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RE: 2018-19 Basketball Games of Interest
(02-25-2019 10:35 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  
(02-25-2019 09:58 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  
(02-25-2019 09:43 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  
(02-25-2019 09:27 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  
(02-24-2019 03:16 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Metrics are far better than a bunch of dudes watching the games.

Care to explain how VCU is 40 spots better than us, then? And don't tell me about SOS or give me some resume related explanation. Just tell how they are 40 spots better than us.

By looking at their resume, because they have beat some top 100 teams (bowling green, temple, hofstra, texas, and dayton (2); and are blowing teams out.

And you really believe they are 40 spots better than us. Take a step back for a second and forget what the SOS says.

Just because they beat some teams that are better than the teams we beat, does not mean they are better than us. We played who we played, and largely beat them, as did VCU. You cannot however deduce that they are better than us when both teams beat the teams they played, just because the teams they beat are supposedly (according to the same flawed metrics) better than the ones we beat, that would assume that we could not have beaten Bowling Green, Temple, Hofstra, and Dayton. I am not ready to concede that.

The notion that the metric is flawed is the number 1 mistake. We have almost 30 games worth of data between the 2 teams to determine what the rankings are.

Do I like our team? Sure! We've also lost to St. Joes, Northern Iowa, Marsha, FAU, and UTSA. None of those are good losses. They have 1 bad loss vs. Rhode Island on the road and a ton of good wins. Even their losses have been understandable for the most part ....OT away at St. Johns, Away at ODU, Away to UVA, Away to Dayton. All have been tight games. Their wins have been blowouts while are wins have been nail biters.

If we played VCU on a neutral court, they would be a pretty significant favorite. There are very good reasons why they are rated higher; whether is should be 10, 30, or 50; the metrics tell us better than old dudes watching basketball games. Hell, look how screwed up the top 25 rankings are.

So you think they are 40 spots better than us?
02-25-2019 10:51 AM
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