Resume 1 vs. Resume 2

[Deleted member 3149]

So in Lunardi's latest bracketology, Michigan State is projected as an 8 seed. My biggest question...how is this possible? Let's see how we match up...

MSU: 13-7

VS T25 RPI: 0-4
VS T50 RPI: 2-5
VS T100 RPI: 4-6
VS T150 RPI: 7-7

SOS: 21
NON CONFERENCE SOS: 78

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UConn: 11-7

VS T25 RPI: 0-3
VS T50 RPI: 2-5
VS T100 RPI: 3-7
VS T150 RPI: 3-7

SOS:69
NON CONFERENCE SOS: 48


What does this indicate? We have a similar resume to Michigan State so far. If we had the same record this year in the old Big East , we would probably be projected similar to what Michigan State is right now since our SOS would be high around the 20's area. Our strength of schedule in conference is absolutely killing us. Not having high profile games left is the worst possible future for an 11-7 team right now. I know that we're all aware of this, but it hasn't really been til now that it's set in as a reality for us. We need a new conference and we need it badly.

 

[huskiesnyc]

You are really reaching with this. I don't care how tough our OOC schedule is we only have 3 top 150 wins. That is not good.

 

[FartMan69]

Just win

 

[BlueMAB]

The beauty of the NCAA tournament is only 1 or 2 teams every year can claim they were snubbed. Usually because they played a weak schedule. We haven't played a weak schedule, we just haven't won enough games (yet).

We can't complain if we're left out, we've had our chances.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

So in Lunardi's latest bracketology, Michigan State is projected as an 8 seed. My biggest question...how is this possible? Let's see how we match up...

MSU: 13-7

VS T25 RPI: 0-4
VS T50 RPI: 2-5
VS T100 RPI: 4-6
VS T150 RPI: 7-7

SOS: 21
NON CONFERENCE SOS: 78

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UConn: 11-7

VS T25 RPI: 0-3
VS T50 RPI: 2-5
VS T100 RPI: 3-7
VS T150 RPI: 3-7

SOS:69
NON CONFERENCE SOS: 48


What does this indicate? We have a similar resume to Michigan State so far. If we had the same record this year in the old Big East , we would probably be projected similar to what Michigan State is right now since our SOS would be high around the 20's area. Our strength of schedule in conference is absolutely killing us. Not having high profile games left is the worst possible future for an 11-7 team right now. I know that we're all aware of this, but it hasn't really been til now that it's set in as a reality for us. We need a new conference and we need it badly.

I don't think the information here is any help. Worse vs top 100 and 150 and alot worse SOS and an 8 seed for an atlarge team is right on the bubble anyway

 

[champs99and04]

The beauty of the NCAA tournament is only 1 or 2 teams every year can claim they were snubbed. Usually because they played a weak schedule. We haven't played a weak schedule, we just haven't won enough games (yet).

We can't complain if we're left out, we've had our chances.

Not only that, but the conference tournament is in Hartford, so we can take it out of the hands of the committee simply by doing what we should do and taking care of business on our home floor.

 

[Scoe]

Lets worry about ourselves, when you lose to Yale you have no right to gripe about your resume. We have to live with that loss, but there is only one thing you can do and thats win, winning the AAC tournament is very doable.

 

[jleves]

When you get to the bubble there are a lot of teams separated by very little. There is a huge difference for a team with 1 more top 100 and 4 more top 150 victories and an over SOS 48 spots higher. That's the difference between being better than the last 4 in and worse than the next 4 out after the first 4 out. With that resume they could easily be more than 20 spots higher.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

http://www.unf.edu/~jcoleman/dance.htm

The vid. is very interesting to the few that care about these types of things. Very informative and I'm sure previously posted. Discusses conferences and other biases as the vid goes on.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Three wins so far vs. the top 150 is pretty troubling - this game coming up on Thursday really is huge.

Our new reality is that we're going to be in trouble whenever we manage to do all of the following:
1) Go 2-4 in our tough non-conference games (and have one of those wins turn out to not even be all that impressive).
2) Lose to Yale (or someone similar) at home.
3) Not completely run over this conference (still TBD, but not off to a great start).

So the conference situation can be managed, but 7-5 in the OOC is rarely going to get it done. Had we closed out those 2 games at Gampel, we'd be in the tournament by a comfortable margin.

 

[Excalibur]

The big stat is the 3-7 vs. top 150.

 

[alexd]

five more games vs. top 50 teams coming up.

 

[mauconnfan]

I think 10-2 and 2 wins in AAC tourney has us in - 23-10!

But this obviously is still a long shot.

 

[auror]

Yeah we have twice as many losses as wins against "decent" competition (not even good). That's not an NCAA resume currently. We've got opportunities, but our resume is bad.