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Postby indianmustang » Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:31 pm

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Postby highlander » Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:55 pm

ok... not the most prestigious ranker, but I'll take it.
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Postby BUS » Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:52 pm

Deal, now let's beat unt.
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Re: TOP 25

Postby highlander » Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:02 pm

indianmustang wrote:26th here
https://haslametrics.com/


Interestingly, even though this one has us at 26, they do not list us among the "deserves" in their bracketology. We are not even in the "play-ins".
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Re: TOP 25

Postby Charleston Pony » Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:08 am

Just keep winning and more will notice...and hope that all the teams that we lost to keep winning as well. Just can't afford any "bad" losses
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Re: TOP 25

Postby AusTxPony » Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:34 pm

Not a big Baskerball fan but why are these rankings so far apart? For SMU MBB: Kenpom #40, Massey #70, Torvik #21, etc. not to mention the AP and Coaches Polls. Can someone explain to a Neophyte? And which is generally most accurate?
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Postby Charleston Pony » Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:26 pm

AusTxPony wrote:Not a big Baskerball fan but why are these rankings so far apart? For SMU MBB: Kenpom #40, Massey #70, Torvik #21, etc. not to mention the AP and Coaches Polls. Can someone explain to a Neophyte? And which is generally most accurate?


I think the selection committee acknowledges they consider the NET rankings and ESPN's BPI (that takes injuries into consideration). It's really important to win Quad I and Quad II games which demonstrates a team's competitiveness against good teams. That makes it tough for SMU because the AAC isn't loaded with teams that give us an opportunity to earn those "quality wins". Playing a strong non-conference schedule is important but the challenge with that is that most teams struggle early as they are still developing team chemistry. That has certainly been the case with this SMU team as we have so many new faces learning to play with each other. It's encouraging to see this team get better week after week but they need to get healthy and stay healthy. This time of year there are nagging injuries that can affect how well they play. Suffice it to say this is another big week with road games at UNT and WSU, both tough places to play.
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