Yes, it depends on how other teams do, but I have a hard time seeing us with 3 losses ahead of hypothetical 3-loss Houston or 3-loss Iowa State (Illinois they'd probably give to us based on head to head).
Yup, you can see the groundwork being laid already for them to take it from us regardless of our performance.The CBS Sports guys just dropped UConn to a 2 seed and elevated Iowa State to the 4th 1 seed. So is this what people were saying about the Big East not helping UConn this season?
Iowa State supplanted UConn on Monday in the updated CBS Sports Bracketology model as the fourth No. 1 seed, bumping the 21-1 Huskies to a projected No. 2 seed on the heels of ISU's fourth consecutive win over the weekend. The. Cyclones (20-2) and Huskies each have a 5-1 record in Quadrant 1 opportunities, and while the former ranks higher than the latter at KenPom, BartTorvik and the NET, the latter has a better Wins Above Bubble (WAB) metric -- which is results-based and generated to quantify how many more or fewer wins a team compiled compared to what a bubble team would average against the same schedule -- as well as a perfect 8-0 record vs. Quad 2 foes.
All that to say: the margin between ISU and UConn is obviously razor-thin. And the change coming after ISU's 95-61 win on Sunday suggests it did well for the Cyclones particularly in the NET, which factors in scoring margin. It should be a tight race for the final couple spots on the No. 1 seed line all the way into March.
Bracketology: Iowa State moves up to a No. 1 seed, bumps UConn from top line
The Cyclones join Duke, Arizona and Michigan on the top line of the CBS Sports Bracketology modelwww.cbssports.com
True - even though we could theoretically beat Villanova and St. Johns back to back, 21st and 25th of Feb are different weeks. That is just scheduling, not BE's fault for lack of teams.
When did Michigan beat Creighton?
My bad - was still thinking of the Gonzaga posting, they beat #23 Creighton early on.
Tell Hurley to his face that he is playing scrub teams every night. You wouldn’t dare.
Duke has earned the right to have a tough loss and not get punished for it.
if you want to continue to deflect and not admit a 9-13 team is a scrub team then you are not to be taken seriously
Not a challenge at you, but I would genuinely like to know how often a top-3-ranked Gonzaga team would get leapfrogged and everyone shrugs their shoulders because of SoS. It just doesn’t happen with poll voting in the regular season. The precedent has generally been that, at the top of the poll, unless a team loses and a spot opens up, there isn’t any leapfrogging.
I mean #6 22-1 Gonzaga literally got leapfrogged this week and everyone shrugged their shoulders because of SOS.
When you drop down below the Feb. rankings and look earlier, you notice a lot of things that really shouldn't count because these were all lesser teams. Like, for instance, Seton Hall was ranked when UConn played them. Or, if someone wants to criticize UConn for going to OT with PC, they might notice that PSU had Michigan dead to rights and that only PSU brainfarts produced a 2 pt Michigan win. Who beat PSU? PC.
It almost makes a team like UConn do what Gonzaga does, which is schedule 1 or 2 tough OOC games, and then coast, rather than schedule 5 or 6 tough OOC games.The CBS Sports guys just dropped UConn to a 2 seed and elevated Iowa State to the 4th 1 seed. So is this what people were saying about the Big East not helping UConn this season?
Iowa State supplanted UConn on Monday in the updated CBS Sports Bracketology model as the fourth No. 1 seed, bumping the 21-1 Huskies to a projected No. 2 seed on the heels of ISU's fourth consecutive win over the weekend. The. Cyclones (20-2) and Huskies each have a 5-1 record in Quadrant 1 opportunities, and while the former ranks higher than the latter at KenPom, BartTorvik and the NET, the latter has a better Wins Above Bubble (WAB) metric -- which is results-based and generated to quantify how many more or fewer wins a team compiled compared to what a bubble team would average against the same schedule -- as well as a perfect 8-0 record vs. Quad 2 foes.
All that to say: the margin between ISU and UConn is obviously razor-thin. And the change coming after ISU's 95-61 win on Sunday suggests it did well for the Cyclones particularly in the NET, which factors in scoring margin. It should be a tight race for the final couple spots on the No. 1 seed line all the way into March.
Bracketology: Iowa State moves up to a No. 1 seed, bumps UConn from top line
The Cyclones join Duke, Arizona and Michigan on the top line of the CBS Sports Bracketology model
If you look back, there are several excruciating losses during the back-to-back championship years.
But that's not even the issue. Michigan scraped by a team a couple weeks ago that LOST to PC.
the voters bumped them up based off of two top 10 wins THIS WEEK
This. This is the only thing that matters. It’s really lame to get worked up over polls. I just don’t understand the logic. We are going to get talked about less at #3 then #2?? First off, that makes no sense. And 2, who the hell cares. Just win games, that’s literally the only thing that matters.
This is so far off the rails, omg
Yes, but I was just responding to UConn getting knocked for tight games against scrub teams
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I wouldn't bet money on that......
Gonzaga stayed where they were, not dropped in ranking. Nebraska lost and made room.