What do I know (Maryland and PSU)?
- Thread starter Medill90
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Maryland had not reason to be in the NCAA. PSU deserved to go.
The team to feel bad for is Nebraska. I'd rather see them than the failing Oklahoma.
The team to feel bad for is Nebraska. I'd rather see them than the failing Oklahoma.
Penn State paid for a weak non-con schedule and failing to win the two big intersectional games they were required to play. Nebraska had a better case but they beat only six teams with winning records and had a bad road record.
My eyes told me NE was better than both. They won 9 out of 10 games to end the regular season, including wins over both MD and PSU. Their loss @illinois probably doomed them.
ACC and Big 12 got a lot of love. Even the SEC got a little more love than Big. Only PAC 10 got the shaft more than the BIG.
Actually, the ACC, Big 12 and even the SEC were probably better-balanced conferences than the Big 10 this season, and the Big East might have been as well. Not a vintage year for the B1G, which was really top-heavy this season. They were hurt by the fact that traditionally strong programs such as Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin were either so-so or bad this season. Minnesota flopped as well. Only Ohio State and Nebraska playing better than expected and Penn State finally being respectable prevented the league from being a complete bust.
while I love me some KenPom, his tool has most utility for predicting Ws and Ls going forward. It's less useful to describe the quality of a resume a team has built up via previous wins and losses. For example, if your team wins 10 games in a row by 1 point, KenPom sees that as being essentially identical to playing those same 10 games except losing 9 of them by 1 point and winning the 10th by 19 points. 10-0 vs 1-9. Nobody would say that's the same outcome, but KenPom would rank them nearly identically.
