POWER 16: Feb. 25 Edition
by BracketCat on Feb 25, 2010 12:00 PM CST
in Men's Basketball
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It's getting harder and harder to find 16 good teams for this thing.
IMO, there are seven very good teams, followed by three good mid-majors, followed by zero five-loss teams, followed by a whole bunch of mediocrity.
So from No. 11 on down, don't take it too seriously. Those teams don't appear to be, either, because they keep losing.
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Syracuse Orange
- Purdue Boilermakers (+1)
- Duke Blue Devils (+1)
- Kansas St. Wildcats (+1)
- Villanova Wildcats (-3)
- New Mexico Lobos (+1)
- BYU Cougars (-1)
- Butler Bulldogs (+4)
- Texas Longhorns (+4)
- West Virginia Mountaineers (-2)
- Baylor Bears (-2)
- Vanderbilt Commodores (-2)
- Ohio St. Buckeyes (NR)
- Pittsburgh Panthers (NR)
Other than Villanova's fall, there wasn't much change at the top.
I flipped BYU and New Mexico, per one reader's suggestion, because of the Lobos' higher poll ranking and projected NCAA seed. But the Cougars easily could reverse that decision by winning Saturday's game and, in the process, locking up the Mountain West title.
Since everyone keeps losing, Butler and Texas basically moved up by default, but they probably don't belong where they're ranked. All the six-loss teams look fairly equivalent, but Baylor, Vanderbilt and West Virginia all lost, whereas the Bulldogs and the Longhorns won — so up they went.
Ohio State finally entered my power rankings, a move that probably was long overdue.
I considered at least five teams for the final spot, and it might seem weird that I settled on Pittsburgh after its flop loss to Notre Dame the other night. But that's the first such loss for the Panthers in quite a while, and at least it came on the road.
Georgetown has losses like that at home, Missouri hasn't yet done quite enough to merit inclusion, and Tennessee and Wisconsin appear to be falling apart at the worst possible time.
In addition to Georgetown, Gonzaga fell out this week after the shocking loss to Loyola Marymount.
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I still think the big 10 is overrated...
Purdue is good and should be here, but they probably should have lost at Minnesota last night. Ohio State still has an RPI of 30 because of a weaker schedule and 7 losses, so no way I include them. Maybe they will prove me wrong in the tourney. I would have Purdue just below Duke and Kansas State and Ohio State out. Other than that….looks good at least until we beat KU next week!
Wildcat for life
I'll wait to evaluate Purdue until I hear Hummel's status
But you’ll notice neither Michigan State nor Wisconsin is on my list. I bet you won’t find that on one other ballot this week. Same probably goes for Georgetown, which actually was ranked higher than K-State in last week’s Power 16 — that’s part of the reason I left them off. Gotta fight the East Coast power somehow.
Hummel out for the year with a torn ACL.
by WillieWannabe on Feb 25, 2010 5:01 PM CST up reply actions
I think that will take them out of the running for a 1 seed
They aren’t going to be as strong with out him.
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Yeah, it's definitely a blow
I’ll still wait until they actually lose some games before I drop them. You never know — they might rally around this like Texas A&M did.
True
That’s why I think, rather than predict….or something like that
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But how long did it take?
Remember, A&M got waxed at KSU before they found their stride. It took them weeks, if not months. Purdue doesn’t have weeks.
Ohio State has really had two seasons,
with Evan Turner and without out Evan Turner. With him, I think they belong here.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
Yeah, that's the catch
Second place in the Big Ten is pretty good. And I can easily see them in the Sweet 16, which sort of is my mental criteria for this list.
Bracket you are killing me with Duke
Please tell me who are their quality wins against? UConn and Gonzaga? Who else? Loss to Wisconsin and Georgetown. Please starting ranking K-State above them as we have more quality wins and a better Tourney resume. And I don’t buy that they should have a higher RPI than us either.
Duke has 13 top 100 wins (and 3 signature wins)
Unfortunely for us, we have only 7 top 100 wins. The RPI takes that into account. The RPI is purely numbers.
I would love to play Duke on a neutral court to figure this one out – because you could make a decent case for both teams and their resumes.
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Exactly
They passed KU in Pomeroy, they’re higher than us in the RPI and they have a better SOS. For now, they’re in the right spot.
Oh, and Wisconsin and Georgetown are right on the edge of my Power 16
Ole Miss, Missouri and Oklahoma State? Not so much.
Well this is not your father's Duke
As someone who has watched Duke for over 20+ years I can say that this is not one of their best teams. The ACC is not the conference that everyone makes it out to be right now and come tournament time you will see many quick exits from this conference. Who was the third signature win?
The picked off Wake Forest.
Who are currently 21st in RPI. That is and will continue to be Duke’s best win of the season. Duke also has a whole mess of wins against teams ranked in the 30s in RPI.
Playing the 3 north-tards twice
is killing our RPI
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Speaking of *tards...
Do the characters of the Adventures of the Big XII change personalities during basketball season?
Hail to the Purple, Hail to the White
Wildcat in spirit, Wildcat in fight
Hail Alma Mater from sea to sea
Onward forever, Hail Victory!
...I'm not so sure they would need to.
Unless after this season you OU and NU together as the idiot twins.
yeah Oklahoma needs to be brought done a peg overall
after having a disappointing (and mediocre) football season and a disappointing (and awful) basketball season.
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