Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - Week 12

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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 12 (1/22-28)
South Carolina beat #6 Kentucky 79-62 = +37
Texas beat #11 Oklahoma 75-60 = +30
Mississippi State beat #8 Auburn 64-58 = +24
Iowa State beat #7 Kansas 79-75 = +23
Alabama beat #8 Auburn 79-75 = +22
Northwestern beat #10 Illinois 96-91 = +21
Oregon State lost to #9 Arizona 83-80 = +20
Florida State lost to #3 North Carolina 68-75 = +16
Alabama-Birmingham beat #19 Memphis 97-88 = +16
Rutgers lost to #2 Purdue 60-68 = +16
Texas Tech beat #11 Oklahoma 85-84 = +16
Brigham Young lost to #4 Houston 68-75 = +15
Nevada-Reno beat #24 Colorado State 77-64 = +15
Richmond beat #16 Dayton 69-64 = +15
Arkansas lost to #6 Kentucky 57-63 = +14
Cincinnati lost to #7 Kansas 69-74 = +14
Texas Christian beat #15 Baylor 105-102 +14
Clemson lost to #12 Duke 71-72 = +13
Houston beat #21 Brigham Young 75-68 = +12
Minnesota lost to #13 Wisconsin 59-61 = +11
Indiana lost to #10 Illinois 62-70 = +8
Oregon lost to #9 Arizona 78-87 = +8
Vanderbilt lost to #5 Tennessee 62-75 = +8
Oklahoma lost to #20 Texas Tech 84-85 = +5
Wyoming beat #24 Colorado State 79-76 = +5
Boise State lost to #18 Utah State 84-90 = +2
Wake Forest lost to #3 North Carolina 64-85 = +2
Xavier lost to #17 Creighton 78-85 = +2
North Texas lost to #22 Florida Atlantic 63-66 = +1
Kansas State lost to #4 Houston 52-74 = Even
Louisville lost to #12 Duke 69-83 = Even
DePaul lost to #14 Marquette 73-86 = -1
Kansas lost to #23 Iowa State 75-79 = -1
LaSalle lost to #16 Dayton 54-66 = -2
Michigan State lost to #13 Wisconsin 66-81 = -2
Seton Hall lost to #14 Marquette 57-75 = -6
Texas lost to #21 Brigham Young 72-84 = -7
Kansas State lost to #23 Iowa State 67-78 = -8
Michigan lost to #2 Purdue 67-99 = -8
Rice lost to #22 Florida Atlantic 56-69 = -9
DePaul lost to #17 Creighton 62-85 = -14
Xavier lost to #1 Connecticut 56-99 = -18
San Jose State lost to #25 New Mexico 75-95 = -19
Nevada-Reno lost to #25 New Mexico 55-89 = -33

WEEKLY CHAMPIONS
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 2 Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25
Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39
Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40
Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36
Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40
Week 9 Tennessee beat #22 Mississippi 90-64 = +30
Week 10 Nebraska beat #1 Purdue 88-72 = +41
Week 11 West Virginia beat #3 Kansas 91-85 = +29
Week 12 South Carolina beat #6 Kentucky 79-62 = +37

TOP TEN
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 10 Nebraska beat #1 Purdue 88-72 = +41
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40
Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40
Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39
Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39
Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38
Week 12 South Carolina beat #6 Kentucky 79-62 = +37
Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36
Week 5 Marquette beat #12 Texas 86-65 = +35
Week 7 Providence beat #6 Marquette 72-57 = +35

The worst game so far:
Week 1 Stanislaus State lost to #23 St. Mary’s 28-107 = -79

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Purdue +128
Connecticut +117
Marquette +114
North Carolina +114
Kansas +105

Arizona +94
Texas Christian +82
Tennessee +80
UCLA +72
Kentucky +71

Michigan State +70
Wisconsin +67
Cincinnati +66
Iowa State +65
Memphis +64

Alabama +62
Seton Hall +61
Texas +50
Illinois +53
Texas A&M +51

Villanova +50
Duke +50
Georgia Tech +46
Brigham Young +45
Texas Tech +44

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -27, a worse ART than anyone we play.

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College +6
Canisius
Clemson +44
Colgate -10
Cornell -11
Duke +50
Florida State +31
Georgetown -1
Georgia Tech +46
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State +4
Louisville +4
U of Miami +15
New Hampshire
Niagara
North Carolina +114
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +8
Oregon +8
Pittsburgh +21
Tennessee +50
Virginia -20
Virginia Tech +22
Wake Forest +2

The teams we have played so far have a collective ART of +178. The teams we have yet to play are +299.