UConn Metrics (2/1)

[Lafayette]

Guess who we are tied with?

Does it rhyme with faint blondes?

 

[bendm]

Top 25 And 1: UConn's NCAA Tournament seeding could be hurt by weak Big East schedule

The Huskies are 22-1 but only have five wins vs. Quadrant 1 opponents so far this season

www.cbssports.com

On Tuesday's episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast that we did on CBS Sports Network, Matt Norlander and I settled into a conversation about UConn and its body of work to date. Simply put, I'm higher on it than he is. To be clear, we both think the Huskies would be a No. 1 seed if the NCAA Tournament started today. But whereas I would have them as the second-highest No. 1 seed, Norlander said he'd have them lower, in part because UConn's 22-1 record only features five Quadrant 1 victories. Arizona and Duke have nine. Michigan has eight.
And if somebody wants to use those facts to argue against the Huskies, fine. The CBS Sports Bracketology model has UConn as a No. 2 seed, but needless to say, this is all subjective. But it should also be pointed out that none of this is UConn's fault as much as it's a commentary on the Big East.
The Huskies are 5-1 in Q1 games. But did you realize they had four way back on Dec. 9 thanks to a non-league strength of schedule that rated top 25 nationally? And did you realize they haven't played a single game against a currently ranked team since then? That's UConn's problem -- the underwhelming Big East.
St. John's is the only Big East team besides UConn currently ranked, there are no other Big East teams in the top 30 of the NET, and more than half of the conference is ranked outside of the top 75. Consequently, UConn has had just one Q1 opportunity so far in league play -- last month's game at Seton Hall. The Huskies defeated the Pirates 69-64. UConn is projected to have just four more games vs. Q1 opponents before next month's Big East Tournament. Bottom line, UConn is 22-1, undefeated when not missing two starters, and a clear contender to win a national championship for what would be the third time in a four-year span. So I've decided to respect those things rather than get caught up on how the Big East barely provides Q1 chances for the Huskies, and that's why UConn remains No. 2 in Wednesday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings following Tuesday night's 92-60 victory over Xavier that extended their winning streak to 18 games.

 

[HooperScooper]

Top 25 And 1: UConn's NCAA Tournament seeding could be hurt by weak Big East schedule

The Huskies are 22-1 but only have five wins vs. Quadrant 1 opponents so far this season

www.cbssports.com

On Tuesday's episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast that we did on CBS Sports Network, Matt Norlander and I settled into a conversation about UConn and its body of work to date. Simply put, I'm higher on it than he is. To be clear, we both think the Huskies would be a No. 1 seed if the NCAA Tournament started today. But whereas I would have them as the second-highest No. 1 seed, Norlander said he'd have them lower, in part because UConn's 22-1 record only features five Quadrant 1 victories. Arizona and Duke have nine. Michigan has eight.
And if somebody wants to use those facts to argue against the Huskies, fine. The CBS Sports Bracketology model has UConn as a No. 2 seed, but needless to say, this is all subjective. But it should also be pointed out that none of this is UConn's fault as much as it's a commentary on the Big East.
The Huskies are 5-1 in Q1 games. But did you realize they had four way back on Dec. 9 thanks to a non-league strength of schedule that rated top 25 nationally? And did you realize they haven't played a single game against a currently ranked team since then? That's UConn's problem -- the underwhelming Big East.
St. John's is the only Big East team besides UConn currently ranked, there are no other Big East teams in the top 30 of the NET, and more than half of the conference is ranked outside of the top 75. Consequently, UConn has had just one Q1 opportunity so far in league play -- last month's game at Seton Hall. The Huskies defeated the Pirates 69-64. UConn is projected to have just four more games vs. Q1 opponents before next month's Big East Tournament. Bottom line, UConn is 22-1, undefeated when not missing two starters, and a clear contender to win a national championship for what would be the third time in a four-year span. So I've decided to respect those things rather than get caught up on how the Big East barely provides Q1 chances for the Huskies, and that's why UConn remains No. 2 in Wednesday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings following Tuesday night's 92-60 victory over Xavier that extended their winning streak to 18 games.

You better duck before a certain poster on here tries to take your head off for posting this! 😀

 

[Lafayette]

Not worried as we get 3 more plus BE tourney to play Q1.

Meanwhile B12 will beat up on each other and Duke or Michigan has to lose at least one game.

 

[BFieldHusky]

This morning Creighton is back to 75 in the NET, which means we currently have 6 Q1 wins. Need them to stay within the Top 75. Also, Villanova is currently 33 in the NET. If they can get within the Top 30, that will add another Q1 victory.

 

[Inyatkin]

This morning Creighton is back to 75 in the NET, which means we currently have 6 Q1 wins. Need them to stay within the Top 75. Also, Villanova is currently 33 in the NET. If they can get within the Top 30, that will add another Q1 victory.

Not a criticism of you, just this dumb system. We beat Creighton and Villanova. Where they end up on some ranking is not up to us. The fact that something like that could determine a one vs. two seed (and it could) is insane

 

[Husky68]

Who said he's a problem? You don't have to be so defensive to everything. His reaching an upside only helps our chances to feel like an NC fav. If you look ahead of us, there are some formidable front courts. AZ has a kid at center that is now getting mocked first round, along with Peat. UM is UM. Duke has Boozer & Ngongba. Tarris needs to be clicking for us once we get into the real action. Illinois rebounds the cr@p out of it.

"So few good centers in the BE that Tarris should easily be 18/10 in his sleep." Since Tarris is playing while awake and averaging14/8 which is 20% or more below what a sleeping Tarris should easily get I'd say you were calling him problem.

 

[auror]

Not a criticism of you, just this dumb system. We beat Creighton and Villanova. Where they end up on some ranking is not up to us. The fact that something like that could determine a one vs. two seed (and it could) is insane

The quads are involved in the discussions to some degree, but we don't know how much. The actual resume metrics, like WAB and SOR, don't have artificial cliffs, so they are more accurate. We can only hope they are more relevant to the discussions than the quads themselves.

 

[navery12]

 

[NJHusky]

This morning Creighton is back to 75 in the NET, which means we currently have 6 Q1 wins. Need them to stay within the Top 75. Also, Villanova is currently 33 in the NET. If they can get within the Top 30, that will add another Q1 victory.

I don’t follow this other than what folks post here. What does Nova need to do to get there? Beat St. John? Or just win the games they should

 

[navery12]

I don’t follow this other than what folks post here. What does Nova need to do to get there? Beat St. John? Or just win the games they should

There's not really a straight answer since there's so many factors and how other teams perform matters. But at a high level if they win all the non St John's/UConn games they should continue to hover around the cutoff. Winning one of those games probably moves them above, but that also assumes they avoid any bad losses

 

[Storrs South]

There's not really a straight answer since there's so many factors and how other teams perform matters. But at a high level if they win all the non St John's/UConn games they should continue to hover around the cutoff. Winning one of those games probably moves them above, but that also assumes they avoid any bad losses

MOV also matters, too. Beat the rest of the league but also by good margins.