = +19 points
South Carolina beat #14 Mississippi State 87-82 = +17 points
Mississippi beat #14 Mississippi State 81-77 = +16 points
Duke beat #13 Florida State 80-78 = +15 points
Baylor lost to #7 Kansas 68-73 = +14 points
Georgia Tech lost to #9 Virginia Tech 49-52 = +14 points
Illinois lost to #2 Michigan 69-79 = +14 points
Rutgers beat #16 Ohio State 64-61 = +13 points
Temple beat #17 Houston 73-69 = +13 points
Florida lost to #3 Tennessee 67-78 = +12 points
Texas lost to #8 Texas Tech 62-68 = +12 points
Oklahoma lost to #8 Texas Tech 59-66 = +11 points
De Paul beat #10 St. John’s 79-71 = +10 points
Kansas beat #25 Texas Christian 77-68 = +10 points
Texas Tech beat #23 Oklahoma 66-59 = +10 points
Baylor beat #20 Iowa State 73-70 = +9 points
San Francisco lost to #5 Gonzaga 83-96 = +8 points
Kansas State beat #20 Iowa State 58-57 = +7 points
Maryland beat #22 Indiana 78-75 = +7 points
U of Miami lost to #13 Florida State 62-68 = +7 points
Villanova beat #24 St. John’s 76-71 = +7 points
Fresno State lost to #10 Nevada-Reno 64-74 = +6 points
North Carolina State lost to #12 North Carolina 82-90 = +6 points
Penn State lost to #5 Michigan State 56-71 = +6 points
Pittsburgh lost to #15 North Carolina State 80-86 = +5 points
Northwestern lost to #2 Michigan 60-80 = +4 points
Creighton lost to #21 Marquette 104-106 = +3 points
Oklahoma beat #25 Texas Christian 76-74 = +3 points
Wake Forest lost to #1 Duke 65-87 = +3 points
Clemson lost to #4 Virginia 43-63 = +2 points
Purdue lost to #6 Michigan State 59-77 = +2 points
Seton Hall lost to #21 Marquette 66-70 = +1 point
Georgia lost to #11 Auburn 78-93 = 0 points
Texas Christian lost to #23 Oklahoma 74-76 = 0 points
Wichita State lost to #17 Houston 70-79 = 0 points
Missouri lost to #3 Tennessee 63-87 = -1 point
Vanderbilt lost to #18 Kentucky 47-56 = -1 point
Texas A&M lost to #18 Kentucky 74-85 = -3 points
Boston College lost to #4 Virginia 56-83 = -5 points
Pacific lost to #5 Gonzaga 36-67 = -10 points
Texas Christian lost to #7 Kansas 68-77 = -10 points
Miami U. lost to #19 Buffalo 64-88 = -17 points
San Jose State lost to #10 Nevada-Reno 53-92 = -23 points
Toledo lost to #19 Buffalo 80-110 = -23 points


THE TOP 25

Duke +143 points
Michigan +119 points
Michigan State +100 points
Marquette +88 points
Kansas +84 points

North Carolina +80 points
Louisville +63 points
Arizona State +59 points
Florida State +50 points
New Mexico +47 points

Mississippi +46 points
Tennessee +46 points
Virginia +45 points
Gonzaga +44 points
Iowa +44 points

Auburn +42 points
Indiana +40 points
Purdue +38 points
Wisconsin +33 points
Iowa State +32 points

North Carolina State +32 points
South Carolina +31 points
St. John’s +30 points
Rutgers +28 points
Villanova +28 points

Syracuse has +18 points

The worst total so far is Tennessee Tech with -104 points