The Tribe starts off the first rankings as the top team in the CAA but sadly the league overall does not look good. Our ranking of 120 was the 7th worst for the top team in their conference. Here are the rankings:

120 Tribe
122 Delaware
134 CoC
144 Towson
185 NE
206 Hofstra
239 Drexel
245 JMU
271 UNCW
326 Elon

Helping our NET currently are NET rankings of #9 Stanford and #37 Oklahoma. Upcoming foe St Joe's is 228 but St Francis (PA) is 141.

(12-16-2019 11:36 AM)wmmii Wrote:  The Tribe starts off the first rankings as the top team in the CAA but sadly the league overall does not look good. Here are the rankings

link to PDF of the complete rankings
http://bit.ly/36CE5pp

Posted this in another thread but here are our OOC opponents

9 - Stanford
37 - Oklahoma
141 - St. Francis (PA)
152 - Wofford
155 - Buffalo
162 - ODU
217 - American
228 - St. Joseph's
248 - Fairfield
251 - Morehead St
335 - High Point
347 - Hampton

St Francis is better than I realized

(12-16-2019 01:31 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  St Francis is better than I realized

They are 5-4 with 4 losses to good teams - VCU by 14, Richmond in OT, Delaware by 15 and Florida State by 15

None of their 5 wins are that great with best win likely being @ 228 NET St. Joseph's by 16 and 217 American by 3 - both common opponents after Thursday

No bad losses but no great wins. Our win @Wofford is better (especially after yesterday) but could be a good matchup.

Wofford defeated UNC in Chapel Hill over the weekend...imagine their stock will rise.

(12-16-2019 03:58 PM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  Wofford defeated UNC in Chapel Hill over the weekend...imagine their stock will rise.

Games through yesterday are included in the NET ratings. North Carolina is only at 95 in the NET rankings and have lost Anthony for an indefinite period of time

With everyone almost at the end of the OCC schedule, the low NET score for all of the CAA will not help the CAA tourney champ get a good seed. Making the Dance is nice but winning in the Dance is the dream.

The CAA is 15th in the RPI, 17th in the Sagarin, and 18th in the NET. The CAA's average rank is a little better in the NET than in the Sagarin. I don't pay for KenPom to get his conference rankings, but the CAA's average rank is worse in KenPom than in the NET and Sagarin. There are 32 conferences, and the CAA is in the middle. It's a little improvement over last season when the CAA was 18th in the NET, 18th in the RPI, and 19th in the Sagarin.

Lose two games which at least one you should have won -- your NET goes down. New rankings:

124 Col. of Charleston
136 Towson
138 William & Mary
140 Delaware
158 Northeastern
184 Hofstra
209 James Madison
223 Drexel
294 UNCW
335 Elon -

This week update:

100 CoC
117 Tribe
132 NE
165 Hofstra
176 Delaware
189 Drexel
250 JMU
310 UNCW
339 Elon

Helping our NET currently are NET rankings of #17 Stanford and #36 Oklahoma. Every other opponent has a NET below us we have played with our best win being at Wofford #125 now.

310 and 339, the reasons we, absolutely, can not afford losses to UNCW or Elon (at home or on the road).

(01-09-2020 09:44 AM)wmmii Wrote:  This week update:

100 CoC
117 Tribe
132 NE
165 Hofstra
176 Delaware
189 Towson
221 Drexel
250 JMU
310 UNCW
339 Elon

Helping our NET currently are NET rankings of #17 Stanford and #36 Oklahoma. Every other opponent has a NET below us we have played with our best win being at Wofford #125 now.

Fixed in red to add Towson and

(01-09-2020 09:54 AM)billymac Wrote:  310 and 339, the reasons we, absolutely, can not afford losses to UNCW or Elon (at home or on the road).

The first major goal of the conference season is to avoid playing on Saturday, followed by getting a good match up on Sunday. Winding up in the opposite bracket from Hofstra and Northeastern is icing on the cake. All of the above goals are the first and foremost reason why we cannot afford losses to UNCW and Elon.

(01-09-2020 11:05 AM)WMTRIBE75 Wrote:  

(01-09-2020 09:54 AM)billymac Wrote:  310 and 339, the reasons we, absolutely, can not afford losses to UNCW or Elon (at home or on the road).

The first major goal of the conference season is to avoid playing on Saturday, followed by getting a good match up on Sunday. Winding up in the opposite bracket from Hofstra and Northeastern is icing on the cake. All of the above goals are the first and foremost reason why we cannot afford losses to UNCW and Elon.

If Hofstra and Northeastern are in different halves, you will be in the same half as one of them. Furthermore, Charleston is undefeated in the CAA and leads in the NET. It's too early to name one or a couple of teams to avoid. You have the second highest attendance, and attendance leader Charleston is far from D.C., so you could have more fans than your opponent all of your games there.

The average rank of 199.9 is slightly worse than the first average rank of 199.2. The average rank of all teams is 177.

As of today:

115 Tribe
122 CoC
140 NE
155 Hofstra
173 Towson
195 Drexel
197 Delaware
255 JMU
321 UNCW
324 Elon

I give up on understanding the NET. Homes losses occurred yesterday by the top 3 CAA teams in NET with us at #119 losing to #170 Towson, #124 CoC losing to #320 UNCW, and #129 NE losing to #195 Delaware. Here are the new NET after this:

127 NE
129 CoC
133 Tribe
154 Towson
155 Hofstra
190 Delaware
214 Drexel
263 JMU
300 UNCW
312 Elon

Not looking good for the Tribe as we have lost 3 out of 5:

124 CoC
128 Hofstra
134 NE
159 Tribe
161 Towson
185 Delaware
213 Drexel
274 JMU
308 Elon
310 UNCW

(02-03-2020 06:25 PM)wmmii Wrote:  Not looking good for the Tribe as we have lost 3 out of 5:

124 CoC
128 Hofstra
134 NE
159 Tribe
161 Towson
185 Delaware
213 Drexel
274 JMU
308 Elon
310 UNCW

Yeah, nobody understands this stuff. We beat Northeastern twice and they just lost to Elon - but they are 25 slots better than us. The previous week they were only 6 slots better.

(02-03-2020 10:11 PM)Zorch Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 06:25 PM)wmmii Wrote:  Not looking good for the Tribe as we have lost 3 out of 5:

124 CoC
128 Hofstra
134 NE
159 Tribe
161 Towson
185 Delaware
213 Drexel
274 JMU
308 Elon
310 UNCW

Yeah, nobody understands this stuff. We beat Northeastern twice and they just lost to Elon - but they are 25 slots better than us. The previous week they were only 6 slots better.

I'm assuming it has to do with their opponents doing better than ours and all of their close losses. Just a guess though