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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 2:17:49 GMT -5
[/b][/td] [td] RKPI[/b][/td] [td] Pablo[/b][/td] [td] AVCA[/b][/td] [td] Minneapolis[/b][/td] [td] RKPI[/b][/td] [td] Pablo[/b][/td] [td] AVCA[/b][/td] [td] Green Bay[/b][/td] [td] RKPI[/b][/td] [td] Pablo[/b][/td] [td] AVCA[/b][/td] [td] Seatlle[/b][/td] [td] RKPI[/b][/td] [td] Pablo[/b][/td] [td] AVCA[/b][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Nebraska [/td] [td]1.00[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]Minnesota[/td] [td]3.00[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]Hawaii[/td] [td]2.00[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]2.00[/td] [td]Penn State[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]3.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Iona[/td] [td]197.00[/td] [td]196[/td] [td][/td] [td]Long Island[/td] [td]123.00[/td] [td]112.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Colorado[/td] [td]49.00[/td] [td]41.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]American[/td] [td]63.00[/td] [td]154[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Nevada[/td] [td]31.00[/td] [td]57[/td] [td][/td] [td]Yale[/td] [td]102.00[/td] [td]156.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Purdue[/td] [td]51.00[/td] [td]34.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Towson State[/td] [td]54.00[/td] [td]49[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Wichita State[/td] [td]28.00[/td] [td]24[/td] [td]28[/td] [td]Albany[/td] [td]43.00[/td] [td]77.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Colorado State[/td] [td]19.00[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]Maryland[/td] [td]50.00[/td] [td]47[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Illinois[/td] [td]26.00[/td] [td]25[/td] [td][/td] [td]Georgia[/td] [td]36.00[/td] [td]56.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Notre Dame[/td] [td]15.00[/td] [td]39.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]Utah[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]51[/td] [td]20.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Louisville[/td] [td]20.00[/td] [td]13[/td] [td]19[/td] [td]Georgia Tech[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]Valporaiso[/td] [td]56.00[/td] [td]35.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]LBSU[/td] [td]25.00[/td] [td]30[/td] [td]30.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Missouri[/td] [td]23.00[/td] [td]15[/td] [td]24[/td] [td]UCSB[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]Wisconsin[/td] [td]21.00[/td] [td]28.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]UCLA[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]15.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Arkansas[/td] [td]39.00[/td] [td]60[/td] [td][/td] [td]Alabama A&M[/td] [td]146.00[/td] [td]217.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Loyola-Chicago[/td] [td]92.00[/td] [td]95.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Loyola Marymount[/td] [td]45.00[/td] [td]46[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Arizona[/td] [td]30.00[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]Texas A&M[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]19.00[/td] [td]18.00[/td] [td]Florida[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]13.00[/td] [td]California[/td] [td]33.00[/td] [td]26[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]UC Irvine[/td] [td]44.00[/td] [td]59[/td] [td][/td] [td]Winthrop[/td] [td]48.00[/td] [td]73.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Florida A&M[/td] [td]46.00[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]Pacific[/td] [td]47.00[/td] [td]37[/td] [td]33.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]San Diego[/td] [td]12.00[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]Tennessee[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]10.00[/td] [td]Stanford[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]St. Marys[/td] [td]10.00[/td] [td]18[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]New Mexico State[/td] [td]77.00[/td] [td]54[/td] [td][/td] [td]Eastern Kentucky[/td] [td]66.00[/td] [td]72.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Jacksonville[/td] [td]179.00[/td] [td]161.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Sacramento State[/td] [td]81.00[/td] [td]38[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Cal State Northridge[/td] [td]71.00[/td] [td]62[/td] [td][/td] [td]Pittsburgh[/td] [td]38.00[/td] [td]70.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Michigan[/td] [td]34.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Kansas[/td] [td]62.00[/td] [td]32[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Kansas State[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]Ohio[/td] [td]18.00[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]25.00[/td] [td]Rice[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]Santa Clara[/td] [td]24.00[/td] [td]43[/td] [td]26.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]USC[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]Ohio State[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]Texas[/td] [td]13.00[/td] [td]8.00[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]Washington[/td] [td]8.00[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]College of Charleston[/td] [td]55.00[/td] [td]67[/td] [td][/td] [td]Dayton[/td] [td]99.00[/td] [td]88.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Texas State[/td] [td]37.00[/td] [td]100.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Idaho[/td] [td]93.00[/td] [td]62[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Total[/td] [td]685.00[/td] [td]698.00[/td] [td]136.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]782.00[/td] [td]1015.00[/td] [td]107.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]659.00[/td] [td]665.00[/td] [td]156.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]658.00[/td] [td]659.00[/td] [td]163.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]42.81[/td] [td]43.63[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]48.88[/td] [td]63.44[/td] [td]15.29[/td] [td][/td] [td]41.19[/td] [td]41.56[/td] [td]17.33[/td] [td][/td] [td]41.13[/td] [td]41.19[/td] [td]18.11[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Teams[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]8[/td] [td][/td] [td]16[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]7[/td] [td][/td] [td]16[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]9[/td] [td][/td] [td]16[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr] [/table]
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Post by gobows on Dec 1, 2004 4:22:59 GMT -5
I think this shows how difficult a first round Hawaii is playing.
