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Siegel Quality Ranking: December Update
December 15th, 2007
by Shawn Siegel
Last year I unveiled the Siegel Quality Ranking. The concept is simple: College basketball scheduling is so amazingly uneven, that pure records mean nothing. The only wins that should count in determining a team's stature are "quality" wins against "quality" opponents, and losses should only hurt if they're against bad teams.
A "quality" game is one of three things: A home game against a Top 50 RPI team, a Neutral game against a Top 100 team, and a Road win against a Top 150 team. Such wins are hard to come by and only the real NCAA Tournament contenders are able to win many.
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Daily Dribble: BCS Power Ranking
December 11th, 2007
by Shawn Siegel
Following last week's
High-Major &
Mid-Major rankings, here is the complete 73 team BCS Power Ranking.
Obviously a lot of potential NCAA Tournament teams in here, perhaps everyone in
the Top 50 has a chance. The SEC is off to a very odd start, no one playing Top
10 basketball, yet its worst teams seem substantially better than the worst of
the other leagues.
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Daily Poll: Who Will Win the Big Ten?
October 31st, 2007
by Shawn Siegel
