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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3668668, member: 289"] 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. I didn’t do that for this year’s football season because with some conferences opting out and then opting back in later in the seasons, the rankings were a mess. But everybody is playing basketball now, or trying to, so I’ve decided to keep track of performances against ranked teams in this sport. I’ve decided to add an extra wrinkle: I will keep track of the performances of the ranked teams themselves by totaling the points earned against them, with the +/- reversed. This will measure their performance “as a ranked team” We’ll see how that goes and I’ll decide whether to continue with that. (First alteration: When ranked teams play each other, their only points will be under the first test. Otherwise the Gonzaga-Kansas game would look like this: Gonzaga beat #6 Kansas 102-90: Gonzaga +32 Kansas -32 Kansas lost to #1 Gonzaga 90-102: Kansas +13 Gonzaga -13 That would give Gonzaga +19 points and Kansas -19 points. They should both get credit for playing each other in a competitive game. Giving Gonzalez +32 points and Kansas +13 makes more sense.) WEEK SIX (12/28-1/3) Northern Arizona lost to #1 Gonzaga 58-88: No Arizona -5 Gonzaga +5 Maryland beat #6 Wisconsin 70-64: Maryland +26 Wisconsin -26 Minnesota beat #17 Michigan State 81-56: Minnesota +34 both ranked Michigan State lost to #21 Minnesota 56-81: Michigan State -20 both ranked Dixie State lost to #1 Gonzaga 67-112: Dixie State -20 Gonzaga +20 Central Arkansas lost to #2 Baylor 56-93: C. Arkansas -13 Baylor +13 Tulsa beat #5 Houston 65-64: Tulsa +22 Houston -22 Northeastern lost to #9 West Virginia 51-73: Northeastern -5 West Virginia +5 Iowa beat #19 Northwestern 87-72: Iowa +22 both ranked Northwestern lost to #10 Iowa 72-87: Northwestern +1 both ranked Incarnate Word lost to #13 Texas Tech 51-79: Incarnate Word -15 Texas Tech +15 Purdue lost to #14 Rutgers 76-81: Purdue +12 Rutgers -12 Clemson beat #18 Florida State 77-67: Clemson +18 Florida State -18 U of Miami lost to #24 Virginia Tech 78-80: even even Alcorn State lost to #2 Baylor 76-105: Alcorn State -5 Baylor +5 Tennessee beat #12 Missouri 73-53: Tennessee +34 both ranked Missouri lost to #7 Tennessee 53-73: Missouri -1 both ranked Notre Dame lost to #23 Virginia 57-66: Notre Dame -6 Virginia +6 Nebraska lost to #25 Ohio State 54-90: Nebraska -35 Ohio State +35 Wisconsin beat #21 Minnesota 71-59: Wisconsin +17 both ranked Minnesota lost to #6 Wisconsin 59-71: Minnesota +8 both ranked Maryland lost to #16 Michigan 73-84: Maryland -1 Michigan +1 California lost to #21 Oregon 69-82: California -8 Oregon +8 San Francisco lost to #1 Gonzaga 62-85: San Francisco +2 Gonzaga -2 Iowa State lost to #2 Baylor 65-76: Iowa State +13 Baylor -13 Texas beat #3 Kansas 84-59: Texas +48 both ranked Kansas lost to #8 Texas 59-84: Kansas -7 both ranked Alabama beat #7 Tennessee 71-63: Alabama +27 Tennessee -27 Oklahoma beat #9 West Virginia 75-71: Oklahoma +21 West Virginia -21 Iowa beat #14 Rutgers 77-75: Iowa +14 both ranked Rutgers lost to #10 Iowa 75-77: Rutgers +14 both ranked Providence lost to #11 Creighton 65-67: Providence +13 Creighton -13 Arkansas lost to #12 Missouri 68-81: Arkansas +1 Missouri -1 Oklahoma State beat #13 Texas Tech 82-77: Oklahoma State +18 Texas Tech -18 Purdue lost to #15 Illinois 58-66: Purdue +3 Illinois -3 Nebraska lost to #17 Michigan State 77-84: Nebraska +2 Michigan State -2 Stanford lost to #21 Oregon 56-73: Stanford -12 Oregon +12 So. Methodist lost to #5 Houston 60-74: So. Methodist +7 Houston -7 Michigan beat #19 Northwestern 85-66: Michigan +26 both ranked Northwestern lost to #16 Michigan 66-85: Northwestern -9 both ranked Minnesota beat #25 Ohio State 77-60: Minnesota +18 both ranked Ohio State lost to #21 Minnesota 60-77: Ohio State -12 both ranked After recording these scores, I’m not sure how I feel about the new stat. it gives too much credit for blow-out wins over over-matched opponents. But everyone plays games like that and maybe teams that don’t blow-out over-matched opponents should be debited for that by not getting as much credit. I’m also worried that the points accumulated against unranked teams might be more prolific than the points against ranked teams because that would be more games. What I’ll do is to keep track of them separately and also add them together. That way, if I decide I don’t like the new stat, I can just report the points “against ranked teams”. TOP TEN AGAINST RANKED TEAMS Gonzaga +109 Kansas +80 Wisconsin +80 Minnesota +75 Iowa +73 Texas +72 Illinois +55 West Virginia +52 Marquette +41 Virginia Tech +39 TOP TEN AS A RANKED TEAM AGAINST UNRANKED TEAMS Texas Tech +115 Ohio State +110 Iowa +62 Baylor +58 Illinois +58 Ohio State +52 Rutgers +52 Tennessee +48 Texas +32 Virginia +32 TOP TEN COMBINED Gonzaga +138 Iowa +135 Texas Tech +133 Illinois +113 Kansas +107 Ohio State +98 Baylor +82 Tennessee +82 Minnesota +75 Rutgers +73 [/QUOTE]

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