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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1253566" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>Just out curiousty, I looked at a couple ranking sites to check our resume. I averaged Kenpom and Sagarin's golden mean. Early in the season they can vary a lot, but they're starting to converge, so I think it's a reasonable estimate, at least thus far into the year.</p><p></p><p>The losses to WVA and FSU won't hurt us. WVA ranks about 7th in the nation using these two, and FSU about 27th. </p><p></p><p>Winthrop unfortunately is 126th, and at home, so somewhat of a stinker there.</p><p></p><p>NC State and VCU are outside the top 50, but not by much. If we're a bubble team, it's also possible the VCU win is downgraded as I believe they were missing at least one key player.</p><p></p><p>All our other games, frankly, are irrelevant to tourney discussion.</p><p></p><p>At this point, that's not much of a resume, but it's not terrible either. For perspective, using those same ratings, we're in the low 70s. </p><p></p><p>IF we get our !@#$ together, and put it in a backpack, so it's all together, I don't see why we couldn't pass 15-20 teams and get solidly on the bubble. We probably need to see rankings at worst in the 50s to have a decent chance at an invite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1253566, member: 4069"] Just out curiousty, I looked at a couple ranking sites to check our resume. I averaged Kenpom and Sagarin's golden mean. Early in the season they can vary a lot, but they're starting to converge, so I think it's a reasonable estimate, at least thus far into the year. The losses to WVA and FSU won't hurt us. WVA ranks about 7th in the nation using these two, and FSU about 27th. Winthrop unfortunately is 126th, and at home, so somewhat of a stinker there. NC State and VCU are outside the top 50, but not by much. If we're a bubble team, it's also possible the VCU win is downgraded as I believe they were missing at least one key player. All our other games, frankly, are irrelevant to tourney discussion. At this point, that's not much of a resume, but it's not terrible either. For perspective, using those same ratings, we're in the low 70s. IF we get our !@#$ together, and put it in a backpack, so it's all together, I don't see why we couldn't pass 15-20 teams and get solidly on the bubble. We probably need to see rankings at worst in the 50s to have a decent chance at an invite. [/QUOTE]
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