Team Resume Comparisons

[sax5084]

I really am enjoying all the cherry picking of reasons Tulsa shouldn't be in the tournament, so I thought I'd make a thread of my own really disingenuous team comparisons. Here's my first one for how we stack up against a certain 3 seed...

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa-3 Seed Team
Losses to teams not in the tournament: 5-5
Road Wins: 6-5
Road Losses: 5-5
SOS (Overall): 64-51
Top 50 RPI Wins: 4-5

I think this means that with one more top 50 win and we would have been at worst a 4 seed.

I'm using the CBS team comparison tool for ease of creating these, but am open to other criteria:

 

[sax5084]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - 5 Seed
Total Losses: 11 - 11
Road Wins: 6 - 5
Road Losses: 5 - 5
Home Losses: 3 - 5
Top 50 Win %: 44.40% - 31.25%

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Good job Sax, glad to see you posting again! We need to put these comparisons out where the general population can see them.

 

[sax5084]

Good job Sax, glad to see you posting again! We need to put these comparisons out where the general population can see them.

Thanks, been on an assignment for the last couple years that kind of takes up a lot of my time. However, I'll be off pretty much all of March now, so I'd say it has worked out nicely for the next couple weeks.

By the way, doing this exercise against other bubble teams is like shooting fish in a barrel. I almost feel bad comparing us to a team that didn't make it and that I hold no ill will against...almost:

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Monmouth
SOS: 64 - 166
Top 50: Wins: 4 - 1
Top 100 Wins: 8 - 3
Terrible (RPI 200+) Losses: 0 - 3
Top 100 Win %: 50% - 42.9%

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Ya, the Monmouth squeaky wheels...

 

[sax5084]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Super Special Mystery Team
Non-Conference SOS: 102 - 278
Head to Head Wins: 1 - 0
Top 50 Wins: 4 - 1
Top 100 Win %: 44.4% - 7.1%
Top 100 Win %: 50% - 19%
Overall Win %: 64.5% - 37.5%
Terrible (RPI 200+) Losses: 0 - 2
19 Point Wins Against NCAA Tournament Overall #1 Seed: 0 - 1

 

[sax5084]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - NIT #1 Seed A
Non-Conference SOS: 102 - 271
Overall SOS: 64 - 126
Top 50 Wins: 4 - 1
RPI: 58 - 65
Road Win %: 54.5% - 50.0%

 

[sax5084]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Michigan
Non-Conference SOS: 102 - 189
Top 50 Win %: 44.4% - 26.7%
RPI: 58 - 57
Road Win %: 54.5% - 45.4%
Wins Against Common Opponents: 2 - 0
Losses Against Common Opponents: 0 - 2

 

[Bill Lowery]

Thanks, been on an assignment for the last couple years that kind of takes up a lot of my time. However, I'll be off pretty much all of March now, so I'd say it has worked out nicely for the next couple weeks.

By the way, doing this exercise against other bubble teams is like shooting fish in a barrel. I almost feel bad comparing us to a team that didn't make it and that I hold no ill will against...almost:

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Monmouth
SOS: 64 - 166
Top 50: Wins: 4 - 1
Top 100 Wins: 8 - 3
Terrible (RPI 200+) Losses: 0 - 3
Top 100 Win %: 50% - 42.9%

Yeah, but their bench can perform Broadway plays while the game is in progress. That should have gotten them in. I bet Gottleib knew that.

 

[Bill Lowery]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Michigan
Non-Conference SOS: 102 - 189
Top 50 Win %: 44.4% - 26.7%
RPI: 58 - 57
Road Win %: 54.5% - 45.4%
Wins Against Common Opponents: 2 - 0
Losses Against Common Opponents: 0 - 2

I've been saying our resume was better than Michigan for 2 weeks. But to be fair, we should state we also lost 2 games, as well as won 2 games, against those common opponents.

 

[T Up]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Monmouth
SOS: 64 - 166
Top 50: Wins: 4 - 1
Top 100 Wins: 8 - 3
Terrible (RPI 200+) Losses: 0 - 3
Top 100 Win %: 50% - 42.9%

Someone needs to post this on all the ESPN boards and their email and send to all those "pundits". Perhaps one of them will actually look at it and issue a retraction.

Only thing really missing is the tie breaker in Monmouth's favor: "Team with the most entertaining bench to show on TV" as told to us by at least 6 different experts from ESPN. I almost forgot that this isn't a basketball tournament but rather just entertainment....

 

[sax5084]

I've been saying our resume was better than Michigan for 2 weeks. But to be fair, we should state we also lost 2 games, as well as won 2 games, against those common opponents.

Oh oops, I think I meant to delete that column...

 

[blockm2]

NCAA Team Comparison: Tulsa - Michigan
Non-Conference SOS: 102 - 189
Top 50 Win %: 44.4% - 26.7%
RPI: 58 - 57
Road Win %: 54.5% - 45.4%
Wins Against Common Opponents: 2 - 0
Losses Against Common Opponents: 0 - 2

What's the overall SOS of both teams? Seems more relevant to resume than limiting to games played in November/December.

 

[nevadanatural]

Michigan - 45 Tulsa - 64 Pretty close

I think his point was that the pundits pick and choose the metrics that support their position and ignore those that don't.

 

[TU_BLA]

Michigan - 45 Tulsa - 64 Pretty close

I think his point was that the pundits pick and choose the metrics that support their position and ignore those that don't.

Where Castiglione went on and defended the exact points that put TU in the field vs the guys who didn't. Top 50 wins. It's a also a moving target as each committee places importance in different things.