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<blockquote data-quote="21ChampaignSt" data-source="post: 2055232" data-attributes="member: 748616"><p>Infographic has been updated with this year's results along with some minor adjustments to the methodology. </p><p>Again, this is just my personal way of ranking/scoring the individual seasons. It's not perfect but I do think it's fair. The first post of this thread has more details.</p><p></p><p><strong>Big takeaways:</strong></p><p>- Twin peaks! Every great era of Illini basketball has had two distinct peaks. The 80's had the '84 team and the '89 team. The 00's had the '01 team and the '05 team. Now, the '20s has the '21 team and the '24 team. </p><p>- I personally believe our baseline as a program should be the "Pre-Groce Average" because it takes into account the good, the bad, and the average, while throwing out the truly awful outliers that Groce gave us. BU's tenure now safely exceeds that line and is inching closer to the BDD line. If you throw out his first two years, by this metric, BU's tenure on average has been better than every coach not named Bill Self and he's really not far off from Self either. </p><p></p><p><strong>Where does this season rank in the last 40 years? </strong></p><p>1. 2005 - 95.5 pts</p><p>(this is where it gets controversial)</p><p>2. 1984 - 70.2 pts</p><p>3. 2021 - 66.7 pts</p><p>4. 2001 - 64.5 pts</p><p>5. 1989 - 63.8 pts</p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">6. 2024 - 59 pts</span></p><p></p><p>I realize this is blasphemy having the 89 team so low. This ranking system values teams that combined conference championships with tournament success. 89 suffers from not having won the conference. The 2021 team didn't have the tourney success but they won the regular season* and BTT championships to make up for it. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, here you go! </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]33042[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]33044[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="21ChampaignSt, post: 2055232, member: 748616"] Infographic has been updated with this year's results along with some minor adjustments to the methodology. Again, this is just my personal way of ranking/scoring the individual seasons. It's not perfect but I do think it's fair. The first post of this thread has more details. [B]Big takeaways:[/B] - Twin peaks! Every great era of Illini basketball has had two distinct peaks. The 80's had the '84 team and the '89 team. The 00's had the '01 team and the '05 team. Now, the '20s has the '21 team and the '24 team. - I personally believe our baseline as a program should be the "Pre-Groce Average" because it takes into account the good, the bad, and the average, while throwing out the truly awful outliers that Groce gave us. BU's tenure now safely exceeds that line and is inching closer to the BDD line. If you throw out his first two years, by this metric, BU's tenure on average has been better than every coach not named Bill Self and he's really not far off from Self either. [B]Where does this season rank in the last 40 years? [/B] 1. 2005 - 95.5 pts (this is where it gets controversial) 2. 1984 - 70.2 pts 3. 2021 - 66.7 pts 4. 2001 - 64.5 pts 5. 1989 - 63.8 pts [COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]6. 2024 - 59 pts[/COLOR] I realize this is blasphemy having the 89 team so low. This ranking system values teams that combined conference championships with tournament success. 89 suffers from not having won the conference. The 2021 team didn't have the tourney success but they won the regular season* and BTT championships to make up for it. Anyway, here you go! [ATTACH type="full" width="752px"]33042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="172px"]33044[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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