Blended Rankings. The Burppi's

[Hogfaniam]

Since just the BPI rankings raise some issues and just the RPI's raise some, also, I took RPI and BPI rankings and added them up.  BPI has a history of a little better accuracy than the RPI, so I gave its rankings a little more weight.  *I moved the BPI decimal over 2 spots to get things similar. Example: A BPI ranking of 78.9 becomes .7890

Does it mean anything?  Hell, no.  But it's that time of year.  I may update each week, but I plan to see how it compares to the seeding come tournament time.

BPI plus RPI becomes BRPI or "The Burpies"

        Team.                 Total.     BPI*    RPI

  1. Kentucky              1.6566  .9500  .7066
  2. Virginia                1.6365  .9380  .6985
  3. Kansas                 1.5757  .8680  .7077
  4. Gonzaga               1.5729  .9120  .6609

  5. Arizona                1.5669  .8980  .6689
  6. Wisconsin             1.5615  .9010  .6605
  7. Villanova              1.5439  .8760  .6679
  8. Duke                   1.5431  .8770  .6661

  9. North Carolina      1.5311  .8810  .6501
10. Utah                    1.5165  .8700  .6465
11. VCU                     1.4974  .8240  .6734
12. Wichita St.           1.4889  .8570  .6319

13. Louisville              1.4846  .8610  .6236
14. West Virginia        1.4759  .8500  .6259
15. Georgetown          1.4627  .8280  .6347
16. Notre Dame          1.4594  .8590  .6004

17. Northern Iowa       1.4510  .8320  .6190
18. Baylor                   1.4468  .8200  .6268
19. Iowa St.                1.4417  .8140  .6277

20. Ohio St.                1.4390  .8430  .5960
20. Maryland               1.4390  .8080  .6310

22. Georgia                 1.4351  .8170  .6181
23. Butler                    1.4310  .8050  .6260
24. Oklahoma              1.4227  .8180  .6047

25. SMU                      1.4149  .7910  .6239
26. Xavier                    1.4141  .8100  .6041
27. Texas                     1.4074  .7950  .6124
28. Arkansas                1.3988  .7780  .6208

29. Dayton                   1.3975  .7860  .6115
30. Michigan St.           1.3941  .7970  .5971
31. Stanford                 1.3838  .7800  .6038
32. North Carolina St.   1.3742  .7830  .5912

[bigred223]

Georgia getting a lot of credit from bpi

[jesterzzn]

*I moved the BPI decimal over 2 spots to get things similar. Example: A BPI ranking of 78.9 becomes .7890

[Hogfaniam]

Got to work a base 1 or 100 otherwise BPI is over weighted.  It was either divide BPI by 100 or multiply pri by 100

[Hogfaniam]

Since just the BPI rankings raise some issues and just the RPI's raise some, also, I took RPI and BPI rankings and added them up.  BPI has a history of a little better accuracy than the RPI, so I gave its rankings a little more weight.  *I moved the BPI decimal over 2 spots to get things similar. Example: A BPI ranking of 78.9 becomes .7890

Does it mean anything?  Hell, no.  But it's that time of year.  I may update each week, but I plan to see how it compares to the seeding come tournament time.

BPI plus RPI becomes BRPI or "The Burpies"

        Team.                 Total.     BPI*    RPI.     Lunardi Seed

  1. Kentucky              1.6566  .9500  .7066             1
  2. Virginia                1.6365  .9380  .6985             1
  3. Kansas                 1.5757  .8680  .7077             2
  4. Gonzaga               1.5729  .9120  .6609            1

  5. Arizona                1.5669  .8980  .6689              2
  6. Wisconsin             1.5615  .9010  .6605             2
  7. Villanova              1.5439  .8760  .6679             2
  8. Duke                   1.5431  .8770  .6661              1

  9. North Carolina      1.5311  .8810  .6501              3
10. Utah                    1.5165  .8700  .6465              3
11. VCU                     1.4974  .8240  .6734              4
12. Wichita St.           1.4889  .8570  .6319              4

13. Louisville              1.4846  .8610  .6236              4
14. West Virginia        1.4759  .8500  .6259              5
15. Georgetown          1.4627  .8280  .6347              5
16. Notre Dame          1.4594  .8590  .6004              3

17. Northern Iowa       1.4510  .8320  .6190             6 
18. Baylor                   1.4468  .8200  .6268             5
19. Iowa St.                1.4417  .8140  .6277             4

