Net Rankings

[seniorgolfer]

Transfer portal might not be moot. Maybe that's the good news coming....

Or the bad news....I'm afraid that swinging ax swings in both directions....Were
I Haith, I would be concerned about the portal as it refers to Williams, Shumate,
and Idowu.....We must keep those people!!........Or recruiting in this environment
is a joke!

 

[quincy101]

I’d take two home games with UCF as opposed to going there.

That worked out well in 2012 for TU football. With all the poor-mouthing of BB, let's not forget who led us to victory twice over UCF that year, not to mention another "Dinger Bowl" victory.

BTW, my new avatar will be Goldies' transport at football games. Word is, Goldie has arthur-itis & needs chauffering on the field for kicking tee pick up, etc.. Since the female springer spaniel drives, I strongly suggest that all players, staff & particularly the dude wearing the red hat watch their behinds when she is driving that mule.

 

[Tu Geo]

OSU is appealing the ruling, case may not be heard until after the Tourney.

GO TU!!!!

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I'm thinking us starting out slow, and then speeding up to championship level last season, and then this season, (especially with abbreviated non con schedules) will be good for us with the selection committee. They may look more at what we have done lately with us functioning like this two seasons in a row.

 

[drboobay]

We have a real chance to have the profile that makes an at large likely.

If we play and win Saturday and win at Wichita, I am pretty sure we start getting projected into the field with two q1 wins.

 

[rivalcane]

all tiurney game to ne played in the indy area. How does compacting into one place help with covid protection.

 

[TU4ever2]

all tiurney game to ne played in the indy area. How does compacting into one place help with covid protection.

They are making a super bubble. You need like 7 negative tests to get in, etc.

 

[loca2874]

I have a feeling they will just play it out in a week instead of it being a month long

 

[nevadanatural]

Half the teams go home after the first two days and three fourths are gone after four days. According to what I’ve read they are planning to use the normal schedule for games.

 

[I.I.]

TV will dictate the schedule I suspect.

 

[Tu Geo]

We have a real chance to have the profile that makes an at large likely.

If we play and win Saturday and win at Wichita, I am pretty sure we start getting projected into the field with two q1 wins.

It’s possible that Lunardi has us in his next mock bracket. Houston will be an at large and Tulsa will be his automatic qualifier. He usually gives first place team the AQ.

Go TU!!!!

 

[drboobay]

It’s possible that Lunardi has us in his next mock bracket. Houston will be an at large and Tulsa will be his automatic qualifier. He usually gives first place team the AQ.

Go TU!!!!

I think we are one, maybe two, good wins away from an at large.

 

[loca2874]

It’s possible that Lunardi has us in his next mock bracket. Houston will be an at large and Tulsa will be his automatic qualifier. He usually gives first place team the AQ.

Go TU!!!!

As of this morning he has Wichita state and Houston in and SMU as next 4 out

 

[Weatherdemon]

TU a 12 seed this morning. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Palm only has UH from the AAC in this morning.

 

[loca2874]

SMU still listed as Next 4 out

 

[Tu Geo]

TU a 12 seed this morning. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Palm only has UH from the AAC in this morning.

Palm has never given Tulsa respect except the Bill Self great eight team. He’s kind of a tool.

Go TU!!!!

 

[TU4ever2]

Palm has never given Tulsa respect except the Bill Self great eight team. He’s kind of a tool.

Go TU!!!!

I can't remember but there is a site that tracks all the predictions for the tournament and rates them while keeping a tally for accuracy and seed predictions. Palm as I recall was not one of the better ones out there. I will try and find it again. It was a good resource as it took all the predictions and averaged it out kind of like a Massey Composite to get a consensus field which is usually pretty accurate to the last four or five in where it will be hit or miss but include the teams who do make it in its last four first four prediction.

 

[ctt8410]

Bracketmatrix. In the last 5 years, Palm ranks 85 out of 133. And most of his competitors are random bloggers like Lobofan2003’s Bracketology. He’s impressively bad at it, considering. FWIW, Lunardi ranks 55th.

 

[TU4ever2]

Bracketmatrix. In the last 5 years, Palm ranks 85 out of 133. And most of his competitors are random bloggers like Lobofan2003’s Bracketology. He’s impressively bad at it, considering. FWIW, Lunardi ranks 55th.

Thank you I knew it was something like that. Great little website. Especially since the the big time media guys are never held to account for pushing some outrageous agendas that have at least some effect in how teams are perceived.

 

[ba11game]

ESPN had TU in as the automatic qualifier because we were tied with Houston and held the tiebreaker. With Houston's win and our game cancelled, we won't be in their bracket tomorrow.

 

[Gold*]

Bracketmatrix. In the last 5 years, Palm ranks 85 out of 133. And most of his competitors are random bloggers like Lobofan2003’s Bracketology. He’s impressively bad at it, considering. FWIW, Lunardi ranks 55th.

Where does his toupee rank?

 

[TU65alum]

Where does his toupee rank?

right next to Bill Self’s

 

[Gmoney4WW]

right next to Bill Self’s

Lunardi's toupee can't handle the truth. It's not even in the same quartile. as Bill's.

 

[TU 1978]

Lunardi's toupee can't handle the truth. It's not even in the same quartile. as Bill's.

Lunardi’s toupee is 5th quartile.

 

[TU_BLA]

So North Carolina is a brutally terrible team this year. Syracuse is just as bad. This bias towards the ACC happens every year...there has to be a rating system that doesn’t rewards bad teams for losing

 

[Tu Geo]

Duke's Net is #100... Mich St #85 both are 8 seeds lol in Lunardi's bracket

GO TU!!!

 

[URedskin54]

So North Carolina is a brutally terrible team this year. Syracuse is just as bad. This bias towards the ACC happens every year...there has to be a rating system that doesn’t rewards bad teams for losing

What makes you say UNC is terrible? I don’t think they’re amazing, but to me they’ve probably played well enough to make the tourney so far

 

[TU_BLA]

They've beaten 1 team with a winning record and the combined record of their wins is 27-36. Their best win is over Stanford who is 8-3. Everyone else is .500 or below. If we were 8-4 and that was our resume...we wouldn't even be considered for the NIT. Syracuse. Syracuse's 7 wins comes against teams with a combined 31-41 record. Best win is against Bryant who sits at 9-2 in the might Northeast Conference.

 

[TU4ever2]

Duke's Net is #100... Mich St #85 both are 8 seeds lol in Lunardi's bracket

GO TU!!!

Lunardi is better ranked on Matrix, but I have noticed his brackets are heavy p5 bias till the last few, maybe a week or two weeks so. Then he just picks the p5 bubble teams over the mid major bubbles till the very end. Pretty sure his ESPN employment and their big school bias heavily influence him till his rep is really on the line.

 

[I.I.]

Wichita up 10 , Tulsa down 12. Lots of movement up for a WSU home win.

 

[drboobay]

I expected a big hit due to our inefficiency

 

[loca2874]

No Games today. This is the updated NET

NET Rankings Through January 17
Houston 6 No Change
SMU 55 Up 2
Wichita St. 57 Down 2
Tulsa 68 Down 2
UCF 84 Down 3
Memphis 105 Up 2
Cincinnati 115 Down 4
Temple 117 Down 9
South Fla. 120 Down 2
East Carolina 129 Down 1
Tulane 186 Up 4

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win
Houston H W 6

Loss
Wichita St. A L 57

Q2

Win
Cincinnati A W 115
Memphis A W 105
South Fla. A W 120

Loss
South Carolina N L 69
Wichita St. H L 57

Q3

Win
Memphis H W 105

Loss
TCU N L 101

Q4

Wins
Northwestern St. H W 331
UT Arlington H W 226
Loss

 

[I.I.]

We beat Memphis.....We go down and Memphis goes up ??? Is it better for us to lose ?

 

[nevadanatural]

That might have had more to do with the fortunes of our previous opponents than yesterday’s game.

 

[loca2874]

Efficiency is a big thing with these rankings now. So some moves are because you weren’t as efficient offensively or defensively then others that day

 

[Gold*]

Efficiency is a big thing with these rankings now. So some moves are because you weren’t as efficient offensively or defensively then others that day

That‘s part of this that is garbage. What does efficiency really mean here? I thought what mattered was wins and losses. You could call any metric “efficiency.” But then you have some butt ugly Big 10 team make the Final Four because they are just badder than everyone else.

 

[Weatherdemon]

That‘s part of this that is garbage. What does efficiency really mean here? I thought what mattered was wins and losses. You could call any metric “efficiency.” But then you have some butt ugly Big 10 team make the Final Four because they are just badder than everyone else.

I agree.
Winning is winning.
Sometimes it's pretty and efficient.
Sometimes it's ugly and not so efficient.
Either way, a pretty loss should hurt you far less than an ugly win.

 

[drboobay]

As I recall, your win-loss record is not even part of the NET formula any longer.

 

[drboobay]

Also, the NET is supposed to just determine who is on the board. Then the selections occur based on the team sheets, where the quadrant system is heavily weighted.

 

[Gold*]

I agree.
Winning is winning.
Sometimes it's pretty and efficient.
Sometimes it's ugly and not so efficient.
Either way, a pretty loss should hurt you far less than an ugly win.

Doug Wojcik probably is calling Bubba for a bonus for his beautiful losses.