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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 3828811, member: 10442"] I have to correct myself substantially here - because my above comment is royally screwed up. The screw-job stems from my having major issues with BOTH the Massey power ratings AND with the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) ratings, and how both jive with themselves based on actual team data. The premise of this thread was to question Massey's Power ratings. I agreed with that questioning, and the first two paragraphs I posted were based almost entirely on Massey's power ratings, but instead of naming the source in question "Massey's Power Ratings", I named it the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) by mistake. I guess having two separate sources of issues running around at the same time in my mind. So when I'm talking about Stanford and South Carolina being #2 and #3 behind Connecticut yesterday, I meant in Massey's ratings, NOT in the NET rankings. The "power ratings", defensive and offensive ratings, and SOS rankings all refer to Massey's own rating system, not NET. And THEN after that I started diving into my issues with the NET system. So for those who might have the spare time to actually read my essay-long posts and start getting confused, don't feel bad: I re-read what I posted and got confused too, and that's why I had to explain myself. As it is, SINCE yesterday's results have been tallied up, Stanford has jumped ahead of Connecticut at #1 in the NET, and South Carolina is still #3. USC is 9-1 versus Q1 NET opponents thus far, while CT is 2-1 versus Q1 NET opponents. Both USC and CT have lost 1 game - USC to a top-10 NET NC State, CT to a top 25 NET Arkansas. USC has played the #2 SOS thus far, while CT has played the #68 SOS. But somehow, CT is #2 in NET and USC is #3. But since USC's loss was at home, and CT's loss was on the road, I guess a overload of weight is attached to where a team loses as opposed to whom that team loses to, in the NET's equation..... In Massey's ratings, South Carolina is now #1, Stanford is #2, and CT has dropped to #3. I guess in that system losing game places a hit to a team's power rating, but remaining undefeated sure hasn't helped Louisville - they are now #7 and even dropped a spot from yesterday..... :D [/QUOTE]

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