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ESPN: Ranking The Sweet 16 Teams
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Jazen Mar 20 2012, 10:26 PM Post #1
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FWIW.

1. Kentucky
2. Ohio State
3. Marquette
4. North Carolina
5. Michigan State
6. Baylor
7. Kansas
8. Syracuse
9. Florida
10. Cincinnati
11. Louisville
12. Wisconsin
13. Indiana
14. North Carolina State
15. Xavier
16. Ohio

I didn't realize Tom Crean was ESPN.com's National Coach of the Year.
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dçamden03 Mar 20 2012, 10:38 PM Post #2
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Below Cinncy? That's pretty bad.
“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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Have to think my TWAR's rating is much better. Cincinnati, Louisville, and Florida better than IU?

My were posted in another thread, but I can't help but say that mine were more accurate:

1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. North Carolina
4. Ohio State
5. Syracuse
6. Kansas
7. Baylor
8. (tie) Indiana
8. (tie) Marquette
10. Florida
11. Wisconsin
12. Louisville
13. N.C. State
14. Xavier
15. Cincinnati
16. Ohio
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Thank you ESPN for the extra bulletin board material
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I saw those rankings earlier today and I don't see how they can rank Louisville, Cincinnati, and Florida over us. Louisville is close but I think heads up we beat all those teams on a neutral court.
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Have to think my TWAR's rating is much better. Cincinnati, Louisville, and Florida better than IU?

My were posted in another thread, but I can't help but say that mine were more accurate:

1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. North Carolina
4. Ohio State
5. Syracuse
6. Kansas
7. Baylor
8. (tie) Indiana
8. (tie) Marquette
10. Florida
11. Wisconsin
12. Louisville
13. N.C. State
14. Xavier
15. Cincinnati
16. Ohio
Wisconsin below Indiana? Not sure how you can justify that.

I'd put Indiana/Marquette/Florida/Louisville as equal.
“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."

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I think cincy is very under rated... i wouldn't want to play them if I was OSU, I can't wait to see Sully get man handled by Gates in the post
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Mar 20 2012, 10:39 PM
Have to think my TWAR's rating is much better. Cincinnati, Louisville, and Florida better than IU?

My were posted in another thread, but I can't help but say that mine were more accurate:

1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. North Carolina
4. Ohio State
5. Syracuse
6. Kansas
7. Baylor
8. (tie) Indiana
8. (tie) Marquette
10. Florida
11. Wisconsin
12. Louisville
13. N.C. State
14. Xavier
15. Cincinnati
16. Ohio
Wisconsin below Indiana? Not sure how you can justify that.

I'd put Indiana/Marquette/Florida/Louisville as equal.
In head to head games, absolutely I wouldn't put IU above Wisconsin.

In terms of overall strength, IU has a better record, and two wins against one seeds and one against a two seed. I believe Wisky has one victory against a one seed.

Anyway, Sagarin has Wisky as the 7th best team in the nation and IU the 8th...even my TWAR basically has it as splitting hairs.

If it went by groups, TWAR would put Michigan State, Kentucky, and North Caroilna on one tier; Ohio State and Kansas on the next; and then Baylor, Indiana, Marquette, Florida, and Wisconsin on the next. Basically I have all of those teams within a point and a half of each other.

Louisville is not in that group, IMO. I have them three points behind Wisky, just slightly above NC State. Xavier and Cincy follow at about 3 and half points behind NC State, and then Ohio is well behind.
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CBS put out their sixteen:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17906721/sweet-16-prompts-some-sweet-reseeding-of-remaining-field

So here they are in the three rankings: ESPN, followed by CBS, followed by TWAR

1 1 2 Kentucky
2 3 4 Ohio State
3 7 8T Marquette
4 5 3 North Carolina
5 2 1 Michigan State
6 8 7 Baylor
7 6 6 Kansas
8 4 5 Syracuse
9 13 10Florida
10 10 15 Cincinnati
11 9 12 Louisville
12 12 11 Wisconsin
13 11 8T Indiana
14 14 13 North Carolina State
15 15 14 Xavier
16 16 16 Ohio
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