Blind folds on... how would you rank the following 5 teams?
Team A:
Wins over #1, 10, 22, 25, 41, 69
Losses - # 15, 19, 20
Team B:
Wins - #4, 6, 14, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 45, 52
Losses - #1, 4, 15, 15, 37
Team C:
Wins - #7, 9, 10, 19, 26, 48, 65
Losses- #1, 6, 7, 50
Team D:
Wins - #1, 5, 24, 30, 42, 47
Losses - #5, 14, 15, 33
Team E:
Wins - #3, 15, 15, 22, 24, 30, 30, 42, 45, 47
Losses - #1, 5, 14, 16, 28, 31,
Answers will be provided later as I don't want to skew discussion.
Do you place weight on the wins?, the losses?, score margin/game flow?, game location?, time of year game played? Team health - both you and your opponent? Current rankings of opponent or ranking of opponent at time of matchup? Would there be bias if conference affiliation is know? Seeing #'s above 30 knows those matchups were either at neutral sites (50) or on road (75) - does rankings inside Q1 matter Top half of Q1 vs bottom half?
Maybe the cheat answer is have the selection committee go to Bruce Pearl and ask him to rank these 5 teams as he's played all of them.
Team A:
Wins over #1, 10, 22, 25, 41, 69
Losses - # 15, 19, 20
Team B:
Wins - #4, 6, 14, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 45, 52
Losses - #1, 4, 15, 15, 37
Team C:
Wins - #7, 9, 10, 19, 26, 48, 65
Losses- #1, 6, 7, 50
Team D:
Wins - #1, 5, 24, 30, 42, 47
Losses - #5, 14, 15, 33
Team E:
Wins - #3, 15, 15, 22, 24, 30, 30, 42, 45, 47
Losses - #1, 5, 14, 16, 28, 31,
Answers will be provided later as I don't want to skew discussion.
Do you place weight on the wins?, the losses?, score margin/game flow?, game location?, time of year game played? Team health - both you and your opponent? Current rankings of opponent or ranking of opponent at time of matchup? Would there be bias if conference affiliation is know? Seeing #'s above 30 knows those matchups were either at neutral sites (50) or on road (75) - does rankings inside Q1 matter Top half of Q1 vs bottom half?
Maybe the cheat answer is have the selection committee go to Bruce Pearl and ask him to rank these 5 teams as he's played all of them.
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