Category Archives: Basketball

NCAA Basketball Rankings – 3/11/2012

Rankings as of 9:52pm on 3/11/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 2, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

Team Rank Change Record AP Sagarin
Kentucky 1 ↑1 32-2   1
Syracuse 2 ↓1 31-2   5
Michigan St 3 ↑4 27-7   3
Ohio St 4 ↑2 27-7   2
Duke 5 ↓2 27-6   11
North Carolina 6 ↓1 29-5   6
Missouri 7 ↑2 30-4   7
Kansas 8 ↓4 27-6   4
Marquette 9 ↓1 25-7   15
Baylor 10 27-7   12
Indiana 11 25-8   9
Louisville 12 ↑7 26-9   18
Wisconsin 13 24-9   8
Wichita St 14 ↓2 27-5   10
Creighton 15 28-5   25
Michigan 16 ↓2 24-9   23
Georgetown 17 ↓1 23-8   14
Murray St 18 ↓1 30-1   40
Florida St 19 ↑7 24-9   21
Memphis 20 ↑3 26-8   13
Vanderbilt 21 ↑6 24-10   20
St. Mary’s-CA 22 ↓1 27-5   35
New Mexico 23 ↑6 27-6   16
San Diego St 24 ↑5 26-7   46
Temple 25 ↓7 24-7   36

26-35: Gonzaga, Florida, Cincinnati, UNLV, Saint Louis, Purdue, Notre Dame, Virginia, Alabama, Southern Miss

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

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NCAA Tournament Projection – March 11, 2012 3:30pm

Below are my projections for the NCAA tournament field.  Other good projections can be found here provided by the geeks at TeamRankings.com.  You can check out my rankings here.

Bubble Watch

St. Bonaventure ruined someone’s March.  I think that team was Drexel.

Last four in:  Seton Hall, Mississippi State, NC State, Northwestern

First four out: Drexel, Texas, NC State, Illinois

My projected field of NCAA Tournament qualifiers

1 seeds: Kentucky, Syracuse, Ohio State, North Carolina

2 seeds: Michigan State, Duke, Missouri, Kansas

3 seeds: Marquette, Baylor, Indiana, Louisville

4 seeds: Wisconsin, Wichita State, Michigan, Creighton

5 seeds:  Georgetown, Murray State, Memphis, Florida State

6 seeds: Gonzaga, New Mexico, San Diego State, St. Mary’s-CA

7 seeds: Temple, Vanderbilt, Florida,Cincinnati

8 seeds: UNLV, Saint Louis, Purdue, Notre Dame

9 seeds: Virginia, Alabama, Southern Miss, Iowa State

10 seeds: Oral Roberts, Kansas State, UConn, California

11 seeds: BYU, Harvard, VCU, Colorado State

12 seeds: Xavier, Northwestern, Play-in Winner 1, Play-in Winner 2

13 seeds: Ohio, Long Island, Vermont, South Dakota State

14 seeds: Norfolk State, Long Beach State, Colorado, Davidson

15 seeds: Belmont, Montana, St. Bonaventure, New Mexico State

16 seeds: Detroit, Lehigh, Loyola-MD, Play-in Winner 3, Play-in Winner 4

Play-in Winner 1: Northwestern vs Seton Hall

Play-in Winner 2: North Carolina State vs Mississippi State

Play-in Winner 3: Lamar vs Western Kentucky

Play-in Winner 4: Mississippi Valley State vs UNC-Asheville

Cheers.

Mapping the N.B.A.

Mapping the N.B.A. 

 

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NCAA Tournament Projection – March 6, 2012

Below are my projections for the NCAA tournament field.  Other good projections can be found here provided by the geeks at TeamRankings.com.  You can check out my rankings here.

