Thanks HM. You sound like the perfect man for the job, I must say. I agree that there are too many posers on that bus. There is so much info coming from so many directions it all gets pretty muddle. Everybody has their favorite (usually the one that has Xavier with the best seed/bracket) and the most despised (the one that has Xavier out completely). That is mainly why I thought we would do something 'in house'. It's purely for our own amusement and pleasure and not meant to 'compete' with all the noise out there. I was not even thinking that several posters would compete against each other. Heck, anyone here could put out a bracket. Most of us probably do one anyway, just not publicly. I was more thinking maybe one bracket put together by a small group of loyal XavierHoops aficionados.
If you're telling up, "If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve." I respect that.
But I hope you would reconsider. Just this once. It might make it fun for you again.
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02-17-2021, 07:11 AM #21I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I drink 2XS.
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02-22-2021, 05:00 PM #22
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The top bracketologist update as of today has Xavier as a 10 seed (the top 10 seed) with only 3 teams behind them before we talk about play in game. I think that’s about right.
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02-22-2021, 07:59 PM #23
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02-22-2021, 08:53 PM #24
Hard to beat the consensus of consensus (Bracket Matrix).
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02-22-2021, 09:07 PM #25
Current NET rating is 50, which is like a 12 seed. They've tweaked the NET imo. It's different this year.
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02-24-2021, 10:04 AM #26
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02-24-2021, 11:56 AM #27
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02-24-2021, 11:59 AM #28
To the NET??
Who you've played is EXTREMELY relevant! Half of it is adjusted efficiency, so if you're playing weak teams that gets adjusted down. The other half is the team value index, which strongly factors in strength of opponents, where the games are played, and how good your opponents are in home and road games.
In fact a team's overall winning percentage means far less now to the basic formula than it did last year and than it did with the RPI.Last edited by xubrew; 02-24-2021 at 12:02 PM.
"You can't fix stupid." Ron White
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02-24-2021, 01:36 PM #29
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You said offensive and defensive efficiency. To me that's how you play, not who and where you play.
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02-24-2021, 01:56 PM #30
Oh, okay. Sorry for not being clear. It's ADJUSTED offensive and defensive efficiency.
Think of it this way (I'll try not to be too boring). Offensive and defensive efficiency is points per possession. Nothing more. It's like a batting average. It is what it is no matter what pitchers you're facing or how many games you're actually winning. The adjusted efficiency would be the same if a batting average was adjusted to account for how good or bad the pitchers you were facing actually were. So, if you're up against a team that has a really good offensive/defensive efficiency, they'll factor that in when they adjust it so even if your flat efficiency is lower, the adjusted efficiency will be better. So, you can't just schedule SWAC teams, blow them out of the place, and pad your adjusted efficiency. On the flip side, if you play a really good team and play well against them, your adjusted efficiency could improve even if you don't win the game."You can't fix stupid." Ron White
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