Woah. It’s a rational pick, but not the only rational pick. But everyone picked us in 2007 too, and if memory serves that worked out alright.
Seems so. You were right on with this one.
Clearly the committee was favoring metrics over resume. Can’t complain too much about the program’s third ever #1 seed, but I would have seeded...
Oddly, I’m somewhat wanting to defend resume here, so I’d go with those two teams being Auburn and Florida, but Duke has a hell of a squad. I’d...
I maintain that Gators seeding shouldn’t be determined only by the eyes of Gators fans. If that’s a ship you still think isn’t worth being in, so...
And the Gators have now broke 36 on KenPom. Less than one point away from the highest ever rating prior to this season. https://kenpom.com/
ESPN has the SEC now. No reason they should have a bias against the SEC title game. I’m watching the halftime show of the Memphis-UAB game, and...
You are totally right, Hey, SOS needs to be well considered to make these decisions. Auburn likely has the best resume. Still. Their SOS is sky...
Maybe, but when you get roughed up like we did there, I don’t think we deserve excuses. We avenged the loss today, and now we control our own destiny.
The eyeball test is great if you can figure out whose eyeballs are the ones seeing clearly. Auburn’s and Duke’s fans probably think their own...
I hear you, and I’ve been making this argument that Florida should be seeded above Duke for the same reason. I would say that there has to be some...
Had to watch on delay, so just finished. Anyway, SEC champs!!! And if you ask me, Florida doesn’t just deserve that last #1 seed. They have a...
Nassim Taleb tells a story from his childhood in Lebanon as their civil war was starting. His uncle was the driver for a high official in the...
The metrics have at least two functions. The one you and I have been debating is assessing resumes. This metric only has a retrospective function,...
Agreed. But we did it! Up to #2 with a sky high 35.82! https://kenpom.com/
Neck and neck with Auburn on KenPom now and only 0.45 behind #2 Houston. Could end this weekend behind only Duke.
I read your post, and my mind thought, oh good Tennessee lost. Then checking ESPN reminded me that this isn’t 2005. lol.
I think you’re right that their KenPom rating would be the highest of all time, but I don’t know how much that matters. Not counting other current...
You’re absolutely correct that Duke’s power ratings are super high, but the resume is about the same as Florida’s right now. With wins against...
You’re right. It’s Bama’s stronger non conference schedule that has made this an actual competition. By the same token, in a comparison with Duke,...
