Strength of Schedule = Hoax

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NikeHawk21

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So I did some research on college BB SOS and wow this statistic is terrible. Get this.

Minnesota SOS #41. They've played. Ark, FSU, St Johns, Van. One maybe two tournament teams. 10-0 at home. Their RPI is #12.

Sparty is #51. Played 5 teams in top 20 currently. Plus they played St Johns too and Wich St. They've arguably had the toughest schedule in the country but accoirding to SOS not even top 50.

UW is #121. Played two teams currently in top 15. NC and @ Creighton. Plus Cuse, Okla, Gtwn, Marq.

Iowa #166. Played SHU, UVA, Mem, ND, ISU & UNI. At least 3 maybe 5 tournament teams.

Am I right in saying this is a statistic that the committee uses? This statistic certainly goes into RPI as well.

I'm guessing this is caused by the theory of playing a bunch of 200-300 level teams instead of 100-200 level teams.

How stupid is that?
 
NikeHawk21 said:
So I did some research on college BB SOS and wow this statistic is terrible. Get this.

Minnesota SOS #41. They've played. Ark, FSU, St Johns, Van. One maybe two tournament teams. 10-0 at home. Their RPI is #12.

Sparty is #51. Played 5 teams in top 20 currently. Plus they played St Johns too and Wich St. They've arguably had the toughest schedule in the country but accoirding to SOS not even top 50.

UW is #121. Played two teams currently in top 15. NC and @ Creighton. Plus Cuse, Okla, Gtwn, Marq.

Iowa #166. Played SHU, UVA, Mem, ND, ISU & UNI. At least 3 maybe 5 tournament teams.

Am I right in saying this is a statistic that the committee uses? This statistic certainly goes into RPI as well.

I'm guessing this is caused by the theory of playing a bunch of 200-300 level teams instead of 100-200 level teams.

How stupid is that?
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SOS and RPI are pretty meaningless now and it will all work itself out. They beat Texas Arlington by 20 and they are #16 in the RPI. KenPom is a lot more accurate.
 
Ahh didn't see UT-Arlington was decent.

Still though there is zero logic behind the fact that all those teams who have played tougher schedules are ranked below Minny in terms of SOS. Maybe it will work itself out throughout the year as you say.

It seems like Minny could go 9-9 in conference. Have zero quality wins and still have 20 wins, a good RPI and good SOS.

It will be interesting to watch going forward.
 
NikeHawk21 said:
Ahh didn't see UT-Arlington was decent.

Still though there is zero logic behind the fact that all those teams who have played tougher schedules are ranked below Minny in terms of SOS. Maybe it will work itself out throughout the year as you say.

It seems like Minny could go 9-9 in conference. Have zero quality wins and still have 20 wins, a good RPI and good SOS.

It will be interesting to watch going forward.
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They will drop like a rock once Texas al, Florida st, Vanderbilt all drop. They might have one good non con win when it is all said and done.
 
RPI factors too big of difference between playing horrible teams and God awful horrible teams. They think a team that played 5 top 100 teams and 5 300 plus teams have an easier schedule than a team that played 1 top 100 team and 8 top 200 teams. The first team has a chance to lose 5 games and the second team has a chance to lose 1 game.
 
PCHawk said:
RPI factors too big of difference between playing horrible teams and God awful horrible teams. They think a team that played 5 top 100 teams and 5 300 plus teams have an easier schedule than a team that played 1 top 100 team and 8 top 200 teams. The first team has a chance to lose 5 games and the second team has a chance to lose 1 game.
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It's just such a weird system. I mean I can't see Minny any better than 9-4 with our schedule. They are well over 100 spots higher than us in the RPI. If we played tomorrow on a neutral court I'd guess the line would be pretty close.
 
MN is all smoke and mirrors. What did they play, like 1 road game? They'll end up in the bottom four of the conf, hopefully not with Iowa.
 
ssckelley said:
I think our SOS is deserved, we've played 7 cupcakes and lost 1 of them.
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7 out of 13 is not very many compared to most. The difference is we had too many at the bottom instead of close to the bottom. What's the difference if they are at the bottom or close to the bottom? Both would be guaranteed wins.
 
PCHawk said:
7 out of 13 is not very many compared to most. The difference is we had too many at the bottom instead of close to the bottom. What's the difference if they are at the bottom or close to the bottom? Both would be guaranteed wins.
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Omaha disagrees
 
PCHawk said:
7 out of 13 is not very many compared to most. The difference is we had too many at the bottom instead of close to the bottom. What's the difference if they are at the bottom or close to the bottom? Both would be guaranteed wins.
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Being our SOS is #166 it's almost better than half. :)

Now that Big Ten play is upon us that will climb.
 
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