Yes and no. The net probably decides, but the weakest #2 is in with the strongest #1, and the Strongest #2 is in with the weakest #1. After that, I don't know.
The Kansas St non conference schedule is incredibly weak.
Ridiculous that they are ranked ahead of Iowa, which is second in Massey’s SOS ( K State is 34). I sometimes wonder just how much the AP voters really know about basketball and how many games they actually watch.
That was good game. The difference in the level of play between the Power Conferences and the Big East is stark. The Power conferences are just some much better, it’s really undeniable .
Iowa's non conference schedule was not exactly full of the best of the best.
Well, K-State was headed for loss #2, but Baylor managed only 16 points in the entire second half.
Baylor had an absolute meltdown in the 2nd half.
You did read my post? SOS to date is number two, behind only UConn.
Maybe not the greatest but far from the worst. They played Iowa twice; how many other teams played two OOC games against top 10 teams? And their win at Iowa was by far the best true road nonconference win by any team in the country.
Friday and Sunday games have been the norm in the Pac-12 for the past umpteen years. Just because it's not what happens in your neck of the woods doesn't make it “weird.”
She’s still a SC fan!
It takes a while to get that out of your system?
Understandable mistake!
When you want something so bad…….Thanks for the info. Glad it’s not the norm in my neck of the woods. That doesn’t seem to be ideal IMO.
Wonder how much UCLA drops after losing to Utah?
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I wouldn’t think very far. A road loss in OT to a solid Utah team isn’t a black eye of a loss.
I wouldn’t call Utah that solid with losses to Stanford at home (a Stanford team that was blown out by Gonzaga) and to unranked Arizona, and their best player has been sitting on the bench since early December. UCLA could drop more than you think.
LSU has the personnel to beat USC and teams that don't always play great team ball somehow find a way to rise to the occasion. If I had to bet my own money though it would be placed on South Carolina. The chemistry with LSU is better but still not great.
Or UConn at the moment is just that good, at least against anyone who doesn't have a quality big to expose their weakness.
It was the Marquette (NET #26) loss to unranked Villanova (with a NET rank of 48) that dropped them out of the AP top 25. Uconn still has a decent NET game if nothing else and I don't think NET gets confused by the Uconn dominance of the Big East.
Actually the reason why they do it this way is for economical reasons. Take this weekend for example, you have both Arizona and Arizona State playing Stanford and California. On Friday Stanford is at Arizona State while California is at Arizona. While on Sunday Stanford is at Arizona and Cal at Arizona State. They have what is called traveling pairs. Arizona & Arizona State, Cal & Stanford, Colorado & Utah, USC & UCLA, Oregon & Oregon State, and last but not least Washington & Washington State. When one pair goes on the road they travel to another pair and vice versa. A few years ago it was estimated that in a season of conference play it roughly saved more than half of the travel costs before they instituted this system. The men's basketball does the same thing.
It showed Emily's ratings in the paper this morning (or Monday's paper), and it showed her picks with UConn at 8. I was going off the AP url which allowed you to see every voters poll. Not sure if she's a BY reader.
Interesting. I get it from a financial perspective. I bet coaches aren’t quite as thrilled. That’s a quick scout and game plan on the Sunday opponent after just playing Friday.
