ACC-Big10 NCAA seeding ramifications
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the problem with all these BIG 10 losses, is that our future conference wins would be meaningless, because we'd be beating a bunch of nobodies with a terrible RPI and strength of schedule. it won't matter what their BIG 10 record is. It also deflates the importance of the BIG 10 tourney winner. We could win the tourney and get a 4 seed. In the past, winning the BIG 10 resulted in a 1-2 seed. Come NCAA tournament time, only our game at MSU or Minn or Maryland will be considered as a quality win. If our conference keeps losing non -conference games, even if we win, it will drag our ranking down with it.
Yeah our non con has not helped are tourney resume much well lets hope Louisvlille Marquette and Arizona are good.
But yeah its harder IMO to get a good seeding in a trash conference just because bad conference foes are more likely to steal a game from ya
But yeah its harder IMO to get a good seeding in a trash conference just because bad conference foes are more likely to steal a game from ya
this is my biggest fear. We all know it's hard to win on the road in the BIG 10. if Purdue were to lose to Illinois, UW or Iowa on the road this year, it would count as an ugly loss. But, unlike the past, if we were to beat those three teams on the road, they would not be considered as quality wins. I doubt Purdue will go undefeated in conference play. I fear our losses will all be considered as ugly losses.
None of those losses would be ugly losses. All top 100 teams by the end of the season. Illinois had their first loss.
Illinois is outside the top 100 currently
and a loss outside the top 100 is a disaster some conferences don't even have a team that bad. anything below 50 is a stain and below 70 is a catastrophy Iowa and Illinois would both be horrid, Northwestern should at least be top 50 right? they can't possibly be this bad
If this keeps up it will have an effect. Don't see any resume wins in B1G other than Minny and MSU, and both will be very tough matchups for Purdue.
Purdue could have still have a solid resume, Butler is right out side the top 25 and we play them in 2 weeks. I also believe Arizona will be top 15 come March, and Louisville will be top 25 all year. We need to split with Minny, and take care of business of home this year. If Tennessee makes the tourney, which if very likely it won't go as a bad loss either. Penn State should be a tourney team this year, as well as Ohio State could also be there at the end of the year. Definitely a down year in the conference top to bottom but its really out of our control.
For those that missed the announcement over the summer, the NCAA reorganized its selection committee "cheat sheets" to recognize the relative toughness of home vs neutral vs road games. Here's a look at how the non-conf games should end up according to the new groupings:
"Column 1" - home vs RPI top 30, neutral court vs top 50, road vs top 75 -- Zona (B4A), Butler (Crossroads)
"Column 2" - home vs RPI 31-75, neutral vs 51-100, road vs 76-135
"Column 3" - home vs RPI 76-160, neutral vs 101-200, road vs 136-240
"Column 4" - home vs RPI 161-351, neutral vs 201-351, road vs 241-351 -- SIUE, Chicago St, Fairfield, IUPUI, Tenn St, Lipscomb, Valpo (can they sneak into the top 160?)
I would guess @ Marquette and UofL could be column 1 or 2 depending on how their season's play out. I have no idea where the Tennessee and WKU losses will go.
I'm not sure how other teams look given the new groupings, but I think a win vs Butler and taking care of the cupcakes at home would give Purdue a really solid non-conf resume.
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