20. Ohio St.                1.4390  .8430  .5960              9
20. Maryland               1.4390  .8080  .6310              3

22. Georgia                 1.4351  .8170  .6181              9
23. Butler                    1.4310  .8050  .6260             6
24. Oklahoma              1.4227  .8180  .6047             5

25. SMU                      1.4149  .7910  .6239             7
26. Xavier                    1.4141  .8100  .6041            11
27. Texas                     1.4074  .7950  .6124            6
28. Arkansas                1.3988  .7780  .6208             7

29. Dayton                   1.3975  .7860  .6115             8
30. Michigan St.           1.3941  .7970  .5971              8
31. Stanford                 1.3838  .7800  .6038             8
32. North Carolina St.   1.3742  .7830  .5912             11

[PonderinHog]

When does the Fouls, Assists, Rebounds, Turnovers index come out?  Thanks, I'll hang up and listen.

[Hogfaniam]

When does the Fouls, Assists, Rebounds, Turnovers index come out?  Thanks, I'll hang up and listen.

Awesome.

[popcornhog]

Interesting.

I'd be interested to see these blended with the AP and Coaches polls.

[Hogfaniam]

Interesting.

I'd be interested to see these blended with the AP and Coaches polls.

Gonna blowup up my excel

[jesterzzn]

Got to work a base 1 or 100 otherwise BPI is over weighted.  It was either divide BPI by 100 or multiply pri by 100

Before I type out anything else, I'll just note here that I get it.  You are just having some fun with the ratings indexes.

But...


BPI already incorporates RPI's methodology and then includes in a few other factors.  Dividing the BPI calculation by 100 so you can add the RPI calculation  with a similar decimal notation is a meaningless metric. 

It would be like taking a measurement of joules and comparing it to a measurement of amps by dividing the joules by whatever power of 10 that would match it to the amps decimal notation.  First, there is no point since joules already incorporate amps within its calculation, but then when you arbitrarily assign it a decimal place you render the original number meaningless.

As I said, that's just not how this stuff works, and I'm by no means a mathamalogical like person.

[PonderinHog]

Well, figures don't lie...

[Fayettechill14]

Not sure I understand us being behind Georgia (or SMU).

Here's what we're looking at:

-Arkansas has a better overall record
-They have a same conference record
-Arkansas has more top 25 and top 50 wins
-Arkansas beat Georgia on the road
-Arkansas has no sub-100 losses (Georgia has one)

What gives?

[Hogfaniam]

Not sure I understand us being behind Georgia (or SMU).

Here's what we're looking at:

-Arkansas has a better overall record
-They have a same conference record
-Arkansas has more top 25 and top 50 wins
-Arkansas beat Georgia on the road
-Arkansas has no sub-100 losses (Georgia has one)

What gives?

Strength of schedule and opponents sos as best as I can see

[Hogfaniam]

Before I type out anything else, I'll just note here that I get it.  You are just having some fun with the ratings indexes.

But...


BPI already incorporates RPI's methodology and then includes in a few other factors.  Dividing the BPI calculation by 100 so you can add the RPI calculation  with a similar decimal notation is a meaningless metric. 

It would be like taking a measurement of joules and comparing it to a measurement of amps by dividing the joules by whatever power of 10 that would match it to the amps decimal notation.  First, there is no point since joules already incorporate amps within its calculation, but then when you arbitrarily assign it a decimal place you render the original number meaningless.

As I said, that's just not how this stuff works, and I'm by no means a mathamalogical like person.

You are assuming BPI incorporates RPI and then adds to it.  Maybe it does but espn is not telling.  So until a formula is published....I'm gonna have some fun, whoopie.

[Hogfaniam]

Interesting.

I'd be interested to see these blended with the AP and Coaches polls.

It took some figuring to get all polls to have a maximum value of 1 and to make sure the weighting of each ranking corresponded to each other.  Sorry about the formatting.  I copied from an Excel file.

So here is AP, COACHES, RPI, AND BPI together.

