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For the few people who still long for the AAC, you should read this about Houston. How would you like to be 24-4 with no Quad 1 wins because there aren't any available in your conference? I think the game at SMU would have been a Quad 1 win but they lost.
Btw, Palm has UConn as a 4 seed right now. Just keep winning!
Since I started collecting data in 1994, the highest seed a team without a Quad 1 win has received is a No. 8 seed. That last occurred for Wisconsin-Green Bay in 1996. The highest seed for a team winless against Q1 in more recent times is a 10 for Georgia in 2015.
I think we would all be shocked if Houston were seeded anywhere near that low, even if the Cougars do not end up with any Quad 1 wins, but also do not be surprised if they are not seeded as high as their metrics might suggest.
You might notice that I am using the term "quadrant" to describe seasons long before the term was introduced. In fact, a team's opponents have always been listed in four groups on the team sheets, or at least for as long as I have been tracking them. There was no need for a term like "quadrant" initially because the division of the groups was simple to explain. Quad 1 was games against teams ranked 1-50 in the RPI, Quad 2 was teams 51-100, Quad 3 was teams 101-200 and Quad 4 was teams ranked 201 and higher.
The term "quadrant" was introduced in 2018, when the NCAA decided to add a home and road element to deciding which games went into each quadrant. There were three RPI groupings in each quadrant, depending on whether a game was home, road or neutral. In 2019, the NET replaced the RPI as the metric of choice for the NCAA and NET ranking groups have defined the quadrants since.
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Btw, Palm has UConn as a 4 seed right now. Just keep winning!
How to judge Houston
Houston, a No. 6 seed, also had a big win on Sunday, beating SMU 75-61. The Cougars are an interesting case for the NCAA Tournament selection committee. As of this morning, they are 24-4 overall, but do not have any Quad 1 wins. Houston is 0-3 against that group, with losses to Wisconsin, Alabama and SMU, all away from home. Their only other loss came at home to Memphis.Since I started collecting data in 1994, the highest seed a team without a Quad 1 win has received is a No. 8 seed. That last occurred for Wisconsin-Green Bay in 1996. The highest seed for a team winless against Q1 in more recent times is a 10 for Georgia in 2015.
I think we would all be shocked if Houston were seeded anywhere near that low, even if the Cougars do not end up with any Quad 1 wins, but also do not be surprised if they are not seeded as high as their metrics might suggest.
You might notice that I am using the term "quadrant" to describe seasons long before the term was introduced. In fact, a team's opponents have always been listed in four groups on the team sheets, or at least for as long as I have been tracking them. There was no need for a term like "quadrant" initially because the division of the groups was simple to explain. Quad 1 was games against teams ranked 1-50 in the RPI, Quad 2 was teams 51-100, Quad 3 was teams 101-200 and Quad 4 was teams ranked 201 and higher.
The term "quadrant" was introduced in 2018, when the NCAA decided to add a home and road element to deciding which games went into each quadrant. There were three RPI groupings in each quadrant, depending on whether a game was home, road or neutral. In 2019, the NET replaced the RPI as the metric of choice for the NCAA and NET ranking groups have defined the quadrants since.
Bracketology: Michigan falls off bracket, slips to first team out of field of 68 after loss to Illinois
The Wolverines' loss to the Illini was costly in the latest updated bracket from CBS Sports Bracketology Expert Jerry Palm
