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| Purdue is the 8th best basketball program of all time | |
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| dreachon | Oct 5 2009, 12:14 PM Post #1 |
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Ok. Sagarin did some rankings and he's got Purdue as the 8th best college basketball program EVER. What do you guys think? Here's the article which has a link to the rankings. I'll be honest. I think that's pretty high for Purdue. If I was the University though I'd take it and run with it. Put it in advertisements for season ticket sales and everything. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4531910 Edited by dreachon, Oct 5 2009, 12:14 PM.
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| Unbiased | Oct 5 2009, 12:35 PM Post #2 |
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clearly flawed |
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| dçamden03 | Oct 5 2009, 12:36 PM Post #3 |
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Ridiculous. Competely disagree. |
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“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves." "I’d take him to the ends of the earth — I’d want him playing for me.” - Bo Ryan on Robbie Hummel
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| eelbor | Oct 5 2009, 01:34 PM Post #4 |
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How do they figure the rankings. By decade they have us ranked like this: 40's 7th place 50's 30th place 60's 28th place 70's 10th place 80's 10th place 90's 11th place 00's 40th place Those do not seem like the kind of numbers that would result in an 8th place finish. |
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| boilerup86 | Oct 5 2009, 01:45 PM Post #5 |
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It looks as though the numbers value consistency and not necessarily title or Final Fours. With the exception of a few years Purdue has generally been a solid program, has a track record of winning seasons, and a large number of post season appearances. That being said I don't agree with the assessment. I feel as though Purdue should be more in the 15-25 range rather than the Top 10. They need to mess with the weight of the statistics taken into account (i.e. more of an emphasis on post season success) to paint a more realistic picture. And after reading Forde's article I realize that's exactly what is does... I guess I should of read the entire article instead of just looking at the rankings lol . Edited by boilerup86, Oct 5 2009, 01:57 PM.
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| BoilerVision | Oct 5 2009, 02:00 PM Post #6 |
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Agreed. Maybe top 15, but not top ten. Edited by BoilerVision, Oct 5 2009, 02:01 PM.
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| Unbiased | Oct 5 2009, 02:01 PM Post #7 |
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no national titles. only 2 final fours and none in the last 30 years. top 30 at best |
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| eelbor | Oct 5 2009, 02:11 PM Post #8 |
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I editted your post for accuracy. Top 25 seems reasonable to me. |
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| brumdog44 | Oct 5 2009, 07:51 PM Post #9 |
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Ohio State: 1940s: 8th 1950s: 25th 1960s: 4th 1970s: not in top 40 1980s: 22nd 1990s: not in top 40 2000s: 22nd Ohio State is ranked one spot below Purdue....they have one less top ten finish and have finished outside of the top 40 twice, something Purdue hasn't done. When you are looking 7 decades of play, finishing outside of the thirty only once in a decade is going to generate a high ranking. Consistency gets rewarded in this type of rating...short term excellence does not. |
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| BoilerVision | Oct 5 2009, 09:28 PM Post #10 |
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I agree with what you seem to be implying: it's all in the eye of the beholder. The persons that set up these calculations wants to reward consistency. I can agree that Purdue might be the eighth "most consistent" program in college basketball. But I also think that postseason accomplishments should carry a little more weight when comparing programs. Hence the reason we all (sans Homer) agree that Purdue should be around the 15-20 area. |
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| Unbiased | Oct 6 2009, 06:57 AM Post #11 |
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consistently irrelevent |
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