Just interesting reading overall!!!
Good luck to the Bows on Thursday.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Dec 1, 2004 4:26:02 GMT -5
I think the most interesting thing about that post is that Santa Clara is 29 in RKPI, 29 in Pablo, and 29 in AVCA. Ya don't see that happening so often.
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Post by vbfan4life on Dec 1, 2004 4:30:36 GMT -5
I think you mean Rice. SD is 12 across the board.
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Post by SaltNPepper on Dec 1, 2004 6:53:16 GMT -5
I think this shows how difficult a first round Hawaii is playing. Just interesting reading overall!!! Good luck to the Bows on Thursday. What amazes me is that many posters have talked about how Colorado has no business being in the tournament; 9-11 and in the bottom half in the Big 12; only 1 match above .500 for the season; they aren't hosting and play at a venue they haven't played at yet this year. Now we've got Hawaii fans trying to point out what a tough draw their first round match is. People, someone is wrong here.
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Post by TheWiseOne on Dec 1, 2004 8:52:28 GMT -5
Two things that immediately stick out...
Wow, Minnesota is in a cake bracket... just look at the regional average.
And..
Colorado State is the favorite in their own subregional according to Pablo. Very interesting...
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Post by TheWiseOne on Dec 1, 2004 8:54:45 GMT -5
Hey Gorf,
I can't come up with what you just did... so I need your help...
You think you could come up with RKPI/Pablo averages for each subregional. I think that would be awful interesting as well.
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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 9:05:50 GMT -5
[/u][/td] [td] RKPI[/u][/td] [td] Pablo[/u][/td] [td] AVCA[/u][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Nebraska[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Penn State[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Ohio State[/td] [td]6[/td] [td]7[/td] [td]7[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Tennessee[/td] [td]7[/td] [td]22[/td] [td]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Washington[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]USC[/td] [td]9[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]8[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]San Diego[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]12[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Texas[/td] [td]13[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Georgia Tech[/td] [td]14[/td] [td]17[/td] [td]27[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Colorado State[/td] [td]19[/td] [td]11[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Wisconsin[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]28[/td] [td]32[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Missouri[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]15[/td] [td]34[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]UCLA[/td] [td]32[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]15[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]California[/td] [td]33[/td] [td]26[/td] [td]17[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Florida A&M[/td] [td]46[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]22[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Yale[/td] [td]102[/td] [td]156[/td] [td]?[/td] [/tr] [/table]
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Post by TheWiseOne on Dec 1, 2004 9:11:54 GMT -5
Actually I meant like averaging the RKPI and Pablos for each of the four teams in each subregional.
I might have a chance to do it here shortly.
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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 9:26:02 GMT -5
I know...
I was already working on that one before you asked.
I'm working on the other now...
You ought to take the averages in all of the tables with a grain of salt.
For example when I post the new one in a bit you'll see that the average for the Nebraska sub-region is quite high. The reason for this is that Iona has very high RKPI and Pablo values. Nebraska as the overall #1 see it is generally expected that they will face one of the lowest seeds in the tournament and as such their opponent's ranking values heavily skew their sub-region average rankings.
I'll be posting the sub-region averages in a bit.
