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    Sophomore LutherRackleyRulez's Avatar
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    100 Days: ESPN BPI...No XU in their Top 100

    As the article points out,

    this metric bases its preseason ratings on four factors:


    · Quantity of experience on roster.

    · Quality of that experience.

    · Recruiting rankings for incoming freshmen, with an extra emphasis on five-stars.

    · Coach's past performance.




    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...tball-bpi-2018





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    Quote Originally Posted by LutherRackleyRulez View Post
    As the article points out,

    this metric bases its preseason ratings on four factors:


    · Quantity of experience on roster.

    · Quality of that experience.

    · Recruiting rankings for incoming freshmen, with an extra emphasis on five-stars.

    · Coach's past performance.




    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...tball-bpi-2018





    An early season reminder that ESPN's BPI metric is hot garbage and absolutely no one relies on it.
    "If our season was based on A-10 awards, there’d be a lot of empty space up in the rafters of the Cintas Center." - Chris Mack

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    Marquette is number 4... overall... in the BPI, so I'm going to take it with a larger than doctor recommended grain of salt.

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    Does this mean we’re going to sneak up on people again?!
    zip em up

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    Quote Originally Posted by BandAid View Post
    Does this mean we’re going to sneak up on people again?!
    Yes.

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    Are there any other first year head coaches in the top 100?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd Braun View Post
    Are there any other first year head coaches in the top 100?
    Highly doubt that..


    we have a first year head coache, not a good recruiting class coming in for us, and probably dock points on the experience of the roster due to them being transfers, not even remotely surprised we didn't crack the top 100. It won't have any reflection on us as a team, I think we'll be fine, it's a rebuilding type of year, and working out the kinks with Steele in which our roster still has potential if everything comes together well.

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    Who would NOT be willing to bet the farm that we finish in the top 100?

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    Quote Originally Posted by xu82 View Post
    Who would NOT be willing to bet the farm that we finish in the top 100?
    If we don't finish in the top 100, this board will be in shambles.

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    One of the truly beautiful things about being an "X" graduate/fan is that we get to skim through any college basketball article very quickly to see if it's even worth reading.
    Last edited by IM4X; 07-30-2018 at 09:55 PM.

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