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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3226806, 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 7 South Carolina lost to #9 Virginia 70-59 = +28 points Ohio State beat #6 Kentucky 71-65 = +26 points Villanova beat #1 Kansas 56-55 = +26 points Seton Hall beat #7 Maryland 52-48 = +23 points Utah beat #6 Kentucky 69-66 = +23 points Cincinnati beat #21 Tennessee 78-66 = +17 points Colorado beat #13 Dayton 78-76 = +15 points Kentucky lost to #5 Ohio State 65-71 = +15 points St. John’s beat #16 Arizona 70-67 = +13 points Texas Southern lost to #8 Oregon 78-84 = +12 points North Carolina lost to #2 Gonzaga 81-94 = +11 points North Carolina State lost to #12 Auburn 73-79 = +8 points Kansas lost to #18 Villanova 55-56 = +7 points Northwestern lost to #15 Michigan State 72-77 = +6 points Stony Brook lost to #9 Virginia 44-56 = +5 points South Florida lost to #19 Florida State 66-60 = +1 point North Texas lost to #13 Dayton 58-71 = 0 points Purdue lost to #17 Butler 61-70 = 0 points Miami University lost to #3 Louisville 46-70 = -1 points Southern Mississippi lost to #24 Texas Tech 65-71 = -4 points Wofford lost to #4 Duke 57-86 = -7 points UT Rio Grande Valley lost to #24 Texas Tech 58-68 = -8 points Lehigh lost to #12 Auburn 51-74 = -9 points North Florida lost to #19 Florida State 81-98 = -10 points Youngstown State lost to #25 West Virginia 64-75 = -10 points Eastern Washington lost to #2 Gonzaga 77-112 = -11 points SE Missouri lost to #5 Ohio State 48-60 = -11 points UT Martin lost to #10 Baylor 63-91 = -12 points Jackson State lost to #11 Memphis 49-77 = -13 points Montana lost to #8 Oregon 48-81 = -15 points Ball State lost to #22 Washington 64-85 = -17 points Jacksonville State lost to #21 Tennessee 53-75 = -17 points Seattle lost to #22 Washington 59-81 = -18 points Utah lost to #20 San Diego State 52-80 = -22 points Central Connecticut lost to #23 Penn State 58-87 = -26 points Presbyterian lost to #14 Michigan 44-86 = -30 points San Diego Christian lost to #20 San Diego State 48-92 = -38 points Eastern Michigan lost to #15 Michigan State 48-101 = -42 points Comments: Not a lot of big confrontations this week. Most teams were playing North Florida type opponents- including North Florida. Top 25 Ohio State +111 points Michigan +79 points Oregon +75 points Purdue +59 points Duke +52 points Kansas +47 points Kentucky +47 points Baylor +46 points Michigan State +46 points Florida State +44 points Gonzaga +42 points Louisville +38 points Texas Tech +38 points Georgetown +37 points North Carolina +37 points Tennessee +37 points Illinois +36 points Minnesota +36 points Seton Hall +36 points Iowa +35 points Virginia Tech +30 points Evansville +28 points South Carolina +28 points Virginia +28 points Rutgers +27 points Stephen . Austin +27 points Syracuse has +1 point SU’s opponents: Virginia +28, Colgate -22, Seattle -18, Cornell none, Bucknell none, Oklahoma State none, Penn State +17, Iowa +35, Georgia Tech +4, Georgetown +37, Oakland -11, North Florida -5, Niagara 0, Notre Dame +3, Virginia Tech +30, Virginia +28, Boston College none, Virginia Tech +30, Notre Dame +3, Pittsburgh +7, Clemson +1, Duke +52, Wake Forest -5, North Carolina State +13, Florida State +44, Louisville +38, Georgia Tech none, Pittsburgh +7, North Carolina +37, Boston College none, U of Miami +7 The worst team so far is Central Arkansas with -61 points. Don’t spend it all in one place… [/QUOTE]

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