Bubble Watch

Last four in: Seton Hall, Drexel, South Florida, West Virginia

First four out: Texas, NC State, Illinois, Ole Miss

My projected field of NCAA Tournament qualifiers

1 seeds: Syracuse, Kentucky, Duke, Kansas

2 seeds: North Carolina, Ohio State, Michigan State, Marquette

3 seeds: Missouri, Baylor, Indiana, Wichita State

4 seeds: Michigan, Wisconsin, Creighton, Georgetown

5 seeds:  Murray State, Temple, Louisville, St. Mary’s-CA

6 seeds: Gonzaga, San Diego State, Memphis, UNLV

7 seeds: Florida, Florida State, Vanderbilt, Saint Louis

8 seeds: New Mexico,Virginia, Alabama, Purdue

9 seeds:  Iowa State, Cincinnati, Southern Miss, Notre Dame

10 seeds: Kansas State, California, BYU, Northwestern

11 seeds: Harvard, Washington, Mississippi State, Oregon

12 seeds: VCU, Colorado State, UConn, Play-In Winner 1

13 seeds: Play-In Winner 2, Nevada, Valpo, Middle Tennessee State,

14 seeds: Long Beach State, Ohio, Davidson, Oral Roberts

15 seeds: Belmont, Montana, Vermont, Loyola (MD)

16 seeds: Bucknell, TX-Arlington, UNC-Asheville, Long Island, Miss Valley State, Savannah State

Play-In Game 1: West Virginia vs Seton Hall

Play-In Game 2: South Florida vs Drexel

By Conference

Ten: Big East

Seven: Big 10

Five: Big 12, SEC

Four: ACC, MWC

Three: Pac-12, WCC

Two: Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Conference USA, Colonial

One: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Horizon, Ivy, MAAC, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC

 

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NCAA Basketball Rankings – 3/5/2012

Rankings as of 11:01am on 3/5/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 3/4/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Florida falls the farthest this week, dropping 6 spots and landing at number 25 after losing both of their games this week making them losers of three straight (at Georgia, at Vanderbilt, and Kentucky).  In the top 10, Michigan State falls three spots to number 7 after losing back to back games to Indiana and Ohio State this week.

Moving in the other direction were teams like Kansas, North Carolina, and Ohio State who each have a win over a top ten team in the last ten days (Missouri, Duke, and Michigan State, respectively).  The team making the biggest move in the top 25 this week is Memphis.  Who jumps up 6 spots and into the top 25 at number 23.  They picked up two big Conference USA wins this week over the 3rd and 4th place teams UCF and Tulsa.

Interesting note: My rankings (The SITW) and the AP rankings have the exact same top 9 teams, but in a different order.

I also think it’s interesting that the Mountain West has two teams in my top 25 and the AP top 25, but neither of those teams is actually in first place in their conference.  New Mexico lead the MWC.

Breakdown by conference: 2, 4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 2, 2, 5

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

Team Rank Change Record AP Sagarin
Syracuse 1 30-1  2 5
Kentucky 2 30-1  1 1
Duke 3 26-5  6 10
Kansas 4 ↑1 26-5  3 3
North Carolina 5 ↑2 27-4  4 4
Ohio St. 6 ↑2 25-6  7 2
Michigan St. 7 ↓3 24-7  8 6
Marquette 8 ↓2 25-6  9 13
Missouri 9 ↑1 27-4  5 7
Baylor 10 ↓1 25-6  12 12
Indiana 11 ↑2 24-7  15 9
Wichita St. 12 ↓1 27-4  16 11
Wisconsin 13 ↑2 23-8  14 8
Michigan 14 ↑3 23-8  10 20
Creighton 15 ↓1 28-5  19 24
Georgetown 16 ↓4 22-7  13 14
Murray St. 17 ↑1 30-1  11 40
Temple 18 ↑3 24-6  21 34
Louisville 19 ↓3 22-9  27  22
Gonzaga 20 25-5  24 31
St. Mary’s-CA 21 ↑1 26-5  26 35
San Diego St.  22 ↑2 24-6  18 45
Memphis 23 ↑6 23-8  31 15
UNLV 24 ↓1 25-7  20 21
Florida 25 ↓6 22-9  22 16

26-35: Florida St., Vanderbilt, Saint Louis, New Mexico, Virginia, Alabama, Purdue, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Southern Miss

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

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Visualizing The Madness Of March: Introducing Cinderella Plots

Visualizing The Madness Of March: Introducing Cinderella Plots

 

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From TeamRankings.com: “The Hot List: Syracuse Looking Ready For The Postseason”

The Hot List: Syracuse Looking Ready For The Postseason

NCAA Basketball Rankings – 2/27/2012

Rankings as of 11:16am on 2/27/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/26/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Breakdown by conference: 2, 4, 5, 3, 0, 3, 2, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

