After SU's victory over NMSU, the WAC leapfrogged two conferences and is now the 16th top conference according to Ken Pom.

Ranking of conferences by AdjEM of team that's expected to go .500 in conference play
Conference Rating Conference Rating
1 Big 12 Conference +16.85
2 Atlantic Coast Conference +15.97
3 Big East Conference +15.35
4 Southeastern Conference +14.66
5 Big Ten Conference +13.21
6 Pac 12 Conference +9.21
7 American Athletic Conference +6.04
8 Mountain West Conference +5.48
9 Missouri Valley Conference +3.86
10 West Coast Conference +1.24
11 Atlantic 10 Conference +1.21
12 Conference USA -0.46
13 Summit League -1.48
14 Mid American Conference -1.93
15 Sun Belt Conference -2.06
16 Western Athletic Conference -2.37

Who were the two the WAC passed?

(02-17-2018 09:12 PM)Brillio Wrote:  Who were the two the WAC passed?

Big Sky and Colonial Athletic

The WAC is ranked #14 in Conference RPI out of the 32 conferences.

(02-18-2018 02:48 AM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  The WAC is ranked #14 in Conference RPI out of the 32 conferences.

Both Ken Pom and conference RPI showing that the WAC is an up and coming conference that is becoming very competitive. Road wins are hard to come by.

WAC now sits at #15 in KenPom. While I am disappointed in how well the Lopes have been playing, it is great to see the WAC showing significant improvement.

KEN POM Conference Ratings
1 Big 12 +16.80
2 ACC +15.86
3 Big East +15.18
4 SEC +14.69
5 Big Ten +13.24
6 Pac 12 +9.20
7 American Athletic +5.99
8 Mountain West +5.42
9 Missouri Valley +3.82
10 West Coast +1.21
11 Atlantic 10 +1.20
12 Conference USA -0.63
13 Summit League -1.52
14 Mid American -1.90
15 WAC -2.21
16 Sun Belt -2.22
17 Big Sky -2.38
18 Colonial Athletic -2.43
19 Big West -3.52
20 MAAC -4.05
21 Southern -4.54
22 Ivy -4.55
23 Ohio Valley -5.05
24 Big South -6.32
25 America East -6.38
26 Horizon League -6.49
27 Southland -7.97
28 Patriot League -8.10
29 Northeast -9.28
30 Atlantic Sun -9.88
31 MEAC -16.97
32 SWAC -17.13

So, we are being rewarded for cannibalizing ourselves? Metrics are strange.

Where's the Big West? Oh wait, lower than the WAC. My bad Clarity.

(02-18-2018 09:50 PM)ProfScott Wrote:  

(02-18-2018 02:48 AM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  The WAC is ranked #14 in Conference RPI out of the 32 conferences.

Both Ken Pom and conference RPI showing that the WAC is an up and coming conference that is becoming very competitive. Road wins are hard to come by.

The NCAA Tournament committee is looking at other metrics this year, but I think RPI will still be the top metric on their list:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spor...58763c3b3e

(02-21-2018 11:50 AM)dancingNMSUaggie Wrote:  Where's the Big West? Oh wait, lower than the WAC. My bad Clarity.

As upset as I am about the birds leaving this nest, there's not much difference between 15th and 19th

PRwolfe still shows the WAC number 17th.

PRWolfe Ratings

Carleton, Ontario is at number 73.

Lincoln Memorial is the top D2 school ahead of many D1. Southern Nazarene is the top GAC school right now.

I am surprise how good Western Oregon is right now.

Under the conference ratings near the bottom does show that conferences like Lone Star MIAA, NE 10 and the likes are better than some D1 conferences in Men's basketball.