   The Burppie 68

         TEAM   PTS
1    Kentucky   3.9871
2    Virginia   3.9585
3    Gonzaga   3.8712
4    Duke    3.8254
5    Wisconsin   3.8486
6    Arizona   3.8616
7    Villanova           3.8222
8    Notre Dame   3.7278
9    Kansas   3.8603
10   Louisville   3.7341
11   Utah   3.7674
12   Wichita St   3.7304
13   North Carolina   3.7676
14   VCU   3.7453
15   Iowa St.   3.6507
16   Maryland   3.6592
17   West Virginia   3.6861
18   Northern Iowa   3.6442
19   Texas   3.5880
20   Baylor   3.6068
21   Georgetown   3.6001
22   Indiana   3.4924
23   Miami (FL)   3.4597
24   Oklahoma   3.5782
25   Butler   3.5628
26   Colorado St   3.4865
27   Arkansas   3.5534
28   Ohio St   3.5648
29   SMU   3.5396
30   Providence   3.4916
31   Dayton   3.5258
32   Georgia   3.5380
33   Stanford   3.5175
34   Wyoming   3.2877
35   Seton Hall   3.4415
36   LSU   3.4563
37   San Diego St   3.4571
38   Tulsa   3.3373
39   Texas A&M   3.4290
40   Davidson   3.4299
41   St. Mary's   3.3694
42   Stephen F. Austin   3.2350
43   Green Bay   3.2710
44   Geo. Washington   3.3093
45   Kansas St   3.2322
46   Xavier   3.4726
47   Michigan St.   3.4241
48   Florida   3.3413
49   BYU   3.3375
50   Oklahoma St.   3.3984
51   Cincinnati   3.3974
52   North Car. St.   3.3260
53   Ole Miss   3.3226
54   TCU   3.2378
55   Minnesota   3.2467
56   Iowa    3.3478
57   St. John's   3.3427
58   Vanderbilt   3.1265
59   Syracuse   3.2633
60   Uconn   3.1634
61   Purdue   3.3208
62   Old Dominion   3.2646
63   Alabama   3.2254
64   Illinois   3.2582
65   Colorado    3.1006
66   South Carolina   3.1371
67   Washington   3.1942
68   Rhode Island   3.1577

[Wild Bill Hog]

LOL  This makes as much sense as anything.

[Hogfaniam]

Here is a tournament seeding ranking including projected auto qualifiers.  68 teams ranked 1-68.  There looks to be 2 play in games for 16 seeds, 1 game for a 11 seed and 12 seed.  So six 16 seeds selected, five 12 seeds, and five 11 seeds.

Tournament Rank

                       Rating    Season   
       TEAM             PTS  Rank  Seed
1   Kentucky         3.9871   1   1
2   Virginia            3.9585   2   1
3   Gonzaga            3.8712   3   1
4   Arizona            3.8616   4   1
5   Kansas           3.8603   5   2
6   Wisconsin         3.8486   6   2
7   Duke                 3.8254   7   2
8   Villanova         3.8222   8   2
9   North Carolina  3.7676   9   3
10   Utah                 3.7674   10   3
11   VCU                 3.7453   11   3
12   Louisville         3.7341   12   3
13   Wichita St         3.7304   13   4
14   Notre Dame     3.7278   14   4
15   West Virginia   3.6861   15   4
16   Maryland         3.6592   16   4
17   Iowa St.         3.6507   17   5
18   Northern Iowa   3.6442   18   5
19   Baylor           3.6068   19   5
20   Georgetown   3.6001   20   5
21   Texas           3.5880   21   6
22   Oklahoma         3.5782   22   6
23   Ohio St         3.5648   23   6
24   Butler         3.5628   24   6
25   Arkansas         3.5534   25   7
26   SMU                 3.5396   26   7
27   Georgia         3.5380   27   7
28   Dayton         3.5258   28   7
29   Stanford         3.5175   29   8
30   Indiana         3.4924   30   8
31   Providence         3.4916   31   8
32   Colorado St      3.4865   32   8
33   Xavier          3.4726   33   9
34   Miami (FL)        3.4597   34   9
35   San Diego St   3.4571   35   9
36   LSU                   3.4563   36   9
37   Seton Hall           3.4415   37   10
38   Davidson           3.4299   38   10
39   Texas A&M     3.4290   39   10
40   Michigan St.   3.4241   40   10
41   Oklahoma St.   3.3984   41   11
42   Cincinnati           3.3974   42   11
43   St. Mary's           3.3694   43   11
44   Iowa              3.3478   44   11
45   St. John's           3.3427   45   11
46   Florida           3.3413   46   12
47   Tulsa                   3.3373   48   12
48   Wyoming           3.2877   53   12
49   Green Bay           3.2710   54   12
50   Murray St           3.1742   65   12
51   Iona                   3.0773   80   13
52   Western Kentucky 2.9805   97   13
53   Kent St           2.8837   99   13
54   Yale              2.7869   100   13
55   Wofford           2.6901   101   14
56   Wm & Mary   2.5932   104   14
57   New Mexico St   2.4964   115   14
58   South Dakota St   2.3996   120   14
59   UC Davis         2.3028   122   15
60   North Car. Central 2.2059   128   15
61   High Point            2.1091   135   15
62   Georgia Southern 2.0123   136   15
63   Albany           1.9155   142   16
64   North Florida   1.8187   152   16
65   St. Francis NY   1.7218   182   16
66   Sacramento St   1.6250   193   16
67   Bucknell           1.5282   203   16
68   Alabama St   1.4314   232   16

