Performance vs. Top 50 thread - SU's closing statement

[orangenirvana]

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury…err, committee. If performance vs. Top 50 is an important factor in determining the best at-large teams then Syracuse blows out the competition and should be a lock.

Syracuse - 5 wins (60% away) / 2 wins vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 28

Dayton (considered a lock) - 3 wins vs. Top 50 (67% away) / 0 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 30

Colorado (considered a lock?) - 4 wins vs. Top 50 (0% away) / 2 wins vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 19.25

Providence (considered a lock?) – 2 wins vs. Top 50 (100% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 15

 

[orangenirvana]

Texas Tech – 6 wins vs. Top 50 (17% away) / 3 wins vs. Top 25 (33% away) / average rank of opponent: 25.7

Oregon State – 4 wins vs. Top 50 (0% away) / 3 wins vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 15.25

USC – 5 wins vs. Top 50 (20% away) / 0 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 37

Butler – 4 wins vs. Top 50 (75% away) / 3 wins vs. Top 25 (67% away) / average rank of opponent: 24.8

 

[orangenirvana]

Cincinnati – 4 wins vs. Top 50 (50% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 31.5

VCU – 2 wins vs. Top 50 (50% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 26.5

Pittsburgh – 2 wins vs. Top 50 (50% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 26

Wichita State – 1 win vs. Top 50 (0% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 8

 

[orangenirvana]

South Carolina – 1 win vs. Top 50 (100% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 17

Saint Bonaventure – 3 wins vs. Top 50 (67% away) / 3 wins vs. Top 25 (67% away) / average rank of opponent: 22.3

Saint Mary’s – 2 wins vs. Top 50 (50% away) / 0 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 44

San Diego State – 1 win vs. Top 50 (100% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 16

 

[orangenirvana]

Temple - 5 wins (40% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (0% away) / average rank of opponent: 37.8

Michigan – 4 wins (50% away) / 3 wins vs. Top 25 (33% away) / average rank of opponent: 20

Monmouth – 1 win (50% away) / 0 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 32

Vanderbilt – 2 wins (0% home) / 2 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 14.5

 

[orangenirvana]

Valparaiso – 1 win (100% away) / 0 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 33

Florida – 2 wins (50% away) / 2 wins vs. Top 25 / average rank of opponent: 16.5

Tulsa – 4 wins (25% away) / 1 win vs. Top 25 (100% away) / average rank of opponent: 37.3

 

[Nicknack]

I'm SOLD. Hand me a pen and I'll sign on the dotted line.


I'm not exactly a tough sell.

 

[jdubs30]

ESPN just showed us as 5-9 vs. the top 50 -- their RPI must have Pitt in the top 50. Either way, it's obvious the Pac12 teams, TTech, Michigan, Temple and us stand out here

 

[pearl31]

good stuff, nirvana...
to me it's the most compelling argument there is (the # of top-50 wins and the quality of those wins) for us. And as you say, we surpass a number of the "locks" when examining that metric.

 

[orangenirvana]

Only one team - Texas Tech - has more Top 50 wins. But five of those six wins were at home.

Only Temple and USC have as many as SU. But for Temple, only one of the five was a Top 25 win. For USC, four of their five wins were at home.

Advantage: Syracuse