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When comparing two teams, what do you use to judge the better team in any given season?
Final AP Ranking 1 (5.3%)
Longest Tourney Run (regardless of teams beaten) 1 (5.3%)
Most impressive Tournament Performance 2 (10.5%)
Overall Record 1 (5.3%)
Head-to-Head Matchups 6 (31.6%)
Record against Rpi50 4 (21.1%)
Other 4 (21.1%)
Total Votes: 19
Criteria for "Better Team"; ...just opinions
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BoilerBasketball2008 Feb 28 2008, 04:19 PM Post #1
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In the option with (regardless of teams faced) or whatever I'm referring to Wisconsins elite 8 run, when despite making the Elite 8, played a #10, #11 and #14 to get there.
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BoilerTheFU Feb 28 2008, 05:15 PM Post #2
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I like to say mine falls into "Overall performance" would mean;

What teams have they beaten that they were not supposed to beat? How they fare on the road vs home? How they are playing now? What happened in there losses, injuries, court advantages? Is the team improving? Who thats good have they beat? Can this team honestly win at what level?... ETC

Anyways that is what I used to judge but everyone is different, I feel I am pretty good at predicting how a team will do vs another because I take all the circumstances (The big picture) into account. Not just that they are #1 vs #19 or whatever, I try to take as much as I can into account.
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HoosierLars Feb 28 2008, 05:44 PM Post #3
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When comparing two teams, the head-to-head is the most important factor. However, you need to also consider how strong they finish in conference play and in the tourney. It's possible that Team A loses to Team B due to matchup problems, but Team A clearly has the better overall season. Team B fans will alway have a legitimate claim to being the better team.

Now to get more specific when comparing IU and Purdue:

1) Purdue's football team was better this season, because IU needed a last second field goal on their home field, and the home field advantage is 7-14 pts in college football. Then IU laid a turd in their bowl game.

2) IU's bball team is SLIGHTLY better than Purdue's because they got the W in AssHall without playing their best ball. Of course Purdue had an off shooting night, but I'll still give IU the slight advantage.
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