Projected auto qualifiers:

Conf           Auto Qualifiers   Reg  Season   Seed
                                            Rank             Rank
SEC            Kentucky              1         1
ACC             Virginia                   2         1
West Coast      Gonzaga           3         1
Pac 12          Arizona                  4         1
Big 12          Kansas                  5         2
Big 10           Wisconsin          6         2
Big East         Villanova          8         2
Atlantic 10     VCU                 11   3
Missouri Valley Wichita St       13   4
American       Tulsa                  48   47
Mountain West  Wyoming          53   48
Horizon League   Green Bay          54   49
Ohio Valley   Murray St                 65   50
MAAC             Iona                   80   51
Conference USA   Western Kentucky   97   52
Mid-American   Kent St                 99   53
Ivy League              Yale               100   54
Southern           Wofford                101   55
Colonial Athletic   Wm & Mary         104   56
WAC              New Mexico St              115   57
Summit League   South Dakota St         120   58
Big West           UC Davis                     122   59
MEAC         North Car. Central       128   60
Big South             High Point           135   61
Sun Belt           Georgia Southern   136   62
America East   Albany                      142   63
Atlantic sun   North Florida              152   64
Northeast           St. Francis NY        182   65
Big Sky          Sacramento St          193   66
Patriot League   Bucknell                  203   67
SWAC           Alabama St               232   68

[Hogfaniam]

This is the total of AP poll, Coaches poll, Mondays RPI and BPI.  Each rankings max value = 1

RK   TEAM    PTS
1    Kentucky   3.9785
2    Virginia   3.9257
3    Gonzaga   3.8908
4    Arizona   3.8750
5    Kansas   3.8746
6    Wisconsin   3.8625
7    Duke   3.8475
8    Villanova   3.8361
9    North Carolina   3.7739
10   Louisville   3.7647
11   Utah   3.7316
12   West Virginia   3.7021
13   Notre Dame   3.6974
14   Iowa St.   3.6948
15   VCU   3.6881
16   Wichita St   3.6838
17   Northern Iowa   3.6837
18   Baylor   3.6423
19   Ohio St   3.6283
20   Oklahoma   3.6272
21   Maryland   3.6243
22   Butler   3.6166
23   Georgetown   3.6029
24   SMU   3.5774
25   Arkansas   3.5467
26   Xavier   3.5177
27   Texas   3.5155
28   San Diego St   3.5139
29   Texas A&M   3.4980
30   Dayton   3.4970
31   Michigan St.   3.4927
32   Seton Hall   3.4911
33   Colorado St   3.4762
34   Indiana   3.4718
35   Providence   3.4539
36   Stanford   3.4395
37   Georgia   3.4370
38   Oklahoma St.   3.4146
39   Davidson   3.4038
40   Florida   3.3935
41   St. John's   3.3765
42   Iowa    3.3665
43   BYU   3.3518
44   North Car. St.   3.3451
45   Tulsa   3.3440
46   Ole Miss   3.3419
47   Cincinnati   3.3337
48   LSU   3.3271
49   Miami (FL)   3.3130
50   Stephen F. Austin   3.3120
51   Purdue   3.3050
52   Minnesota   3.2932
53   Syracuse   3.2776
54   Old Dominion   3.2749
55   Illinois   3.2521
56   Alabama   3.2479
57   TCU   3.2328
58   Geo. Washington   3.2253
59   St. Mary's   3.2237
60   South Carolina   3.2120
61   Boise St   3.1892
62   Murray St   3.1750
63   Richmond   3.1715
64   Buffalo   3.1687
65   Green Bay   3.1686
66   Rhode Island   3.1646
67   Wyoming   3.1357
68   Kansas St   3.1245

[code red]

So just win..right??

[Hogfaniam]

So just win..right??

Especially your conference tourney.

