Quality Wins

[Chosen]

Do any of our ten wins qualify as quality wins?

 

[Storrs South]

Quality wins is a bit vague but consider UConn already has 3 Q1 victories (assuming they hold that way which they probably will). UConn had 4 all of last season.

 

[Chosen]

What teams were the quad 1 victories?

 

[MTBingNinja]

Let’s root for Alabama on Saturday! Q1

 

[Jaydumo20]

I know quality wins matter statistically. I just hope the way this team is controlling every game is more valuable than, let's say, eking out a 1 point OT victory over a ranked team.

You only have to watch this team for 10 minutes to know what they are.

 

[Get a Job]

What teams were the quad 1 victories?

The "Q" or quadrant classification for games are not meaningful until Selection Sunday. At that time, based on the NET rankings, all games fit into a quadrant according to the following rubric:

• Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
• Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
• Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
• Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353

If today were Selection Sunday, only Alabama and Iowa State would be Q1 victories.

 

[REB1094]

UConn beating the hell out of Florida dropped UF from 65 to 79 NET, which moves it from Q1 to Q2. I’m hoping that Florida can claw their way back to top 75 so that win goes into Q1

Alabama and ISU are great Q1 victories, high quality wins. Both top 25 NET victories. OSU is a top 50 NET victory (they are exactly #50).

Creighton is #31, Marquette and Xavier are both top 50 for now. So home games are Q2, away games are Q1. I expect Creighton to get to top 30 so our home game against them could be Q1 as well

 

[REB1094]

The "Q" or quadrant classification for games are not meaningful until Selection Sunday. At that time, based on the NET rankings, all games fit into a quadrant according to the following rubric:

• Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
• Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
• Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
• Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353

If today were Selection Sunday, only Alabama and Iowa State would be Q1 victories.

Thanks for the notes, always hard to remember the difference between quadrants!

To put our 2 Q1 wins into context, only Duke and Purdue have 3 Q1 wins. Of the 10 teams that have 2 Q1 wins, only 3 (including UConn) are 2-0. The rest have Q1 losses

There are half full/half empty sides to this. Glass half full says that we win the games we play and are undefeated. Glass half empty says that means other teams are playing stronger schedules than us which will prepare them better for March. I prefer the half full approach since we’ve proven we can beat quality teams

 

[Storrs South]

UConn beating the hell out of Florida dropped UF from 65 to 79 NET, which moves it from Q1 to Q2. I’m hoping that Florida can claw their way back to top 75 so that win goes into Q1

Alabama and ISU are great Q1 victories, high quality wins. Both top 25 NET victories. OSU is a top 50 NET victory (they are exactly #50).

Creighton is #31, Marquette and Xavier are both top 50 for now. So home games are Q2, away games are Q1. I expect Creighton to get to top 30 so our home game against them could be Q1 as well

Ahh I looked before they updated the NET today. I can't believe they dropped that far. Then again when you perform that poorly on your home court I shouldn't be surprised. They should get back in to Q1 hopefully especially in a strong conference.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Alabama and ISU are unquestionably quality wins, by AP ranking or by NET.

OSU and Florida less so, but may look better over time. Oregon is mediocre, sadly. Then the cupcakes.

In short, at least 2.

 

[REB1094]

Ahh I looked before they updated the NET today. I can't believe they dropped that far. Then again when you perform that poorly on your home court I shouldn't be surprised. They should get back in to Q1 hopefully especially in a strong conference.

Yeah, dropping 14 spots for losing to a top 5 team seems extreme lol. I guess protecting home court is super important for the algorithm

 

[HooperScooper]

UConn remains No. 4 in Thursday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings — and if you want to argue the Huskies should be higher, hey, I hear you. They've more or less blown out five straight top-50 KenPom teams, moved to second in the NET rankings and tied Purdue for the most Quadrant 1 wins with three. They're great, inarguably — but so is Houston, Purdue and Virginia, each of which is also undefeated with strong computer numbers. So I've just decided to leave alone the Houston-Purdue-Virginia-UConn order in the Top 25 And 1 until one of those teams lose.

College basketball rankings: UConn passes road test vs. Florida as Huskies eye possible undefeated season

UConn, which is already 10-0, should be favored in literally every remaining game this season

www.cbssports.com

 

[Karmacop]

As noted, we've got two Q1 wins on a neutral court: Alabama and Iowa State.

All this will change over time as the season progresses, but here are the future potential Q1 victories on UConn's schedule using today's NET ratings:

12/17 @ Butler (58)
12/31 @ Xavier (44)
1/11 @ Marquette (42)
2/11 @ Creighton (31)
2/25 @ St. John's (60)

So five more possible Q1 wins, all on the road. Meaning that there are no teams with a NET of 30 (as of today) on UConn's home schedule. However, if Creighton can move up one spot to 30, then the 1/7 home game against them would also qualify.

Also, as others have noted, Florida is also very close to a Q1 away win at 79 (just needs to move up to 75). Villanova is really low at 151, but now that they're healthy and looking much better I expect them to move up so that (at least) the away game to end the regular season on 3/4 might also qualify.