Agreed. None of this really matters right now.
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Agreed. None of this really matters right now.
I am a big stats guy myself but more for historical purposes. You are correct as my comment was in regards to rankings.
There is no exact science how to seed the tournament. I’ve always been a big proponent of the eye test, but of course that can be objective as well. Double digit seeds have historically wrecked brackets throughout the years, but seems the NET and Kenpom analysis would have slowed down that trend. Of late, the St. Peter’s, FDU’s and FAU’s of the world have proven the analytics have zero bearing on the court.
Fair enough. NET isn't perfect but I don't think there's a better solution out there since the eye test couldn't realistically be used (and if it was you'd have a lottttttt of angry fans claiming corruption).
I wouldn't say the rankings have zero bearing on the court, though. Teams like Saint Peter's are still outliers. They're more common now than they used to be (more parity amongst teams), but a bracket that chooses teams randomly each round would finish last place in a bracket challenge. By a huge margin.
Ultimately if analytics meant nothing you could make a killing in Vegas using the eye test. Saint Peter's were Vegas underdogs their entire run.
Winning by 10 points instead of 9 doesn’t make a team better. That’s my problem with analytics. That and an assumption a team has a 26.7% chance of winning. Like you said, nothing is perfect.
Gotcha that makes sense, so did you prefer the old RPI system which didn't take margins or efficiency metrics into account (only whether the team W/L)? I prefer NET to RPI as I believe RPI was more flawed, but there's definitely a solid argument for RPI. We agree there isn't a system that could 100% accurately rank each team, but hopefully one day they'll come up with a better solution than NET (or at least fix some of the big issues).
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If I had to choose, I would go with the old RPI.
Men's Bracketology: We will ask again for the 25th time ... is this the Big Ten's season?
Nine Big Ten members are listed in our latest bracket, and every one of the First Four Out group -- Nebraska, Maryland, Wisconsin and USC -- are Big Ten members.
www.espn.com
We're not even listed. Utah is in "last four out". Dayton is 12 as a AQ.
Men's Bracketology: We will ask again for the 25th time ... is this the Big Ten's season?
Nine Big Ten members are listed in our latest bracket, and every one of the First Four Out group -- Nebraska, Maryland, Wisconsin and USC -- are Big Ten members.www.espn.com
We're not even listed. Utah is in "last four out". Dayton is 12 as a AQ.
Since we're on a 3 game winning streak and he had us in the field last time, this must be about NET. #75 is not good for NCAAT purposes but it's very easy to bring that up this early in the season.
I mentioned prior to the NET reveal that I think our resume for these first 7 games would look good on Selection Sunday but that our NET for now wouldn't be good. I realize as fans we're biased and try to convince ourselves of things, but KenPom isn't biased towards St. John's opponents and he thinks teams like WVU and Michigan should finish much, much better than where they're at. Also has North Texas a lot higher than the NET does which would give us another Q2 win.
If his projections hold up then I think we'll have a very solid resume for these first 7 games. Worst case if they don't then no big deal given the big majority of our resume still needs to be filled out and we're trending up.
Bracketology on December 5th should never be a big deal.
SJUDave
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Relevant to St. John's Metrics Movement:
KenPom dropped from 60 to 62
NET dropped from 75 to 82 without playing a game
Mainly Because:
Michigan lost (NET dropped from 89 to 105)
North Texas lost (NET dropped from 104 to 108)
Utah won (NET dropped from 39 to 46)
Butler won yet (NET dropped from 38 to 61)
Xavier lost (NET dropped from 68 to 89)
Villanova lost (NET dropped from 50 to 55)
Seton Hall lost (NET rose from 81 to 77)
Boston College won (NET rose from 96 to 88)
KenPom dropped from 60 to 62
NET dropped from 75 to 82 without playing a game
Mainly Because:
Michigan lost (NET dropped from 89 to 105)
North Texas lost (NET dropped from 104 to 108)
Utah won (NET dropped from 39 to 46)
Butler won yet (NET dropped from 38 to 61)
Xavier lost (NET dropped from 68 to 89)
Villanova lost (NET dropped from 50 to 55)
Seton Hall lost (NET rose from 81 to 77)
Boston College won (NET rose from 96 to 88)
Stevep502
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Utah barely won a Quad 4 game last night, that would have hurt bad.
michigan lost at home vs Indiana that is much better than their NET.
North Texas lost away at Boise st, that also is better than its NET.
I think/hope both Michigan & north Texas NET improve during year.
michigan lost at home vs Indiana that is much better than their NET.
North Texas lost away at Boise st, that also is better than its NET.
I think/hope both Michigan & north Texas NET improve during year.
Thanks for the recap!
At this point these ratings don't make a lot of sense to me but they are what they are.
That said all we can do is win and do it as well as possible. Hofstra is now 62 in the NET so for now that and the BC games are quad 2. Then the Butler and Xavier games at home are quad 2 also. I think even if we could stay within 10 against UCONN on the road would be a help.
I am really not sure how good we can be but we have chances ahead of us.
There should be no impact by the teams that we have not yet played for the day to day change. Those games/teams will be incorporated into the ranking as the games are played. It does hurt potential future value.
Yeah NET is 100% about the teams we've played already and doesn't make any projections for our future schedule. Having 3/7 of the teams drop one day can create that kind of movement, though. Expect a lot more daily movement until our resume fills out some.
Michigan is 4-5. Yikes.
I stand by my post that they beat anyone when they are on and lose to anyone when they aren’t.
There seem to be a fewteams like that in the Big East(Villanova and Xavier are two). I hope we aren't one of them also.
Thats pretty telling how dumb the NET system is. Win by 50 and we get to 40's?