[Hogfaniam]

Projected Auto Qualifiers

             Projected   
Conf     Automatic Qualifiers    Current
                                               Rank
SEC                      Kentucky           1
ACC                      Virginia           2
West Coast           Gonzaga           3
Pac 12                   Arizona           4
Big 12                   Kansas           5
Big 10                   Wisconsin           6
Big East                   Villanova        8
Atlantic 10                   VCU                   15
Missouri Valley           Northern Iowa   17
American                   Tulsa    45
Southland             Stephen F Austin  50
Ohio Valley           Murray St   62
Mountain West       Wyoming   67
Horizon League           Valparaiso   69
Conference USA    Louisiana Tech   78
Southern                   Wofford   84
Ivy League                   Yale     85
MAAC                   Iona   89
Mid-American           Kent St   96
Colonial Athletic           Wm & Mary   103
Summit League           South Dakota St     115
WAC                           New Mexico St   119
Big West                   UC Davis   120
Sun Belt                   Georgia Southern   122
Big South                   High Point   129
MEAC                   North Car. Central   132
America East           Albany   135
Atlantic sun            Florida Gulf Coast   154
Northeast               St. Francis NY   177
Big Sky                   Sacramento St   180
Patriot League           Bucknell   199
SWAC                   Alabama St   244

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Seeds

   Tournament Rank 
                                       
   TEAM    PTS        Rank   Seed
1   Kentucky   3.9785   1   1
2   Virginia   3.9257   2   1
3   Gonzaga   3.8908   3   1
4   Arizona   3.8750   4   1

5   Kansas   3.8746   5   2
6   Wisconsin   3.8625   6   2
7   Duke    3.8475   7   2
8   Villanova   3.8361   8   2

9   North Carolina   3.7739   9   3
10   Louisville         3.7647   10   3
11   Utah      3.7316   11   3
12   West Virginia   3.7021   12   3

13   Notre Dame   3.6974   13   4
14   Iowa St.   3.6948   14   4
15   VCU         3.6881   15   4
16   Wichita St         3.6838   16   4

17   Northern Iowa   3.6837   17   5
18   Baylor   3.6423   18   5
19   Ohio St   3.6283   19   5
20   Oklahoma         3.6272   20   5

21   Maryland   3.6243   21   6
22   Butler   3.6166   22   6
23   Georgetown   3.6029   23   6
24   SMU         3.5774   24   6

25   Arkansas   3.5467   25   7
26   Xavier   3.5177   26   7
27   Texas   3.5155   27   7
28   San Diego St   3.5139   28   7

29   Texas A&M    3.4980   29   8
30   Dayton   3.4970   30   8
31   Michigan St.   3.4927   31   8
32   Seton Hall         3.4911   32   8

33   Colorado St   3.4762   33   9
34   Indiana   3.4718   34   9
35   Providence    3.4539   35   9
36   Stanford   3.4395   36   9

37   Georgia   3.4370   37   10
38   Oklahoma St.   3.4146   38   10
39   Davidson   3.4038   39   10
40   Florida   3.3935   40   10

41   St. John's   3.3765   41   11
42   Iowa     3.3665   42   11
43   BYU      3.3518   43   11
44   North Car. St.   3.3451   44   11
45   Tulsa    3.3440   45   11

46   Ole Miss   3.3419   46   12
47   Stephen F Austin   3.3120   50   12
48   Murray St         3.1750   62   12
49   Wyoming         3.1357   67   12
50   Valparaiso         3.1129   69   12

                                    BPI   Seed
51   Louisiana Tech       78   13
52   Wofford       84   13
53   Yale       85   13
54   Iona       89   13

55   Kent St       96   14
56   Wm & Mary       103   14
57   South Dakota St       115   14
58   New Mexico St       119   14

59   UC Davis       120   15
60   Georgia Southern       122   15
61   High Point       129   15
62   North Car. Central       132   15

63   Albany       135   16
64   Florida Gulf Coast       154   16
65   St. Francis NY       177   16
66   Sacramento St       180   16
67   Bucknell       199   16
68   Alabama St       244   16

[code red]

If at all possible we need to get a 6 seed.

[Hogfaniam]

If at all possible we need to get a 6 seed.

And a high six to stay out of Kentucky's region

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thru Sunday games.  click to enlarge. 

Sources: RPI, BPI, AP Poll, Coaches Poll, Sagarin

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projected auto qualifiers

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projected seeds.  click to view.

[opineonswine]

Not sure I understand us being behind Georgia (or SMU).

Here's what we're looking at:

-Arkansas has a better overall record
-They have a same conference record
-Arkansas has more top 25 and top 50 wins
-Arkansas beat Georgia on the road
-Arkansas has no sub-100 losses (Georgia has one)

What gives?

