zeah...i figure this is a decent place to update the Pack's basketball rankings in the ESPN/Coaches, AP, Sagarin, RPI, whatever...so, as of 12/27/05, here are the Pack's bball rankings:

Week starting December 26/27

AP - 19th
ESPN/Coaches - 18th
Sagarin - 20th
RPI - 33rd (according to http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html i dont have great access to RPI rankings)

GO PACK!

12/27/2005 1:24:13 PM

gg

12/27/2005 1:25:26 PM

Why not make it retroactive and post Excel charts and so forth?

12/27/2005 1:27:46 PM

be my guest

12/27/2005 1:30:07 PM

Give me the links for Sagarin, and it will be done.

12/27/2005 1:30:58 PM

sure thing

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt0506.htm

12/27/2005 1:31:58 PM

kenpom has ncsu at 58 on the rpi and 11 on pomeroy:

http://kenpom.com/rpi.php

and that guy seems pretty adamant that his formula is correct. i really don't know which is right, just throwing in mytwocents

12/27/2005 2:11:03 PM

There's also the CBS Sportsline RPI. Which should I use? Sportsline would be most convenient.

12/27/2005 2:32:21 PM

Eh. . . RPI changes too often and there are too many different sources. I'm going to stick with the polls for my purposes. Should be done in half an hour or so. I got sidetracked.

12/27/2005 2:39:31 PM

Oh well. Barebones, but I will update it each week. If CBS Sportsline archived their weekly polls or added all teams receiving votes, I would list that as well.



I thought it appropriate that the AP Series showed up Carolina Blue by default.

[Edited on December 27, 2005 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

12/27/2005 3:59:43 PM

yea, what bitches

12/27/2005 4:32:00 PM

how much will a win against New Hampshire and then a win against George Washington help the ranking?

12/27/2005 4:48:20 PM

a win against GW would definitely help, they are a solid team this year

gg on the graph Coz

12/27/2005 4:55:08 PM

That graph is sweet...nice work!

12/27/2005 5:22:28 PM

hate to burst the anti-media bubble

I'd be willing to bet that UNC graduates working as sports writers is small compared to other journalism schools.

12/27/2005 6:17:55 PM

you should make the chart as our rank vs carolina's rank.. and note wins and losses... then you'd really be able to see the media bias

12/28/2005 1:39:52 AM

I actually considered that, but it might get too busy, and it would be difficult to display wins and loses on the same chart. I will think about it.

FLASH. I can make four charts and slap them side by side. That will work.

[Edited on December 28, 2005 at 11:05 AM. Reason : ]

12/28/2005 11:03:56 AM

you remember

before herb

when a perpetual rankings thread wouldnt have been possible

yeah

12/29/2005 12:44:04 AM

no actually before herb it would've been possible

LONG before herb

but actually, it wouldnt be possible

because al gore hadnt invented the net yet

12/29/2005 2:26:40 PM

Okay guys, here it is. I will update all the charts weekly as the new polls come out. I decided to do polls and wins / losses for the Big Four in the ACC. Pay attention to the graph titles, because colors are reused. Also note that the scale on the ranking axis for UNC is altered because of their initial low ranking. Try to put these graphs at the head of Page 2 if and when we get there.













[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 8:12 PM. Reason : ]

12/29/2005 8:11:32 PM

hey dood can you do my hwk for me. I am in Statistics 101 and don't know how to use Eccel. Thxoumuchly

12/29/2005 8:18:28 PM

note how State slowly climbs their way up to earn their ranking, while UNC jumps way up without earning it

12/29/2005 8:27:06 PM

^Oh, it's noted.

Also note how Wake jumped from 20/21 to 16 between weeks 5 & 6 without playing a game.


^^Yes, I can help yuo for a price.

[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 8:37 PM. Reason : ]

12/29/2005 8:35:19 PM

beautiful coz

12/29/2005 8:39:27 PM

anyone notice how sportsline top 25 poll doesnt even have us ranked?? but they have the tarholes at #15!!

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/polls/top25

12/31/2005 10:23:49 AM

Yes.

12/31/2005 2:39:29 PM

I stopped looking at that poll because of that. It's a bunch of shit.

gg coz. good work.

[Edited on December 31, 2005 at 3:42 PM. Reason : .]

12/31/2005 3:41:55 PM

So what is your guess at our ranking after we thrashed GW, I hope it is 13ish.

12/31/2005 3:51:20 PM

The Pomeroy ranking has us 7th now.

But in the eyes of the AP, I'm sure all our wins are just flukes. GW must've just been overrated.

12/31/2005 4:56:15 PM

Washington #7 lost at home to Arizona and UCLA #11 is down to Cal at the half. Two possibilities in moving up. Also Oklahoma is playing Alabama right now. A Bama win would be good in two ways for us. Increasing SOS and knocking Oklahoma lower in the polls.

