Well that was a tough week. I really wanted at least one win last week. If you remember, I pointed out last week that ND and Miami were in the running for the easiest schedules among teams in the upper half of the conference. My projection was that a win against either team would ultimately […]
Sunday was the second of six consecutive days with at least one ACC basketball game being played. So the RPI rankings discussed below were valid thru Saturday’s games. After all, does anyone really think that the UNC/VT game is going to change anything meaningful in the discussion? Before we get to the summary table, I’ve […]
These conference updates are always a lot more fun after a win. So let’s get right to the conference summary table: The development of the selection criteria is summarized in this entry. Let’s follow up my standard summary table with a few trending charts: (Note that the graphs can be viewed full size by […]
Happy New Year to Wolfpack Nation! It’s the first day of the New Year and a perfect time to summarize what has happened in the basketball preseason as we head into conference play. . All of our long-time readers know that here at SFN we love to discuss and analyze the phenomenon known as the […]
During one of the studio sessions this past season ESPN posed the question, “Have the mid-major schools reached parity with larger schools?” to Digger and Bilas. Digger chose to argue for parity using Butler and Wichita State as proof. Bilas argued against mostly by saying that parity required more than just two examples. The time […]
One of the entries that I’ve enjoyed most over the years is dissecting the talking heads and their inane “analyses” of teams that were wronged by the Selection Committee. But even Dickie V couldn’t find a mid-major to champion this year. Everyone was so upset over Louisville and Kentucky’s seeds that they apparently had no […]
Ever since the ACC dropped the round-robin regular season schedule, the actual strength of each team’s conference schedule varies based on which teams are played twice. One month into the regular season, we took a quick look at what was happening based on calculations posted at cbssports.com. But last Monday, CBS took the conference SOS […]
Well we’ve reached the end of the regular season and this will be our last bubble/conference update of the year. Doing these weekly updates has skewed my normal outlook on the season. Other than State wins, I found myself pulling for whatever outcome would lead to an interesting conversation. Obviously, I shouldn’t have wasted the […]
NC State starting left tackle Rob Crisp suffered a concussion in the second game of 2013 and missed the rest of the season. Luckily, the senior was granted a fifth year with the program thanks to a medical redshirt. Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren announced Monday that the 6-7, 300 pound lineman will be back […]
We have one week (and a couple of days) until the end of the regular season. I would have waited until Monday for the last regular-season update, but I didn’t want to put this up on the same day as jigawatt’s game preview. After last night, I don’t have much energy for lengthy intros. So […]
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