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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5004427, member: 1969"]
As an aside - If you want another interesting comparison in terms of the higher mid-majors look at South Florida and Florida Atlantic.

To be fair, it's not a "matrix" issue that Dayton is clearly in and Loyola is not.  The matrix is based on who you think will get in, and Dayton has the much better resume in terms of what is considered (disregarding NET, although their NET is nice) .and that is due to use of the "Full Body of Work" Principle (Equal value to games whenever they were played) -- a principle I know you don't like as you made clear above.   Its fine not liking it, there are some decent arguments for that as you have laid out.   But that is the "rules" they have chosen to select by.

You are correct in isolating the November/December portion as to the only reason why Dayton is well ahead "full body"
3 Q1 Wins vs 0
0 bad losses vs 2
That's like a 3-4 game separation in itself.

A 15-3 record vs 14-4 record in an unbalanced schedule doesn't make up for significant difference achieved in OOC Play.

Interestingly Dayton would have an RPI of #4.   Unlike many of the high NET teams that seem off, which usually the direction is the other way.
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