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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4775625, member: 6872"] South Carolina was lead that year by 2 excellent seniors. Oregon had 3. SCar had more underclass talent and was deeper. But. As you point out, the difference were razor thin. They were 1/2 but it’s possible that neither would have made th Final Four. But really, I went to that year to reveal my possible bias in looking at how Oregon has been “ overrated” by Massey every year since. You imply that in a computer can’t overrank because it is purely a numerical analysis. However, the analysis can be skewed by the weight placed on different numbers. NET, Massey and RPI never match. (In 2020 we had the strongest SOS in RPI and NET. Massey had Oregon with the strongest SOS. Algorithmic opinion caused by different weight placed on numerical factors!) Oregon has failed to come anywhere close to the Massey early season rankings every year since their great year and have been ranked higher than other services at the end of the year- whether human poll or algorithm. And yes, I will admit that “coincidences” occur - even with algorithms. [/QUOTE]