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3/12: Blind resume Test

3/12/2013

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     Let's assume for a moment that we have 36 of the 37 at-large teams chosen for the tournament field and there is just one team left to select. Below there will be four resumes, but no team names attached to them. You decide which of these four teams should get a bid, and at the bottom click the "read more" link to reveal the teams. 
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                                        Team A
Record vs RPI top 50: 0-2
Record vs RPI top 100: 2-3
Wins vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): vs #48
Record vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): 1-2
Losses to RPI 100+: 2
Non-Con Strength of Schedule: 12
Road/Neutral Record: 13-5

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                                       Team B
Record vs RPI top 50: 1-3
Record vs RPI top 100: 6-4
Wins vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): vs #34
Record vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): 1-3
Losses to RPI 100+: 2
Non-Con Strength of Schedule: 122
Road/Neutral Record: 11-5


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                                     Team C
Record vs RPI top 50: 4-2
Record vs RPI top 100: 8-3
Wins vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): vs #1, vs #36, vs #42, @ #14, vs 50
Record vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): 5-3
Losses to RPI 100+: 7
Non-Con Strength of Schedule: 303
                                   Road/Neutral Record: 3-9

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                                 Team D
Record vs RPI top 50: 2-10
Record vs RPI top 100: 5-10
Wins vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): vs #5, vs #15, @ #44
Record vs teams under consideration (by S-Curve ranking): 3-10
Losses to RPI 100+: 3
Non-Con Strength of Schedule: 43
                                   Road/Neutral Record: 6-8

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Team A: Middle Tennessee State

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  Team B: St. Mary's

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Team C: Virginia

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 Team D: Baylor

     So who did you choose? Were any of these teams a clearly head and shoulders above the others? This is only to demonstrate that A) All of these resumes are ugly and B) St. Mary's is not the slam dunk that a lot of people say they are. Does one win at home against Creighton make you a tournament team? Is that one "signature" win  really that much better than Middle Tennessee's win against Ole Miss? The only reason they have more top 100 wins is because they played in a conference that wasn't terrible (but not good either). Contrast that with the Blue Raiders, who didn't face an RPI top 100 team after Christmas. Should MTSU be penalized for that? 

      If we're looking at Virginia's top 100 RPI games only, they would be a lock for the tournament. In fact, they'd be a lock for a top 6 seed. They have a couple of good wins out of conference, but their overall non-conference strength of schedule was awful. Not to mention they had countless terrible losses and no team with more than seven losses to RPI 100+ teams has ever been selected for an at-large. Baylor has a few very strong wins, but it's impossible to deny they only benefited from getting a ton of opportunities in conference play (and rarely came out victorious). Their out of conference SOS was good, but the only thing of note that got out of it was one solid win at Kentucky.

      The last spot or two is going to be tough to figure out. Remember that the selection committee is made up of ten different members, five from major conferences and five from mid-majors. There will surely be some members who go to bat for the Blue Raiders, but will they get enough votes to get on the final at-large board? It's doubtful, but not out of the question. I think St. Mary's is going to have a much more difficult time than people realize. If they get selected, they'll probably squeak by as the very last team with just enough votes to get in. The same goes for Baylor and Virginia barring a deep run in their conference tournament.
10 Comments
Thomas
3/12/2013 04:36:56 am

My heart breaks a little bit for MTSU after a dominant conference run, but its really hard to imagine the Sun Belt as a two-bid league. The WCC has been a multi-bid league as recently as last year, but with Gonzaga's undefeated run in conference and St. Mary's failing to distinguish themselves otherwise, I think it's hard to justify two bids this year. Maybe that opens the door for the Blue Raiders, but probably not. Still early in championship week...

I would take the Wahoos out of this group, mostly b/c I think the ACC is still a better league than the Big 12 and, though both have chosen a bad time to be inconsistent, I think the win against Duke is a better win and the overall competitiveness of UVA, even in their losses, makes them past the eye-test for me. If they'd managed to pull off either the Miami or the FSU games, this wouldn't even be a question. Hopefully they'll make the ACC semis and the point will become moot. Keep up the good work, bud. - TM

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Paul
3/12/2013 05:21:04 am

UVA should be punished for their OOC scheduling, more so for their inability to win against a SOS of 303, but they won't be.

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BarrDirect
3/12/2013 06:08:07 am

Great blog post! I'd like to see UVA make the cut... but who knows at this point.

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Dale
3/12/2013 07:04:53 am

I'm picking Virginia despite that ugly 303 non conference strength of schedule. Thomas is right. It would be really nice for them to run deep in the ACC tournament.

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