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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 9:30:34 GMT -5
[/u][/td] [td] RKPI[/u][/td] [td] Pablo[/u][/td] [td] AVCA[/u][/td] [td] Minneapolis[/u][/td] [td] RKPI[/u][/td] [td] Pablo[/u][/td] [td] AVCA[/u][/td] [td] Green Bay[/u][/td] [td] RKPI[/u][/td] [td] Pablo[/u][/td] [td] AVCA[/u][/td] [td] Seatlle[/u][/td] [td] RKPI[/u][/td] [td] Pablo[/u][/td] [td] AVCA[/u][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Nebraska [/td] [td]1.00[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]Minnesota[/td] [td]3.00[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]Hawaii[/td] [td]2.00[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]2.00[/td] [td]Penn State[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]3.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Iona[/td] [td]197.00[/td] [td]196[/td] [td][/td] [td]Long Island[/td] [td]123.00[/td] [td]112.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Colorado[/td] [td]49.00[/td] [td]41.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]American[/td] [td]63.00[/td] [td]154[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Nevada[/td] [td]31.00[/td] [td]57[/td] [td][/td] [td]Yale[/td] [td]102.00[/td] [td]156.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Purdue[/td] [td]51.00[/td] [td]34.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Towson State[/td] [td]54.00[/td] [td]49[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Wichita State[/td] [td]28.00[/td] [td]24[/td] [td]28[/td] [td]Albany[/td] [td]43.00[/td] [td]77.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Colorado State[/td] [td]19.00[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]Maryland[/td] [td]50.00[/td] [td]47[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Total[/td] [td]257.00[/td] [td]278.00[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]271.00[/td] [td]351.00[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]121.00[/td] [td]113.00[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]171.00[/td] [td]253.00[/td] [td]3.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]64.25[/td] [td]69.50[/td] [td]7.25[/td] [td][/td] [td]67.75[/td] [td]87.75[/td] [td]1.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]30.25[/td] [td]28.25[/td] [td]2.75[/td] [td][/td] [td]42.75[/td] [td]63.25[/td] [td]0.75[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Teams[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]1[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Illinois[/td] [td]26.00[/td] [td]25[/td] [td][/td] [td]Georgia[/td] [td]36.00[/td] [td]56.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Notre Dame[/td] [td]15.00[/td] [td]39.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]Utah[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]51[/td] [td]20.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Louisville[/td] [td]20.00[/td] [td]13[/td] [td]19[/td] [td]Georgia Tech[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]Valporaiso[/td] [td]56.00[/td] [td]35.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]LBSU[/td] [td]25.00[/td] [td]30[/td] [td]30.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Missouri[/td] [td]23.00[/td] [td]15[/td] [td]24[/td] [td]UCSB[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]Wisconsin[/td] [td]21.00[/td] [td]28.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]UCLA[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]15.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Arkansas[/td] [td]39.00[/td] [td]60[/td] [td][/td] [td]Alabama A&M[/td] [td]146.00[/td] [td]217.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Loyola-Chicago[/td] [td]92.00[/td] [td]95.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Loyola Marymount[/td] [td]45.00[/td] [td]46[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Total[/td] [td]108.00[/td] [td]113.00[/td] [td]43.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]213.00[/td] [td]304.00[/td] [td]43.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]184.00[/td] [td]197.00[/td] [td]64.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]129.00[/td] [td]148.00[/td] [td]65.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]27.00[/td] [td]28.25[/td] [td]10.75[/td] [td][/td] [td]53.25[/td] [td]76.00[/td] [td]10.75[/td] [td][/td] [td]46.00[/td] [td]49.25[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]32.25[/td] [td]37.00[/td] [td]16.25[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Teams[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Arizona[/td] [td]30.00[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]Texas A&M[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]19.00[/td] [td]18.00[/td] [td]Florida[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [td]13.00[/td] [td]California[/td] [td]33.00[/td] [td]26[/td] [td]17.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]UC Irvine[/td] [td]44.00[/td] [td]59[/td] [td][/td] [td]Winthrop[/td] [td]48.00[/td] [td]73.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Florida A&M[/td] [td]46.00[/td] [td]4.00[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]Pacific[/td] [td]47.00[/td] [td]37[/td] [td]33.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]San Diego[/td] [td]12.00[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]Tennessee[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]10.00[/td] [td]Stanford[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]St. Marys[/td] [td]10.00[/td] [td]18[/td] [td]14.