Comments on: MrSEC Tourney Watch: A Look At The SEC’s At-Large Files

By: NCAA Tournament Odds - Page 3 - VolNation

NCAA Tournament Odds - Page 3 - VolNation — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:19:10 +0000

[...] Here is a good piece on how the SEC teams stack up for the ncaa tournament. Realistic IMO Alabama | MrSEC [...]

By: AGator

AGator — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:18:07 +0000

I don’t think the SOS numbers measure strength of schedule very well.

Kentucky played Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, Louisville, St. Johns and Penn State yet their SOS is dragged down because a few of their cupcake games were against teams with really low RPIs. Cupcake ratings have a disproportionately high effect on SOS.

Does it really matter if Radford is rated 329 or 100? It’s a guaranteed win yet Radford’s 329 rating has a huge effect on Kentucky’s SOS that appears to falsely lower the quality of competition Kentucky faced. SOS should have some sort of diminishing effect factored in for opponents who are low rated. It shouldn’t make much difference whether Kentucky played Chattanooga (305) or Lamar (129). Neither game is expected to be competitive.

By: Volguest

Volguest — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:52:27 +0000

Regardless of what happens for Tennessee on Saturday or in the SEC Tourney, what a hell of a season for Cuonzo Martin and the players and staff.