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Message: [QUOTE="Phil, post: 2029410, member: 66"] I updated the rankings of the top 16 as measured by Massey, through last night's games. [MEDIA=googlesheets]1Nb1hM2kxXEIxJTneEvucWMkqs1E8odaOiaoNr73EcBw[/MEDIA] Looking at the strength as portrayed by bar charts gives a better visual cue to which teams are similar, and where there are material differences. I see two, similar ways to interpret this chart. UConn is clearly #1 Baylor is clearly #2 Maryland, Mississippi St, South Carolina, and Florida St are almost indistinguishable from each other and all a significant level below Baylor. Notre Dame, Washington, Stanford, Oregon St, and Texas are almost indistinguishable from each other and all a bit level below the group above. The remaining five:Duke, Louisville, UCLA, Ohio St, and DePaul are all significantly below Texas, and mostly distinct, although Louisville and UCLA are close to each other, as are Ohio St, and DePaul. The second version is exactly the same except that those ranked #3 - #11 could be viewed as a single group. This has seeding implications, and may explain why a team that appears to be way out of it's “natural” seeding, is not so far off. For example, consider ND and TX, numbers 7 and 11. A ways apart if you consider rankings, but almost indistinguishable if you consider strength. If there are geographical, or other considerations to pick one or the other for a particular slot, the strength difference should be a non-issue. [/QUOTE]