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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3311619, 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 will again be using my “new procedure” 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 is that formerly I didn’t count any deficit: if you got to zero, you got zero. This year I’m going to record negative points, too, so a team can get full ‘credit’ for a really bad performance. WEEK 17 St. John’s beat #10 Creighton 91-71 = +36 points Wake Forest beat #7 Duke 113-101 = +31 points Florida State beat #11 Louisville 82-67 = +30 points Michigan State beat #9 Maryland 78-66 = +29 points Texas Christian beat #2 Baylor 75-72 = +27 points Clemson beat #6 Florida State 70-69 = +21 points Kansas State beat #1 Kansas 58-62 = +21 points Ohio State beat #19 Michigan 77-63 = +21 points Virginia beat #7 Duke 52-50 = +21 points California beat #21 Colorado 76-62 = +19 points Iowa beat #16 Penn State 77-68 = +19 points Kentucky beat #15 Auburn 73-66 = +18 points Oklahoma beat #22 Texas Tech 65-51 = +18 points Providence beat #12 Villanova 58-54 = +18 points Oklahoma beat #20 West Virginia 73-62 = +17 points Michigan State beat #18 Iowa 78-70 = +16 points Minnesota lost to #9 Maryland 73-74 = +16 points Texas beat #20 West Virginia 67-57 = +16 points Colorado State lost to #5 San Diego State 60-66 = +15 points George Mason lost to #4 Dayton 55-62 = +15 points Nevada-Reno lost to #5 San Diego State 76-83 = +14 points Texas beat #22 Texas Tech 68-58 = +14 points Wisconsin beat #19 Michigan 81-74 = +14 points Stanford beat #21 Colorado 72-64 = +13 points St. Mary’s lost to #3 Gonzaga 76-86 = +13 points Auburn lost to #8 Auburn 73-66 = +11 points Rutgers lost to #16 Penn State 64-65 = +9 points Texas A&M lost to #8 Kentucky 60-69 = +9 points Davidson lost to #4 Dayton 67-82 = +7 points Kansas State lost to #2 Baylor 66-85 = +5 points Louisville lost to #6 Florida State 67-82 = +5 points Marquette lost to #13 Seton Hall 79-88 = +4 points St. John’s lost to #12 Villanova 60-71 = +3 points Mississippi lost to #15 Auburn 58-67 = +2 points Oklahoma State lost to #1 Kansas 58-83 = 0 points Penn State lost to #18 Iowa 68-77 = -1 point Virginia Tech lost to #11 Louisville 52-68 = -1 point Oregon State lost to #14 Oregon 54-69 = -3 points Iowa lost to #24 Michigan State 70-78 = -6 points Pepperdine lost to #17 Brigham Young 64-81 = -8 points Maryland lost to #24 Michigan State 66-78 = -10 points Michigan lost to #23 Ohio State 63-77 = -11 points Cincinnati lost to #25 Houston 55-68 = -12 points San Diego lost to #3 Gonzaga 59-94 = -12 points Nebraska lost to #23 Ohio State 54-75 = -18 points Comments: Ranked teams were 24-20 this week so a lot of points were earned. Six different games had both teams ranked. The Big Ten is lookin’ good. Top 25 Ohio State +153 points Michigan State +137 points Purdue +137 points Baylor +135 points Iowa +128 points Creighton +125 points Kansas +123 points Florida State +120 points Providence +117 points Kentucky +106 points Oklahoma +105 points Texas Tech +103 points Virginia +102 points Oregon +99 points Seton Hall +92 points West Virginia +92 points Michigan +91 points Rutgers +86 points Duke +84 points Wisconsin +83 points Clemson +81 points Marquette +79 points Arizona +71 points Kansas State +71 points Florida +69 points Syracuse has +31 points SU’s opponents: Virginia +102, Colgate -22, Seattle -18, Cornell -25, Bucknell none, Oklahoma State +2, Penn State +56, Iowa +128, Georgia Tech +31, Georgetown +63, Oakland -24, North Florida -17, Niagara 0, Notre Dame +13, Virginia Tech +17, Virginia +102, Boston College +14, Virginia Tech +17, Notre Dame +13, Pittsburgh +25, Clemson +81, Duke +84, Wake Forest +41, North Carolina State +67, Florida State +120, Louisville +66, Georgia Tech +58, Pittsburgh +25, North Carolina +64, Boston College 0, U of Miami -4 [/QUOTE]

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