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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3183526, 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 2 Ohio State beat #10 Villanova 76-51 = +41 points Evansville beat #1 Kentucky 67-64 = +28 points Oregon beat #13 Memphis 82-74 = +21 points Tennessee beat #20 Washington 75-62 = +19 points Michigan State beat #12 Seton Hall 76-73 = +17 points Connecticut beat #15 Florida 62-59 = +14 points Georgia State lost to #2 Duke 63-74 = +13 points Winthrop beat #16 Saint Mary’s 61-59 = +12 points Towson lost to #15 Florida 60-66 = +5 points Va. Commonwealth beat #23 Louisiana State 84-82 = +5 points Gardner Webb lost to #6 North Carolina 61-77 = +4 points Memphis lost to #14 Oregon 74-82 = +4 points South Alabama lost to #22 Auburn 69-70 = +3 points Missouri State lost to #21 Xavier 56-59 = +2 points Missouri lost to #21 Xavier 58-63 = 0 points Columbia lost to #9 Virginia 42-60 = -1 point St. Louis lost to #12 Seton Hall 66-83 = -3 points Mount St. Mary’s lost to #20 Washington 46-56 = -4 points Indiana State lost to #4 Louisville 62-91 = -7 points Nichols lost to #23 Louisiana State 65-75 = -7 points North Carolina Central lost to #4 Louisville 58-87 = -7 points Texas State lost to #24 Baylor 63-72 = -7 points Ohio U. lost to #10 Villanova 54-78 = -8 points UT Arlington lost to #14 Oregon 47-67 = -8 points Long Beach State lost to #18 St. Mary’s 63-81 = -10 points Oakland lost to #7 Maryland 50-80 = -11 points Texas A&M lost to #8 Gonzaga 49-79 = -12 points North Dakota lost to #8 Gonzaga 66-97 = -13 points Houston Baptist lost to #11 Texas Tech 74-103 = -14 points San Diego lost to #25 Colorado 53-71 = -17 points North Carolina A&T lost to#17 Utah State 54-81 = -18 points Cal Poly lost to #18 St. Mary’s 48-79 = -23 points New Mexico State lost to #19 Arizona 53-83 = -23 points Central Arkansas lost to #2 Duke 54-105 = -27 points Denver lost to #17 Utah State 56-97 = -32 points Alcorn State lost to #13 Memphis 56-102 = -33 points Monmouth lost to #5 Kansas 57-112 = -34 points San Jose State lost to #19 Arizona 39-87 = -41 points Cal-Northridge lost to #22 Auburn 70-116 = -42 points Commentary: As I watched the Colgate game I kept watching that Ohio State-Villanova score mount. It was 40-13 at one point. Top 25 Ohio State +41 points Michigan State +34 points Florida State +32 points Kentucky +32 points Evansville +28 points Duke +25 points Oregon +21 points Kansas +20 points Tennessee +19 points Connecticut +14 points Georgia State +13 points Washington +13 points Winthrop +12 points U of Miami +7 points Texas +7 points Notre Dame +6 points North Florida +5 points Towson +5 points Va. Commonwealth +5 points Gardner Webb +4 points Memphis +4 points Wisconsin +4 points South Alabama +3 points Missouri State +2 points Montana State +1 point UNC Wilmington +1 point Rhode Island +1 point Syracuse +1 point SU’s opponents: Virginia 0 Colgate 0 Seattle Cornell 0 Bucknell 0 Oklahoma State 0 Mississippi 0 Penn State 0 Iowa 0 Georgia Tech 0 Georgetown 0 Oakland -11 North Florida +5 Niagara 0 Notre Dame +6 Virginia Tech 0 Virginia 0 Boston College 0 Virginia Tech 0 Notre Dame +6 Pittsburgh 0 Clemson 0 Duke +25 Wake Forest 0 North Carolina State 0 Florida State +32 Louisville 0 Georgia Tech 0 Pittsburgh 0 North Carolina 0 Boston College 0 U of Miami +7 The worst so far is Central Arkansas with -61 points [/QUOTE]

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