Fuzzy math, at best.

[Hogfaniam]

Fuzzy math, at best.

We have been orbiting each other in the polls all year.

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Blended rankings for week ending 2-14-2015
source: AP poll, Coaches poll, NCAA RPI, ESPN BPI, Sagarin
click to view larger

Rankings


Seedings


Automatic Qualifiers

[Thepigdoctor]

Nice info. If the AQ's held, we'd be 4-0 against same, with a matchup against UK still to play.

Likewise, 6-3 against seeded teams, with LSU, TAMU, and UK still to go.

[jgphillips3]

+1 to you man.  Whether this means anything or not, it's creative and I appreciate the effort to bring something new to the board. 

[bamahogfan]

Did the season end prematurely?  Did I miss something?

[Hogfaniam]

Bubble Watch with individual service rankings.  Sagarins numbers are through last night.

[Hogfaniam]

+1 to you man.  Whether this means anything or not, it's creative and I appreciate the effort to bring something new to the board. 

thanks. It's a work in progress.  each week I try to improve the process.  its an attempt to guess what the selection committee is looking at. it equalizes some of the wild ranking swings you see as you go down the lists.

the AP & Coaches polls seem to be important

BPI is ESPN's attempt to include victory margins and injury impacts into the equation.

sagarin has been around forever, so I'm guessing his numbers are looked at.

RPI (and this is NCAA RPI) gets a little more weight in the formula because it is king.

[Hogfaniam]

Nice info. If the AQ's held, we'd be 4-0 against same, with a matchup against UK still to play.

Likewise, 6-3 against seeded teams, with LSU, TAMU, and UK still to go.

The AQ's right now are based on conference rankings at the end of each week. 

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thru Sunday 2-22  Click to enlarge.



Projected Auto Qualifiers



Projected Seeding

[popcornhog]

Did the season end prematurely?  Did I miss something?

Huh?

[clew]

cool stuff!  Burrpie bubbles...

[bphi11ips]

Not sure I understand us being behind Georgia (or SMU).

Here's what we're looking at:

-Arkansas has a better overall record
-They have a same conference record
-Arkansas has more top 25 and top 50 wins
-Arkansas beat Georgia on the road
-Arkansas has no sub-100 losses (Georgia has one)

What gives?

See the Jester.

[Hogfaniam]

Beating aTm was huge.

With last nights win, we jumped 5 spots, to 14, in Lunardis RPI.  We had dropped 1 spot after beating Misstake.

NCAA RPI has not been updated yet.

BPI we jumped 2 spots to 20.

Sagarins - 26: We didn't move a spot, but did pick up a few points.  By beating Wisconsin, Maryland moved up 3 spots to settle in behind us at 27.

[AugustaHog]

I find it funny that Mich St. is ahead of us in the BPI.  How is that possible with their complete and utter lack of big wins (2 in the top 50 and none better than 30 Indiana) and massively awful losses (Nebraska and Texas Southern)?  If they didn't have the name, they wouldn't be in tourney conversation.

[Hogfaniam]

I find it funny that Mich St. is ahead of us in the BPI.  How is that possible with their complete and utter lack of big wins (2 in the top 50 and none better than 30 Indiana) and massively awful losses (Nebraska and Texas Southern)?  If they didn't have the name, they wouldn't be in tourney conversation.

Who knows?

It's apparent they don't think much of the sec, even though our sos is rated higher.

[Hogfaniam]

Rankings through Sunday 3-1.  click to enlarge



Projected Auto Qualifiers with rank.


Projected seeding

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Thru 3-9 games.  click to enlarge



Projected Automatic Qualifiers  *=ticket punched


Seeding


Raw S Curve
no accounting for geography placement.  this is the closest to balancing the regions before trying to keep teams close to home.

[Hogfaniam]

Raw S Curve with Region layout thru todays games.  each line is a seed.  each column of teams is a region

p=projected auto qualifier
*=automatic qualifier



(info source average of Sagarin, NCAA RPI, Lunardi RPI, ESPN BPI)

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updated through last nights games



p=projected
*=automatic bid

first 4 out:
Temple
Texas A&M
Stanford
UCLA

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thru 3-12



first four out:

UCLA
Old Dominion
Indiana
Stanford

[lumphog]

Well, figures don't lie...

Yea , well girdles do!!!!!

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thru 3-13



First 4 out:

LSU
Indiana
Old Dominion
Stanford