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nice win for the Zags
we're gona get whooped tomorrow
nice win for the Zags
we're gona get whooped tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE
He MJ'd it huh?
sidenote... How the hell does he get away with wearing this????
How is this not against some NCAA rule??
Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE
I don't know Craft that @%+! just doesn't sit right with me... Like it should be something in that mountain of a manuscript the NCAA has which prohibits such a debauchery
It just really bothers me.
STAT OF THE NIGHT: Saint Mary's star guard Patty Mills sat out the entire second half of the Gaels loss to Gonzaga due to a wrist injury. Mills was ridiculous in the first half, scoring 18 points (6-of-8 from long distance) in just 17 minutes as Saint Mary's led the 'Zags at the break.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=2608
Updated: January 30, 2009, 2:38 PM ET
[h2]Mills out four weeks with broken hand[/h2]
Saint Mary's dream season took an unforeseen turn Friday as the Gaels learned that leading scorer Patty Mills broke his right hand in Thursday night's loss at Gonzaga.
Mills suffered a clean break and is expected to miss four weeks, a source close to the Gaels confirmed. The point guard and Olympian for Australia was examined by Gonzaga team doctors Friday morning and the break was discovered through X-rays. Mills will make a decision later today whether to let the break heal on its own or have a pin placed in the hand to try to speed his recovery. Mills will either fly with the team from Spokane to Portland for Saturday's game against the Pilots or return to Moraga, Calif., for surgery.
What do you need to know, just some basics about the other squads this year or you want like some background on the history of the programs?Originally Posted by blazinjkid
63, but in 4 OT's. Impressive nonetheless.
ESPN's website says T-Will is the most complete player in the country...agree or disagree?
Craftsy or anybody else well versed in the A-10? I may have just got an internship covering UNC Charlotte home games, and outside of Dayton and Xavier, I'm clueless
just some basics about the other squads this year
Originally Posted by blazinjkid
just some basics about the other squads this year
Basically. The marquette win is nice, but they don't have another single win vs a team in the top 70 or so yet, with George Mason being theirnext best. And only 4 chances against top 50 teams the rest of the way. Overall they have the 279th toughest schedule so far.Originally Posted by blazinjkid
Appreciate the info. Why do you say Temple and RI have a better chance of getting in than Dayton? Is that based purely on RPI? Dayton's got that win over Marquette, which looks extremely impressive at this point.
This Butler/Valpo game might be the worst basketball game I've ever had to endure.
Originally Posted by wildKYcat
ESPN Insider request: http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blo...pn/blog/index?entryID=3866463&name=ncbexpertshttp://insider.espn.go.co...66463&name=ncbexperts
Try breaking down the conferences as to what they have done. For example, I do not care about the records. Look at the good wins by conference. If you look at that, the SEC has as [many] good nonconference wins as any conference except the Big East. Just look at that. I do not care what they do in conference. I do not care about the records or rankings. I care about who you beat and who you lost to.
Example: Georgia is the worst team in the SEC and they beat Virginia Tech, who [also] beat Wake Forest. Arkansas beat Texas and Oklahoma and is 0-4 in the SEC. Tennessee beat the No. 1 team in the Big East [Marquette] and also beat Georgetown. Take a look at that before you start tearing them down completely.
By the way, the SEC will have five teams in the [NCAA] tourney. Yes, down from the normal six. You need to look at what will be instead of what is when doing this bracketology."
Signed,
Mind Your Bidness
And now my response:
Mr. Bidness,
First of all, that is a tremendous online handle. But it's only the second-best part of your post. My favorite sentence is this one: "I do not careabout the records." That's the thing, "Mind Your," Bracketology is all about records.
The bottom line is that the SEC's record this year is simply not strong, in spite of the legitimately good wins noted above. If you're going to dothis kind of analysis, it can't be partial. You must, as the old saying goes, buy the whole cow.
If we're going to talk about "good wins," for instance, then they must be examined across the board. Through Sunday, Jan. 25, here is how eachof the six power conferences had performed against InsideRPI Top 25 and Top 50 competition:
[th=""]Conf.[/th] [th=""]vs. 1-25 (pct.)[/th] [th=""]vs. 1-50 (pct.)[/th]
Big Ten 12-25 (.324) 37-46 (.446) Big 12 10-19 (.345) 24-33 (.421) ACC 13-25 (.342) 28-39 (.41 Big East 18-46 (.281) 34-62 (.354) Pac-10 4-12 (.250) 14-38 (.269) SEC 7-22 (.241) 11-38 (.224)
One could argue Pac-10 versus SEC in terms of "good wins," as long as we remember the Pac-10 has two fewer teams. When it comes to nonconferencechallenges (NonConf SOS), however, or performance away from home (LunaRPI), the SEC is again at the bottom of any objective analysis:
[th=""]Conf.[/th] [th=""]Nonconference SOS (avg.)[/th] [th=""]LunaRPI (avg.)[/th]
Big Ten 132.81 81.27 Big East 143.94 79.06 ACC 150 71.67 Big 12 154.50 109.67 Pac-10 163.70 75.30 SEC 185.92 123.25
Just for the heck of it -- and because I know there are a bunch of RPI non-fans out there -- below is the average Adjusted Scoring Margin (ASM) data forteams in the six power conferences (you can refresh yourself on themerits of ASM here):
[th=""]Conf.[/th] [th=""]Number of teams[/th] [th=""]ASM (avg.)[/th]
ACC 12 +12.52 ppg Big 12 12 +11.03 ppg Big East 16 +10.94 ppg Pac-10 10 +9.82 ppg SEC 12 +9.49 ppg Big Ten 11 +9.38 ppg
At last a category in which the SEC isn't, well, last. Buoyed with optimism, I go back to Mind Your's premise and track all relevant "who youbeat" and "who you lost to" data. Our fourth and final chart is the record to date of each power conference against the other five:
[th=""]Conf.[/th] [th=""]W-L vs. BCS[/th] [th=""]Winning percentage[/th]
ACC 27-18 .600 Big Ten 19-17 .528 Big East 21-20 .512 Big 12 19-21 .476 Pac-10 12-15 .444 SEC 15-21 .417
Your Honor, I rest my case.
Joe Lunardi is the resident Bracketologist for ESPN, ESPN.com and ESPN Radio. Comments may be sent to [email protected].