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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3203383, 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 4 Michigan beat #6 North Carolina 73-64 = +29 points Virginia Tech beat #3 Michigan State 71-66 = +28 points Stephen . Austin beat #1 Duke 85-83 = +27 points Michigan beat #8 Gonzaga 82-64 = +26 points Iowa beat #12 Texas Tech 72-61 = +25 points Creighton beat #12 Texas Tech 83-76 = +21 points North Carolina beat #11 Oregon 78-74 = +19 points St. Mary’s beat #15 Utah State 81-73 +19 points Oregon lost to #8 Gonzaga 72-73 = +17 points Gonzaga beat #11 Oregon 73-72 = +16 points Dayton lost to #4 Kansas 84-90 = +16 points Georgia beat #3 Michigan State 85-93 = +15 points Oregon beat #13 Seton Hall 71-69 = +15 points Harvard lost to #5 Maryland 73-80 = +14 points Temple lost to #5 Maryland 69-76 = +14 points Seton Hall lost to #11 Oregon 69-71 = +13 points Florida State beat #17 Tennessee 60-57 = +12 points Winthrop lost to #1 Duke 70-83 = +12 points Alabama lost to #6 North Carolina 67-76 = +11 points Pepperdine lost to #14 Arizona 92-94 = +10 points UCLA lost to #3 Michigan State 62-75 = +10 points Tennessee beat #20 Virginia Commonwealth 72-69 = +9 points Purdue beat #20 Virginia Commonwealth 59-56 = +9 points Brigham Young lost to #4 Kansas 56-71 = +7 points Western Kentucky lost to #2 Louisville 54-71 = +7 points Alabama-Birmingham lost to #9 Kentucky 58-69 = +6 points Virginia Commonwealth lost to #17 Tennessee 69-72 = +6 points Iowa State lost to #13 Seton Hall 76-84 = +5 points North Carolina State lost to #16 Memphis 78-83 = +5 points Marshall lost to #24 Florida 67-73 = +4 points Pennsylvania lost to #14 Arizona 82-92 = +2 points Clemson lost #21 Colorado 67-71 = +1 points Marquette lost to #5 Maryland 63-84 = 0 points Maine lost to #7 Virginia 26-46 = -1 points Chattanooga lost to #17 Tennessee 46-58 = -3 points Kent State lost to #10 Ohio State 52-71 = -3 points Wake Forest lost to #14 Arizona 66-73 = -5 points Richmond lost to #18 Auburn 65-79 = -6 points LaSalle lost to #22 Villanova 72-83 = -7 points Morgan State lost to #10 Ohio State 57-90 = -7 points Southern Mississippi lost to #8 Gonzaga 69-94 = -7 points Chaminade lost to #4 Kansas 63-93 = -8 points Sacramento State lost to #21 Colorado 45-59 = -9 points Alabama State lost to #20 Va Commonwealth 62-78 = -10 points Southern Mississippi lost to #13 Seton Hall 56-81 = -12 points New Mexico lost to #18 Auburn 59-84 = -17 points Lipscomb lost to #25 Xavier 62-87 = -24 points Comments: Michigan has made a very big move to the top of these standings. In the polls they jumped from unranked to #4/#5. The early season tournaments in basketball give the standings more meaning than they would at a similar point in football. Top 25 Michigan +54 points Oregon +53 points Florida State +44 points Ohio State +41 points Georgetown +37 points Michigan State +34 points Kentucky +32 points Evansville +28 points Tennessee +28 points Virginia Tech +28 points Stephen . Austin +27 points Duke +25 points Iowa +25 points Winthrop +24 points Connecticut +21 points Creighton +21 points Kansas +20 points North Carolina +19 points St. Mary’s +19 points Akron +18 points Baylor +18 points Arizona State +16 points Dayton +16 points Gonzaga +16 points Georgia +15 points Syracuse has +1 point SU’s opponents: Virginia none, Colgate -22, Seattle none, Cornell none, Bucknell none, Oklahoma State none, Penn State none, Iowa +25 Georgia Tech none, Georgetown +37, Oakland -11, North Florida +5, Niagara 0, Notre Dame +6, Virginia Tech +28, Virginia none, Boston College none, Virginia Tech +28, Notre Dame +6, Pittsburgh none, Clemson +1, Duke +25, Wake Forest -5, North Carolina State +5, Florida State +44, Louisville none, Georgia Tech none, Pittsburgh none, North Carolina +19, Boston College none, U of Miami +7 The worst team so far is Central Arkansas with -61 points [/QUOTE]

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