BE Bubble Update (Update 2/29/24)

[freescooter]

You conveniently ignore SOS. Indiana State isn’t going 26-5 in the Big East.

SOS is a bs stat. Ask Purdue, San Diego State, or Florida Atlantic. Ask Princeton’s first 2 opponents how their superior SOS helped them. People badly overrate it, and overweight it in these metrics. Its sole purpose is to make sure “power conference “ teams get bids at the expense of mid majors. It is utter stuff and nonsense as they say. It is one of those urban myths that doesn’t hold up in real life. Georgetown and DePaul had great SOS. Both stink. It makes bad teams seem better than they are and mediocre ones seem good.

 

[shizzle787]

SOS is a bs stat. Ask Purdue, San Diego State, or Florida Atlantic. Ask Princeton’s first 2 opponents how their superior SOS helped them. People badly overrate it, and overweight it in these metrics. Its sole purpose is to make sure “power conference “ teams get bids at the expense of mid majors. It is utter stuff and nonsense as they say. It is one of those urban myths that doesn’t hold up in real life. Georgetown and DePaul had great SOS. Both stink. It makes bad teams seem better than they are and mediocre ones seem good.

SOS is not predictive; it is resume-based. It’s irrelevant that Princeton won two games because SOS isn’t intended to predict. SOS is a great stat because it shows who you’ve played, which should matter. Georgetown played a decent schedule but they stink. That still doesn’t change the fact they stink. SOS combined with wins/winning percentage is the best metric.

 

[freescooter]

SOS is not predictive; it is resume-based. It’s irrelevant that Princeton won two games because SOS isn’t intended to predict. SOS is a great stat because it shows who you’ve played, which should matter. Georgetown played a decent schedule but they stink. That still doesn’t change the fact they stink. SOS combined with wins/winning percentage is the best metric.

It tells you who you played but we already know that. And it is used as a predictive tool. It assumes that crappy teams that play hard schedules are better than teams with much better records. We used to believe that you are what your record says you are. Now we believe you are what your schedule says you are.

 

[shizzle787]

It tells you who you played but we already know that. And it is used as a predictive tool. It assumes that crappy teams that play hard schedules are better than teams with much better records. We used to believe that you are what your record says you are. Now we believe you are what your schedule says you are.

You're missing the point: it's about your schedule and your w/l record. Both working in tandem. SOS is an index that helps to sort relative schedule strength among teams with unequal schedule strengths. Being 27-3 in the Southland is great until you realize the whole league is Quad 4 games. A lot of major conference teams could do that and so could half the Ivy League. If you only looked at w/l records, McNeese would be a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. But they are not, because their record is inflated due to playing a weak schedule.

 

[businesslawyer]

SOS is a bs stat. Ask Purdue, San Diego State, or Florida Atlantic. Ask Princeton’s first 2 opponents how their superior SOS helped them. People badly overrate it, and overweight it in these metrics. Its sole purpose is to make sure “power conference “ teams get bids at the expense of mid majors. It is utter stuff and nonsense as they say. It is one of those urban myths that doesn’t hold up in real life. Georgetown and DePaul had great SOS. Both stink. It makes bad teams seem better than they are and mediocre ones seem good.

LOL. SOS is not a bs stat. But no single person thinks you pick the tournament based on SOS. If you don’t beat anyone it doesn’t matter how strong your schedule was. As the post you are responding to said, you have to look at both SOS and how you performed against it.

 

[How Sway?!]

You're missing the point: it's about your schedule and your w/l record. Both working in tandem. SOS is an index that helps to sort relative schedule strength among teams with unequal schedule strengths. Being 27-3 in the Southland is great until you realize the whole league is Quad 4 games. A lot of major conference teams could do that and so could half the Ivy League. If you only looked at w/l records, McNeese would be a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. But they are not, because their record is inflated due to playing a weak schedule.

Don't bother, Scooter has such a hate with the BE he'd rather the league suffer and by extension us as well, than admit the move to the BE was a good one