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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4192364, member: 10"] [HEADING=1][URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/PROV/providence-friars/'][I][SIZE=4]Providence[/SIZE][/I][/URL][I][SIZE=4] has mixed results from metrics[/SIZE][/I][/HEADING] [I]Providence remains a No. 2 seed in the bracket in spite of the fact that the more margin-of-victory based metrics do not much care for the Friars. However, even though the NCAA selection committee oversaw the creation of the [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/rankings/net/']NET[/URL], which is significantly influenced by margin of victory, the selection process is not. It is very results-oriented and does not incentivize MOV. Still, besides the NET, there are three other rankings on the team sheets that are heavily invested in margin of victory, even more so than the NET. [URL='http://www.kenpom.com/']KenPom.com[/URL] and [URL='http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm']Sagarin.com[/URL] are attempting to predict point spreads, so naturally, MOV matters a lot. [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi']BPI[/URL] seems to fit in that category as well. In 2017, the NCAA had a meeting to start discussing how to replace the RPI with something more sophisticated, and during that discussion, Ken Pomeroy told the NCAA folks that he felt they should not use his rankings because they are not measuring what the NCAA is trying to reward. Yet, many people feel they should be the only thing used. And since this is a results-oriented process, Pomeroy's probably right. There are two other metrics on the team sheets, KPI and SOR, that include margin of victory in some form or fashion, but are generally more results-oriented. Which brings me back to Providence. The Friars average ranking in the MOV metrics is 36, but they are ranked third in each of the more results-oriented ones. I think their resume aligns more closely with the results-oriented metrics than the MOV ones for now. However, there are five weeks left until Selection Sunday and those metrics figure to converge some between now and when it really matters. If Providence is still in the 30s in the MOV-based metrics then, they probably have not played well enough over the next five weeks to stay that high in the bracket. Other teams for which the two sets of metrics disagree include [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/GONZAG/gonzaga-bulldogs/']Gonzaga[/URL], [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/HOU/houston-cougars/']Houston[/URL], UConn, [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/WISC/wisconsin-badgers/']Wisconsin[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/IOWA/iowa-hawkeyes/']Iowa[/URL].[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-arizona-bumps-baylor-from-top-line-joins-auburn-gonzaga-and-kansas-as-no-1-seeds/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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