Team Rank Change Record AP Sagarin
Syracuse 1 29-1  2 5
Kentucky 2 28-1  1 1
Duke 3 ↑1 25-4  4 9
Michigan St. 4 ↑1 24-5  5 3
Kansas 5 ↓2 24-5  3 4
Marquette 6 ↑2 24-5  8 13
North Carolina 7 ↑2 25-4  6 6
Ohio St. 8 ↓2 23-6  10 2
Baylor 9 ↑2 23-5  9 12
Missouri 10 ↓7 25-4  7 7
Wichita St. 11 25-4  15 10
Georgetown 12 20-6  11 14
Indiana 13 ↑3 22-7  18  11
Creighton 14 ↑3 25-5  25  30
Wisconsin 15 ↓1 21-8  14 8
Louisville 16 ↓3 22-7  19 19
Michigan 17 ↓2 20-8  13 24
Murray St. 18 ↑1 25-1  12 43
Florida 19 ↓1 22-7  16 15
Gonzaga 20 ↑3 23-5  26 31
Temple 21 ↓1 22-6  23 34
St. Mary’s-CA 22 ↑5 23-5  28 36
UNLV 23 ↑5 22-6  17 20
San Diego St. 24 ↑8 20-6  21 49
Vanderbilt 25 ↓1 20-9  30 26

26-35:Virginia, Alabama, Purdue, Memphis, Southern Miss, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Florida State, New Mexico, California

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

Cheers.

Chart Of The Day: 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds … And Pretty Bubbles

Chart Of The Day: 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds … And Pretty Bubbles

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NCAA Basketball Rankings – 2/20/2012

Rankings as of 4:14pm on 2/20/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/19/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Syracuse, Kentucky, and Missouri remain atop the rankings.  Ohio State drops 2 spots after losing to Michigan this past week knocking them out of the top 5, while Duke and Michigan State both move up one spot rounding out the top 5.  Indiana is the weeks biggest loser, falling 4 spots to number 16 after a 12 point loss at a barely above .500 Iowa team.  Florida St. moves up 10 spots to number 22 and sits in a three way tie for first in the ACC.  Murray State moves up 7 spots to number 19 and back into the top 25 after it’s bracket buster win over St. Mary’s-CA.  Two teams make their season debut in the top 25: Vanderbilt and Saint Louis at 24 and 25, respectively.  Saint Louis joins fellow Atlantic 10 team Temple in the top 25 as the league now sports two top 25 teams.  The Mountain West is moving in the opposite direction as UNLV and San Diego State have fallen out of the top 25 in recent weeks leaving only one team, New Mexico, to represent to MWC.

Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 5, 3, 0, 3, 1, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

Team Rank Change Record AP Sagarin
Syracuse 1 27-1 2
Kentucky 2 26-1 1 1
Missouri 3 25-2 3 7
Duke 4 ↑1 23-4 5 9
Michigan St.  5 ↑1 22-5 6 5
Ohio St.  6 ↓2 22-5 8 2
Kansas 7 ↑1 22-5 4 3
Marquette 8 ↑1 22-5 10 15
North Carolina 9 ↑1 23-4 7 6
Baylor 10 ↓3 22-5 13 14
Wichita St. 11 ↑2 24-4 19 10
Georgetown 12 ↑3 20-5 9 12
Louisville 13 ↑1 21-6 17 18
Wisconsin 14 ↓3 20-7 16 8
Michigan 15 ↑1 20-7 11 22
Indiana 16 ↓4 20-7 23  11
Creighton 17 ↑2 23-5 26 27
Florida 18 ↑4 21-6 12 13
Murray St. 19 ↑7 26-1 14 47
Temple 20 ↑3 21-5  22 32
New Mexico 21 ↑4 22-4 18 16
Florida St. 22 ↑10 19-7 15 21
Gonzaga 23 ↓2 21-5 27 30
Vanderbilt 24 ↑5 19-8 31 28 
Saint Louis 25 ↑5 22-5 29 17

26-35: Virginia, St. Mary’s-CA, UNLV, Notre Dame, Southern Miss, California, San Diego St., BYU, Alabama, Memphis

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

Cheers.