12/31/2005 4:58:23 PM

bttt for tomorrow

1/2/2006 12:56:40 AM

when the hell do they post it?

1/2/2006 10:38:00 AM

Coach's poll usually comes out on Sunday night, but obviously the holiday is screwing everything up.

1/2/2006 10:38:42 AM

Quote :

"Week 9 ESPN/USA Today Poll 1. Duke (30) 12-0 774 2. Connecticut (1) 11-0 731 3. Villanova 9-0 716 4. Memphis 11-1 672 5. Florida 12-0 647 6. Illinois 14-0 635 7. Michigan State 12-2 540 8. Louisville 11-1 491 9. Gonzaga 10-3 473 10. Washington 11-1 472 11. Boston College 10-2 386 12. Maryland 10-2 353 12. N.C. State 11-1 353 14. Oklahoma 8-2 346 15. Indiana 8-2 312 16. Texas 10-2 305 17. UCLA 11-2 292 18. Ohio State 10-0 262 19. George Washington 8-1 215 20. Pittsburgh 11-0 211 21. Kentucky 9-3 194 22. Wake Forest 10-2 95 23. Arizona 9-3 93 24. Wisconsin 10-2 80 25. North Carolina 7-2 69 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Syracuse 66, Nevada 52, Colorado 40, Iowa 24, West Virginia 23, Air Force 22, Michigan 20, Tennessee 18, Bucknell 12, Cincinnati 10, Northern Iowa 10, Colorado State 7, Buffalo 7, Texas A&M 7, Iona 7, Iowa State 7, Notre Dame 6, Vanderbilt 5, Indiana State 5, Florida State 4, Arkansas 3, Wichita State 2, California 1."

1/2/2006 1:36:33 PM

HAHAHAHA WE SKIPPED 13 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1/2/2006 1:38:06 PM

I usually don't see the ESPN poll posted until Monday around noon or 1, and the AP poll comes out later in the afternoon/evening.

1/2/2006 1:40:58 PM

man

the ACC sure is down this year

1/2/2006 1:44:52 PM

^^^I was counting down and I was like oh shit we're 13th and then realized we tied the Fairyland Faggot Turtles.

1/2/2006 2:32:54 PM

Since George Washington beat Maryland, and we beat George Washington, they should just give us the 12 spot and give Maryland the 13 spot...just to be fair, haha.

[Edited on January 2, 2006 at 3:04 PM. Reason : .]

1/2/2006 3:03:47 PM

We're #13 in the AP poll and tied for #12 with Maryland in the ESPN/USA Today poll

Our teams starting to come on up! GO PACK!!!

UNC is a mere #25, God damnit, fall off the rankings already!!!!

1/2/2006 3:35:10 PM

^they will fall out of the rankings once we beat them next weekend in the Smith Center

1/2/2006 3:38:38 PM

Well this week we can knock them out of rankings. That is such a big game for us!

1/2/2006 3:39:39 PM

Speaking in hypotheticals... If we managed to win 2 games this week, and went to 13-1... When is the last time we had that record? I know we had a nice streak either last year or the year before...

1/2/2006 3:50:26 PM

we won't beat UNC. it just won't happen

1/2/2006 3:53:48 PM

I am normally a pessimist, however, this team seems to be clicking on all cylinders now. I dont think Carolina will be able to compete. I am guessing we beat them by 10+. This team isnt making all the mistakes (losing games they are supposed to win, big hot and cold nights on shooting, being consistantly outrebounded) that the previous teams did.

1/2/2006 3:57:43 PM

yes, yes we will

1/2/2006 3:57:50 PM

Because I'm a stat-head

Source: http://www.sportsstats.com/bball/game.results/NCSU

1955:
12-0
14-1
15-2

1956:
11-0
12-1
12-2

1970:
10-0
17-1
17-2

1973:
27-0

1974:
2-0
30-1

1982:
12-1
13-2

1989:
2-0
12-1
14-2
....
Les Robinson Error
....
2000:
12-2

So the last 13-1 season was 1974...

[Edited on January 2, 2006 at 4:22 PM. Reason : ^^^^]

1/2/2006 4:20:47 PM

nope, we won't beat unc. we'll find a way to fuck it up. we always do

1/2/2006 4:56:24 PM

UNC doesn't know how to defend the 3, as evidenced by the USC game.

And somehow we seem to be able to handle pressure D this year.

1/2/2006 5:01:16 PM

Quote :

"this team seems to be clicking on all cylinders now."

I agree.

I didn't know what to expect coming into the season, but this looks like the best team we've had since V left.

1/2/2006 5:18:30 PM