Moved up to 32 in the NET …Fingers crossed today
It would be a failure of NCAA if 68 teams get selected, and after all conference tourney AQ's, the 32nd team using their evaluation tool doesn't make cut for the balance
No matter how you slice it we finished 5th in a power conference and then beat the 4th place team to go to the conference semis. We then played a 5 point game against the reigning national champion who is favored to repeat and a #1 seed. Big east typically gets 5 or 6 bids. We are in.
Also Happy St. Patrick's Day! I agree with Adoraz, Beast, RedstormNC. We live in a world of analytics so why have them if you are not going to use them and we played like a Top 20 team in the BET.
Forget neutral - they counted as home games!
I also don't think these conversations will go "well, this was a home game, not a neutral game". They're human beings talking, they'll look at the numbers but actually talk about how the teams looked, who can do damage in the tournament, etc. The #s will just get you in the conversation. Pitino helps.
You would think so. I think so, and we will know today.
Of course Mich St. will probaby have a bunch of 7 foot monsters that will inevitably big a match-up problem for us. (I don't know anything about their team, but I assume that's how we will slotted. What's the worst match-up we can possibly give St. John's? Right, let's give them that).
Kudos for predicting that we would finish #33 in NET a couple of days before the season started. One spot off and insanely accurate - hope your current thought that we will make the tournament is as accurate!So glad we'll finally have our first real data points this week. We already know the AP people have us tied at #28, so let's see what the computers predict. More at the bottom.
Computer Rankings:
Bart Torvik / T-Rank: #53 (11/5/23)
Evan Miya: #49 (11/5/23)
Hasla Metrics: #32 (11/5/23)
ESPN / BPI: ?? - won't load for me past #50, but we're 8th in Big East (10/27/23)
Versus Sports Simulator: #66 (10/27/23)
KenPom / Pomeroy: #60 (10/15/23)
The Resource Nexus: #36 (9/18/23)
AVERAGE: #49 (not including ESPN/BPI's unknown which would take us past #50)
Sources:
T-Rank - Customizable College Basketball Tempo Free Stats - T-Rank
T-Rank College Basketball Ratings and Rankings. And fun.barttorvik.com
EvanMiya CBB Analytics
Advanced college basketball analytics used widely by coaches, journalists, and fans.evanmiya.com
I'm sure I'm missing some so please feel free to add if you find any, but basically the computers see us as a bubble team (>#49- likely wrong side of the bubble) while the AP people see us as a 7/8 seed (tied at #28 so could go either way). Also worth noting that some who incorporate analytics, such as Lunardi, have us just barely in the field.
Pretty big computer vs. human difference but I assume most computer models aren't accounting for Rick Pitino. Obviously could also be tons of flaws given nearly the entire roster is new, so I personally think we'll finish around what the AP predicts (7/8 seed). I'll say we finish #33 in NET and go dancing as a 9 seed.
KPI is a steaming pile of horse manure that is used only when The Powers That Be want an excuse to rig the game in favor of their chosen conferences
