Against Ranked Teams - Basketball Week 7

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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 7 (12/18-25)
Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36
Providence beat #6 Marquette 72-57 = +35
North Carolina beat #7 Oklahoma 81-69 = +31
Memphis beat #22 Virginia 77-54 = +27
Duke beat #10 Baylor 78-70 = +24
Florida Atlantic beat #4 Arizona 96-95 = +23
St. John’s lost to #5 Connecticut 65-69 = +17
Villanova beat #12 Creighton 68-66 = +16
Arizona lost to #14 Florida Atlantic 95-96 = +11
Alabama lost to #4 Arizona 74-87 = +9
Texas A&M lost to #19 Texas 55-71 = +9
Yale lost to #2 Kansas 60-75 = +9
Oklahoma lost to #11 North Carolina 69-81 = +3
Loyola Marymount lost to #16 Colorado State 67-76 = +1
Vanderbilt lost to #23 Memphis 75-77 = +1
Tarleton State lost to #8 Tennessee 46-65 = -1
Louisville lost to #9 Kentucky 76-95 = -2
Baylor lost to #21 Duke 70-78 = -3
Morgan State lost to #20 James Madison 75-89 = -8
Georgetown lost to #6 Marquette 51-81 = -10
Missouri lost to #13 Illinois 73-97 = -11
Queens lost to #8 Clemson 79-109 = -12
Texas State lost to #3 Houston 37-72 = -12
Jackson State lost to #15 Gonzaga 76-100 = -13
Southern Mississippi lost to #25 Mississippi 72-89 = -16
Jacksonville lost to #1 Purdue 57-100 = -18
Troy lost to #25 Mississippi 53-74 = -20
Virginia lost to #23 Memphis 54-77 = -20
Chicago State lost to #24 Wisconsin 53-80 = -25
Bellarmine lost to #17 BYU 59-101 = -33
Coppin State lost to #20 James Madison 48-87 = -33
Mississippi Valley State lost to #10 Baylor 48-107 = -43
Strangely, no ranked teams played on Sunday. Beginning next week the Mississippi Valley State type teams should disappear form these listings as conference play begins in earnest.

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

TOP TEN
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +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 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
Week 4 Wisconsin beat #3 Marquette 75-64 = +34
Week 6 Purdue beat #1 Arizona 92-84 = +33
Week 6 UNLV beat #8 Creighton 79-64 = +33

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

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Purdue +106
Marquette +105
Connecticut +95
Arizona +94
North Carolina +94

Kansas +76
Kentucky +71
Wisconsin +67
Memphis +64
UCLA +64

Michigan State +59
Duke +50
Tennessee +50
Florida Atlantic +41
Illinois +41

Alabama +40
Colorado +39
Colorado State +39
Georgia Tech +36
Seton Hall +33

Northwestern +31
Villanova +30
Texas A&M +27
Utah +26
Xavier +26

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -2

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson +23
Colgate -10
Cornell
Duke +50
Florida State +15
Georgetown -10
Georgia Tech +36
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State -4
Louisville -2
U of Miami -8
New Hampshire
North Carolina +94
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +4
Louisiana State
Niagara
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Tennessee +50
Virginia -20
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest