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Message: [QUOTE="SoFla Steve, post: 4210444, member: 9021"] The analytics aren't necessarily wrong. The bold is mine. [I]Bleacher Report Kerry Miller 2/15/22[/I] Providence has identical 5-1 records against Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 and no terrible losses. The Friars won at Wisconsin (sans Johnny Davis) and at Connecticut (sans Adama Sanogo) and boast some of the best resume metrics in the country. But their quality metrics have been weighing them down because—as most recently on display in an overtime home win against DePaul on Saturday—their margins of victory have been razor thin. Their 10 Q1/Q2 wins have come by a combined 59 points, and the two losses were by a combined 50 points. [B]Providence fans want you to believe all those close wins are emblematic of great coaching and a winning culture, but what the metrics see is a 21-2 team that is about 10 shots away from a .500 record.[/B] I don't know where to put the Friars and cannot wait to find out where they land in the Top 16. [/QUOTE]