You think you could get away with it Pitt, didn't you? You think the RPI and SOS wouldn't get published? You thought wrong :) You are exposed!
Our senior RPI analyst Jacques Kaffertie grumbles and complains about teams with poor non-conference SOS in his regular "The RPI Files" segment. Jacques Kaffertie wrote this whole blog post while standing up and typing angrily on his keyboard ;-) Jacques, you have the (blog) floor:
Take a look at the excellent KenPom RPI pages, and sort the ranking by non-conference SOS. Then go to the bottom of the page and discover the truth :)
Here is what I discovered (the rankings are as of Thursday, December 6, 2007, 930am eastern time). This is the non-conference SOS (strength of schedule):
#330: Oregon State The lowest SOS ranked BCS team. I can feel the seat heating up Jay John!
#322: Florida They'd better re-record Queen's anthem to "We Were The Champions" :-) However, you can't really blame Billy "The NBA Diva" Donovan for doing this, he has a boatload of freshmen and all his players are either graduated or in the NBA!
#312: Georgia How long will Dennis Felton use the "rebuilding" excuse? Granted, they have had some off-court issues and transfers, but play somebody already!
#297: DePaul Jerry Weinwright is supposed to be one of the Yoda-disciple coaches. So what is going on here?
#290: Cincinutty I hope you like your "academically focused" team Nancy Z! Did they fire her yet? :)
#289: Georgetown Okay, one can excuse some of the teams that haven't had success by going soft, but Georgetown? Like father like son, eh? :)
#279: New Mexico Steve Alford must have fallen in love with the Southwestern cuisine because he doesn't want to leave the area ;-)
#228: Oklahoma So what if we have one of the best freshmen in the country? We'll hide for the moment :)
#223: Pittsburgh Now that's what I call fudging the numbers. Pitt's non-conference SOS was #274 yesterday before they played a "road game" at Duquesne. Because Duquesne is sooooo far away from Pitt! Jamie Dixon must have bought Jim Boeheim's "Scheduing for Success" best selling DVD sets ;-) Excuse me while I book an exotic vacation to my back yard :)
#215: Clemson Isn't this special? My two favorite teams back to back! We are in for yet another "stellar" Clemson season. Stellar before ACC play heats up that is. Then we beg for a CBI invite!
#214: California The secret to an undefeated record is simple, it's who you play, not how you play. Add the fumes from the nearby city, and you have a very pleasant experience ;-)
#210: Wisconsin I don't have anything against Bo Ryan, but his teams feel like they have a low ceiling. Scheduling soft doesn't help, does it?
#189 Kansas Surely they must have a roster full of inexperienced players. Surely they must not have McDonalds All Americans on their roster. Surely they wouldn't schedule like this if they had experienced and super talented players? Which leads to the question Is Bill Self the next Tubby Smith?
We could go on all day, but we have to stop at some point :) I hope you enjoyed this expose on the SOS Softies!
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