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Feb 24, 2020
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YIsForBrigham
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What is it that's making BYU's seed projection consistently lower than their ranking?
RdF3
All-American
2/24/20 8:48am
Resume vs Ranking. Our rankings are great, our resume isn't as good.
rggee
2/24/20 8:49am
I wish they’d come out with a new standard ranking that dictated seed
SlantRoute
2/24/20 9:28am
It's in large part being in the WCC
Grit for Brains
2/24/20 8:50am
mostly to the extent that our conference SOS is easier than
BlueK
2/24/20 8:58am
Other conferences have tons of Q1 opportunities it seems
Grit for Brains
2/24/20 8:59am
correct. However, historically the committee is known to reward teams from
BlueK
2/24/20 9:04am
7 losses
gmoney7
2/24/20 8:50am
because ranking isn't what determines seeding
BlueK
2/24/20 8:50am
I understand that. So where's the dichotomy in the two?
RdF3
2/24/20 8:51am
try this website to get a more broad view of everything they look at
BlueK
2/24/20 8:53am
Because humans aren’t good with numbers. They don’t really trust the numbers
YIsForBrigham
2/24/20 8:51am
They're also failing to adequately apply the Yoeli Adjustment to those numbers
Indy Coug
2/24/20 8:52am
Also true
YIsForBrigham
2/24/20 8:54am
or they're also looking at other numbers
BlueK
2/24/20 8:53am
They have a relatively low number of Q1 wins compared to teams ranked around
jreid191
2/24/20 9:06am
And why we should all be hoping SMC wins out except against us
YIsForBrigham
2/24/20 9:10am
When will they start factoring in that the lack of Q1 wins was largely because
zerigke
2/24/20 9:11am
We wouldn't have beat Kansas or Gonzaga, but absolutely SDSU and @SMC.
rggee
2/24/20 9:12am
We would have also beat Utah and Boise State if we had Yoeli for the whole game.
zerigke
2/24/20 9:15am
Agreed, but I thought we were discussing Q1 win opportunities.
rggee
2/24/20 9:16am
Yes, but my point is that we would have a better overall resume also.
zerigke
2/24/20 9:17am
No Sunday play always complicates seeding for BYU
cougarmeister
2/24/20 9:14am
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