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]New Mexico State[/td] [td]77.00[/td] [td]54[/td] [td][/td] [td]Eastern Kentucky[/td] [td]66.00[/td] [td]72.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Jacksonville[/td] [td]179.00[/td] [td]161.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Sacramento State[/td] [td]81.00[/td] [td]38[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Total[/td] [td]163.00[/td] [td]148.00[/td] [td]33.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]137.00[/td] [td]186.00[/td] [td]28.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]241.00[/td] [td]186.00[/td] [td]41.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]171.00[/td] [td]119.00[/td] [td]64.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]40.75[/td] [td]37.00[/td] [td]8.25[/td] [td][/td] [td]34.25[/td] [td]46.50[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]60.25[/td] [td]46.50[/td] [td]10.25[/td] [td][/td] [td]42.75[/td] [td]29.75[/td] [td]16.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Teams[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]3[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Cal State Northridge[/td] [td]71.00[/td] [td]62[/td] [td][/td] [td]Pittsburgh[/td] [td]38.00[/td] [td]70.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Michigan[/td] [td]34.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Kansas[/td] [td]62.00[/td] [td]32[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Kansas State[/td] [td]22.00[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]Ohio[/td] [td]18.00[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]25.00[/td] [td]Rice[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]29.00[/td] [td]Santa Clara[/td] [td]24.00[/td] [td]43[/td] [td]26.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]USC[/td] [td]9.00[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]Ohio State[/td] [td]6.00[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]7.00[/td] [td]Texas[/td] [td]13.00[/td] [td]8.00[/td] [td]11.00[/td] [td]Washington[/td] [td]8.00[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]5.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]College of Charleston[/td] [td]55.00[/td] [td]67[/td] [td][/td] [td]Dayton[/td] [td]99.00[/td] [td]88.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Texas State[/td] [td]37.00[/td] [td]100.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]Idaho[/td] [td]93.00[/td] [td]62[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Total[/td] [td]157.00[/td] [td]159.00[/td] [td]31.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]161.00[/td] [td]174.00[/td] [td]32.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]113.00[/td] [td]169.00[/td] [td]40.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]187.00[/td] [td]139.00[/td] [td]31.00[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]39.25[/td] [td]39.75[/td] [td]7.75[/td] [td][/td] [td]40.25[/td] [td]43.50[/td] [td]8.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]28.25[/td] [td]42.25[/td] [td]10.00[/td] [td][/td] [td]46.75[/td] [td]34.75[/td] [td]7.75[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Teams[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]4[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [/table]
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Post by Boom on Dec 1, 2004 9:37:42 GMT -5
OK, what the heck? CSU and Hawaii did get dkd. CSU is by FAR the highest RPI, Pablo and AVCA ranked non-seeded team playing in one the top four sub regionals. The next is Wichita State, but there is notable gap in all three rankings. Really, what the heck? And I go back to the ULCA sub-regional, what is that? This is by far the worst job of seeding and placements I have EVER seen. Not for the teams I like, but for everyone.
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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 9:44:03 GMT -5
The Illinois / Louisville / Missouri / Arkansas is the lowest averages and there are others that are close to the averages of the Hawaii / CSU sub-regional.
Its largely rather bizarre though.
Once the sub-region matches have been completed it will be interesting to see regional averages for the remaining teams.
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Post by Boom on Dec 1, 2004 9:54:59 GMT -5
The Illinois / Louisville / Missouri / Arkansas is the lowest averages... Yeah, but what is bothering me is the the sub-r's for the top 4 seeds being so disparate (is that the right word?).
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Post by Gorf on Dec 1, 2004 9:57:07 GMT -5
Something else to consider in the way the sub-regions break out.
Many are calling Minnesota's sub-region a cake walk - and rightfully so from the looks of the rankings.
OTOH: Many also talk about various teams weak overall or non-conference schedules and how those don't prepare them for the tournament. Thus, along the same lines being placed in a sub-region of all low ranked teams doesn't help prepare the Gophers for the much stronger teams they would likely face in their regional matches.
As with the Wahine, Gators, and others I'd personally rather have had the Gophers playing at home as a top (4-6 in the case of Minnesota) seed facing tougher competition.
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