Friday, February 27, 2015

Team Comparisons

The newest bracket will come out later today but for now I wanted to compare two teams to show you how out of wack bracketology can be. 

Team A has a 22-6 record and is listed between a 3-4 seed; Team B has a 18-11 record and is listed somewhere in the 8-10 seed list.  Let’s delve deeper into the numbers.

Team A has a 1-4 record against the top 25 rpi teams and 9-6 overall against the top 100. They also have a Non-Conference Strength of Schedule of 239 and a KenPom rank of 18
Team B has a 4-3 record against the top 25 rpi teams and 9-7 overall against the top 100. They also have a Non-Conference Strength of Schedule of 101 and a KenPom rank of 25.


How is it possible that there are a total of 6-7 seed lines between these teams?  The answer, Name recognition.  Team A is Louisville and Team B is Xavier.

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