There have been many arcane items during history with the warning that men are not supposed to know or question. After going through the final 4 Football selection which is itself elusive by denying what common sense defines are the rules, we now have the March Madness which starts with the bracketing of teams in a system of changing rules.
I understand it has to start somewhere but I always assumed that was through people who actually saw the teams play over much of the season, but that isn't enough. Gonzaga is by eye a very good team but they dont appear in any of the top 4 early regional releases. The MWC is considered a weak conference by proclamation. The PAC12 seems to be channeled with the same disdain.
And now we have the quadrant wins added: Quadrant one-win at home vs. the top 30 RPI teams; or Win on Neutral court versus the top 50 RPI teams. or win on Road vs. top 75 RPI teams. A sports writer who I respect had this to say in a tweet: .."The Committee’s quadrant system is just more shaky data to organize information for less discerning minds. All of the quad data is based upon RPI. Garbage in, garbage out…."
Jerry Palm said USC is on the bubble because they don't have as many quadrant 1 wins as others: Really? USC: In quadrant 1 They won over Middle Tennessee (28) by 5, at Oregon (72) by 5, at Utah (51) by 16, New Mexico State N (52) by 5. They lost to Oklahoma (36) N by 2, UW away (49) by 7, ASU (30) away by 2, Arizona (17) away by 14, at UCLA (53) by 3,.
That’s 4-5 vs. quadrant 1. 3 of the 5 losses were by 3 points or less.
This is what we face. Next: Why the ACC is supposedly getting 9 teams versus 2-3 for the PAC12?
I understand it has to start somewhere but I always assumed that was through people who actually saw the teams play over much of the season, but that isn't enough. Gonzaga is by eye a very good team but they dont appear in any of the top 4 early regional releases. The MWC is considered a weak conference by proclamation. The PAC12 seems to be channeled with the same disdain.
And now we have the quadrant wins added: Quadrant one-win at home vs. the top 30 RPI teams; or Win on Neutral court versus the top 50 RPI teams. or win on Road vs. top 75 RPI teams. A sports writer who I respect had this to say in a tweet: .."The Committee’s quadrant system is just more shaky data to organize information for less discerning minds. All of the quad data is based upon RPI. Garbage in, garbage out…."
Jerry Palm said USC is on the bubble because they don't have as many quadrant 1 wins as others: Really? USC: In quadrant 1 They won over Middle Tennessee (28) by 5, at Oregon (72) by 5, at Utah (51) by 16, New Mexico State N (52) by 5. They lost to Oklahoma (36) N by 2, UW away (49) by 7, ASU (30) away by 2, Arizona (17) away by 14, at UCLA (53) by 3,.
That’s 4-5 vs. quadrant 1. 3 of the 5 losses were by 3 points or less.
This is what we face. Next: Why the ACC is supposedly getting 9 teams versus 2-3 for the PAC12?
