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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3173816, 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 1 Florida State beat #6 Florida 63-51 = +32 points Kentucky beat #1 Michigan State 69-62 = +32 points Duke beat #3 Kansas 68-66 = +25 points Kansas lost to #4 Duke 66-68 = +20 points Michigan State lost to #2 Kentucky 62-69 = +17 points Washington beat #16 Baylor 67-64 = +13 points UNC Greensboro lost to #3 Kansas 62-74 = +11 points U of Miami lost to #5 Louisville 74-87 = +7 points Texas beat #23 Purdue 70-66 = +7 points Notre Dame lost to #9 North Carolina 65-76 = +6 points North Florida lost to #6 Florida 59-74 = +5 points Wisconsin lost to #20 St. Mary’s 63-65 = +4 points Montana State lost to #17 Utah State 73-81 = +1 point UNC Wilmington lost to #9 North Carolina 62-78 = +1 point Rhode Island lost to #7 Maryland 55-73 = +1 point Syracuse lost to #11 Virginia 34-48 = +1 point Cincinnati lost to #18 Ohio State 56-64 = 0 points North Texas St lost to #25 Va Commonwealth 56-59 = -2 points Youngstown State lost to #5 Louisville 55-78 = -2 points Fresno State lost to #15 Oregon 57-71 = -3 points Stony Brook lost to #12 Seton Hall 57-74 = -3 points Bowling Green lost to #22 Louisiana State 79-88 = -5 points Holy Cross lost to #7 Maryland 71-95 = -5 points Georgia Southern lost to #24 Auburn 74-83 = -7 points Davidson lost to #24 Auburn 66-76 = -8 points Siena lost to #19 Xavier 63-81 = -11 points Colorado State lost to #4 Duke 55-89 = -12 points Eastern Illinois lost to #13 Texas Tech 60-85 = -12 points Jacksonville lost to #19 Xavier 57-76 = -12 points UMass-Lowell lost to #18 Ohio State 56-76 = -12 points Alabama State lost to #8 Gonzaga 64-95 = -13 points St. Francis (Pa) lost to #25 Va Commonwealth 58-72 = -13 points Illinois lost to #21 Arizona 69-90 = -16 points James Madison lost to #11 Virginia 34-65 = -16 points Eastern Kentucky lost to #2 Kentucky 49-91 = -18 points Green Bay lost to #23 Purdue 57-79 = -19 points Boise State lost to #15 Oregon 75-106 = -20 points Wagner lost to #12 Seton Hall 71-105 = -20 points South Carolina State lost to #14 Memphis 64-97 = -21 points Bethune Cookman lost to #13 Texas Tech 44-79 = -22 points Army lost to #10 Villanova 54-97 = -27 points Binghamton lost to #1 Michigan State 47-100 = -28 points Arkansas Pine Bluff lost to #8 Gonzaga 60-110 = -32 points Central Arkansas lost to #16 Baylor 61-105 = -34 points Illinois-Chicago lost to #14 Memphis 46-92 = -34 points Northern Arizona lost to #21 Arizona 52-91 = -34 points Weber State lost to #17 Utah State 34-89 = -46 points Comments: It’s the first week and most of the games were against weak opponents. But those big early games are likely to stand up for a while in the standings. Top 25 Florida State +32 points Kentucky +32 points Duke +25 points Kansas +20 points Michigan State +17 points Washington +13 points U of Miami +7 points Texas +7 points Notre Dame +6 points North Florida +5 points Wisconsin +4 points Montana State +1 point UNC Wilmington +1 point Rhode Island +1 point Syracuse +1 point Cincinnati 0 points North Texas State -2 points Youngstown State -2 points Fresno State -3 points Stony Brook -3 points Bowling Green -5 points Holy Cross -5 points Georgia Southern -7 points Davidson -8 points Siena -11 points [/QUOTE]

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