Watching college basketball tonight. ESPN still can't figure out that a team is in the bonus when the next foul puts them on the line. They've been screwing this up for years.
What am outstanding, heroic, inspiring win by Gonzaga over national powerhouse San Francisco. And they even managed to beat a 20 point spread! This win alone should solidfy's Gonzaga's entitlement to a 1-Seed. But it gets no easier. Next up is the ever dangerous Santa Clara! This is a team that took Michigan State to the edge in a thrilling 27 point loss, and only lost to Tennessee by 7! Don't forget that victory over .500 Washington State! If only the ACC has this kind of depth!
Great weekend in CBB, UK goes to 2 OTs, Heels win a thriller vs. UL, Wisconsin goes down, UVa wins a big one at ND and State crushes duke. The Heels really battled against a very good UL team, down 13 w/ under 10 to play it did not look good.
And you call yourself a college basketball fan? you forgot this weekend's lead story: Gonzaga managed to scrape out a 22 point victory at home against Santa Clara!!!
Current Conference RPI Rank Conference Avg. RPI Avg. SOS SOS Rank Teams 1 Big 12 0.5922 0.5438 5 10 2 Big East 0.5919 0.5669 1 10 3 ACC 0.5737 0.5450 4 15 4 Big Ten 0.5732 0.5491 3 14 5 Southeastern 0.5728 0.5512 2 14 6 Pacific-12 0.5637 0.5374 6 12 7 Atlantic 10 0.5428 0.5371 7 14 8 American Athletic 0.5300 0.5259 8 11 9 West Coast 0.5191 0.5136 9 10 10 Missouri Valley 0.5154 0.5094 10 10 11 Mid-American 0.5134 0.4800 22 12 12 Mountain West 0.5124 0.5022 12 11 13 Independents 0.5070 0.4823 18 1 14 Big West 0.4945 0.4966 13 9 15 Horizon League 0.4931 0.5067 11 9 16 Ivy League 0.4912 0.4814 21 8 17 Conference USA 0.4852 0.4916 15 14 18 Patriot League 0.4829 0.4843 17 10 19 Colonial Athletic 0.4817 0.4820 20 10 20 Northeast 0.4636 0.4821 19 10 21 Sun Belt 0.4630 0.4572 31 11 22 Metro Atlantic Athletic 0.4624 0.4690 26 11 23 Southland 0.4571 0.4878 16 13 24 Ohio Valley 0.4564 0.4574 30 12 25 Summit 0.4560 0.4526 33 9 26 Southern 0.4551 0.4671 28 10 27 America East 0.4537 0.4794 23 9 28 Atlantic Sun 0.4483 0.4690 25 8 29 Big South 0.4470 0.4533 32 11 30 Big Sky 0.4444 0.4606 29 12 31 Mid-Eastern 0.4271 0.4687 27 13 32 Western Athletic 0.4254 0.4719 24 8 33 Southwestern Athletic 0.4225 0.4957 14 10
What a disgrace. Awarding a team with a 1-Seed for playing in a joke of a conference. Villanova should transfer to the Ivy league
top 4 ranking doesn't mean 1 seed but they are in the running. 'Nova practically plays in the Ivy now.
Ok, so educate me, and I am not being sarcastic here, I am being dead serious. We are now 15/16 games into the season, which is more than enough to draw some conclusions about the conferences. What measuring stick can we use about the strength of the conferences so far, if not RPI?
first off, I was joking about the Ivy comment. You need to relax once in a while. second, I like what teams do in non conf play and how they get better in conf play. the strongest conf's are stronger top to bottom not top heavy.
