January 16 Big Ten & RPI Top 25/Tale of the Tape

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Today just for sh*ts and giggles we'll also do a little compare & contrast. Let's take a look at the NCAA Tournament resumes to this point of the Gophers, UCLA and Wisconsin. These are some numbers the Selection Committee looks at to determine if a team is worthy of a bid, and/or where they should be seeded.

I'm using UCLA as an example simply for Seth Davis' benefit. Based on these numbers, Seth, who's more overrated, Minnesota or UCLA? No, I'm not saying the Gophers are better than UCLA, just pointing out that the numbers seem to indicate the Gophers have accomplished more than the Bruins, to this point.

Rankings courtesy of CollegeRPI.com

Big Ten RPI Rankings
4. Michigan State
12. GOPHERS
19. Illinois
21. Wisconsin
24. Ohio State
27. Michigan
70. Northwestern
51. Purdue
72. Iowa
85. Penn State
166. Indiana

Big Ten Nonconference SOS Rankings (out of 343 D-I teams)
23. Wisconsin
39. Indiana
60. Michigan State
73. Michigan
84. Ohio State
101. Northwestern
112. Illinois
162. Iowa
193. Purdue
230. GOPHERS
320. Penn State

Wins vs. RPI Top 50 (19)
Michigan State 5: at Gophers (12), vs. Oklahoma St (18), vs. Texas (22), Ohio State (24), Kansas (41)
Michigan 3: Duke (1), Illinois (19), vs. UCLA (36)
GOPHERS 3: vs. Louisville (16), at Wisconsin (21), Ohio State (24)
Ohio State 2: Butler (9), at Miami-Florida (34)
Purdue 2: Wisconsin (21), vs. Davidson (33)
Illinois 2: Michigan (27), vs. Mizzou (44)
Northwestern 1: Florida State (25)
Wisconsin 1: at Michigan (27)

National RPI Top 25 Rankings
1. Duke
2. Pitt
3. Clemson
4. Michigan State
5. UConn
6. Xavier
7. Oklahoma
8. Georgetown
9. Butler
10. North Carolina
11. Memphis
12. GOPHERS
13. Cal
14. Wake Forest
15. Syracuse
16. Louisville
17. Utah
18. Oklahoma State
19. Illinois
20. West Virginia
21. Wisconsin
22. Texas
23. Marquette
24. Ohio State
25. Florida State

Tale of the Tape (Gophers, UCLA, Wisconsin)
GOPHERS
RPI: 12
Overall Record: 15-1
Big 10 Record: 4-1
Road/Neutral Record: 4-0
Record vs. Top 50: 3-1
Record vs. Top 100: 6-1
Bad Losses (101+ RPI): 0
Nonconference SOS: 230
Overall SOS: 51

UCLA
RPI: 36
Overall Record: 14-2
Pac 10 Record: 4-0
Road/Neutral Record: 5-2
Record vs. Top 50: 1-2
Record vs. Top 100: 4-2
Bad Losses: 0
Nonconference SOS: 167
Overall SOS: 131

WISCONSIN
RPI: 21
Overall Record: 11-5
Big 10 Record: 3-2
Road/Neutral Record: 4-3
Record vs. Top 50: 1-4
Record vs. Top 100: 5-5
Bad Losses: 0
Nonconference SOS: 23
Overall SOS: 2
 



ah, I see.... Sorry about that then. I'm pretty sure though our record is 16-1 as far as the committee will see it.
 

The committee doesn't count non-DI games, win or lose. That's why I don't count 'em, either.
 


Seriously?? Thats too bad...that was just an extra exhibition game then.
 




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