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seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:55 am 1. UNC -- beat up a couple of teams.

2. BC -- looked lackluster to me against Pitt.

3. Syracuse -- trounced Temple (which tells you something about the distance between the top four or five and the rest of the Universe). Oh, why No. 3? See below.

4. NU -- beat Michigan by three in Ann Arbor, and made me think, well, Syracuse is better, and I went to school there, and it's my poll, so Syracuse moves up.

5. Loyola -- good win over a tough Princeton team, and some practice against BU. I think they have a good chance at the Dome tomorrow. So why is Syracuse No. 3? Because it's my poll.

6. Princeton.

7. SBU -- just plugging along. Date with Loyola coming up.

8. Duke -- yep, up to No. 8. Nice win on a frigid day in South Bend.

9. Denver. This is the team no one is going to want to play in the NCAA tournament. Physical, tough, and well-coached. .

10. Maryland -- still here in the top ten, even with the loss to JMU. But this loss exposed the Terps as a team deeply reliant on the performance of one or two people.

11. Rutgers

12. Michigan

13. JMU -- getting better every week. A good week and they will move up in my poll.

14. Florida

15. V-Tech. Got pounded by Syracuse and UNC. So what?

16. Virginia

17. Notre Dame

18. Colorado

19. USC

20. UConn

Justalaxdad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:06 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:55 am 1. UNC -- beat up a couple of teams.

2. BC -- looked lackluster to me against Pitt.

3. Syracuse -- trounced Temple (which tells you something about the distance between the top four or five and the rest of the Universe). Oh, why No. 3? See below.

4. NU -- beat Michigan by three in Ann Arbor, and made me think, well, Syracuse is better, and I went to school there, and it's my poll, so Syracuse moves up.

5. Loyola -- good win over a tough Princeton team, and some practice against BU. I think they have a good chance at the Dome tomorrow. So why is Syracuse No. 3? Because it's my poll.

6. Princeton.

7. SBU -- just plugging along. Date with Loyola coming up.

8. Duke -- yep, up to No. 8. Nice win on a frigid day in South Bend.

9. Denver. This is the team no one is going to want to play in the NCAA tournament. Physical, tough, and well-coached. .

10. Maryland -- still here in the top ten, even with the loss to JMU. But this loss exposed the Terps as a team deeply reliant on the performance of one or two people.

11. Rutgers

12. Michigan

13. JMU -- getting better every week. A good week and they will move up in my poll.

14. Florida

15. V-Tech. Got pounded by Syracuse and UNC. So what?

16. Virginia

17. Notre Dame

18. Colorado

19. USC

20. UConn

It’s not the distance between the top 4 or 5 and everyone else. It’s the distance between the top 2 teams and everyone else.

seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:55 am 7. SBU -- just plugging along. Date with Loyola coming up.

Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:34 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:55 am 7. SBU -- just plugging along. Date with Loyola coming up.

Do you know something I dont?

Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:33 am 1 UNC
2 BC


3 Cuse
4 NU
5 Duke
6 Princeton
7 SBU
8 Denver
9 JMU
10 MD
11-117 Pick 'em

seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:09 am

Justalaxdad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:06 am

seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:55 am 1. UNC -- beat up a couple of teams.

2. BC -- looked lackluster to me against Pitt.

3. Syracuse -- trounced Temple (which tells you something about the distance between the top four or five and the rest of the Universe). Oh, why No. 3? See below.

4. NU -- beat Michigan by three in Ann Arbor, and made me think, well, Syracuse is better, and I went to school there, and it's my poll, so Syracuse moves up.

5. Loyola -- good win over a tough Princeton team, and some practice against BU. I think they have a good chance at the Dome tomorrow. So why is Syracuse No. 3? Because it's my poll.

6. Princeton.

7. SBU -- just plugging along. Date with Loyola coming up.

8. Duke -- yep, up to No. 8. Nice win on a frigid day in South Bend.

9. Denver. This is the team no one is going to want to play in the NCAA tournament. Physical, tough, and well-coached. .

10. Maryland -- still here in the top ten, even with the loss to JMU. But this loss exposed the Terps as a team deeply reliant on the performance of one or two people.

11. Rutgers

12. Michigan

13. JMU -- getting better every week. A good week and they will move up in my poll.

14. Florida

15. V-Tech. Got pounded by Syracuse and UNC. So what?

16. Virginia

17. Notre Dame

18. Colorado

19. USC

20. UConn

It’s not the distance between the top 4 or 5 and everyone else. It’s the distance between the top 2 teams and everyone else.

I was being nice, which is, I confess, a little out of character for me. So OK, you're right. And frankly, after the top ten, I honestly have no idea how good these teams are.

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:15 pm Based on current Top 25 ...

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:33 pm I ran my numbers through a multiple regression with logarithmic transformations analysis based on record vs current Top 25 and this is what popped out on the other side ...

Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:00 pm

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:33 pm I ran my numbers through a multiple regression with logarithmic transformations analysis based on record vs current Top 25 and this is what popped out on the other side ...

Huh? I am just a simple Architect....Is that good?

Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:00 pm

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:33 pm I ran my numbers through a multiple regression with logarithmic transformations analysis based on record vs current Top 25 and this is what popped out on the other side ...

Huh? I am just a simple Architect....Is that good?

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:55 am

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:58 am

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:55 am

As long as teams like Vermont and Davidson show up in top 20 lists, this method of ranking teams has no credibility in my estimation.

Justalaxdad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:22 pm

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:58 am

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:55 am Crazy Top 20 Poll removed

As long as teams like Vermont and Davidson show up in top 20 lists, this method of ranking teams has no credibility in my estimation.

Agreed and didn’t UVA beat Richmond by 10? I don’t think anyone is going to argue UVA’s SOS either. Some people/polls refuse to look any deeper than a w/l record.