Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2865464, member: 289"] 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 [/QUOTE]

Verification: What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?