Comments on: RTC Top 25: Week 10

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:06 +0000

In reply to Matt.

Agree with AMurawa in that my ballot is a combination of on-court play + overall resume.

As for taking injuries into account, I sat on the mock selection committee last year and it’s true that the Cmte will weigh a team slightly more if it will be at full strength for March. That said, it’s also recognized that this is a bit of a dangerous game without clear and convincing evidence that the player(s) in question was/were missed.

Case in point, if Peyton Siva had been sick for last night’s Villanova game, nearly everyone would have discounted Louisville’s loss b/c of his absence from the lineup. He played, though, and Louisville still lost the game. It happens frequently where teams lose games they probably “shouldn’t.” The Cmte certainly recognizes this pattern as well, and that’s why the injury factor is one where I got the sense that it usually was only a strong consideration in the event of major player absences for extended periods of time (think: Kenyon Martin). For a one-off game like Wichita’s loss to Evansville, I don’t think that the Cmte would give it a great deal of discussion. Just my opinion.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:17:15 +0000

That’s where you are wrong, KDoyle. The committee does take injuries into account. If the team will be at full strength for the tournament, the committee weights the results of the team at full strength more than when it was missing pieces. However, a team that gets out to a hot start but loses a player for the season and stumbles to a mediocre record will be evaluated based more on its performance without that player, considering he would not be available for the tournament.

In Wichita State’s case, two of the three starters will be back this season, including their leading scorer/rebounder who returned recently and led them to the win over Creighton.

By: KDoyle

KDoyle — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:04:21 +0000

Down three starters or not, Evansville is an 11-8 basketball team whose RPI falls outside of the Top 100. This will be looked upon by the committee as a “bad loss” if Evansville is unable to finish with a Top 100 RPI.

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By: AMurawa

AMurawa — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:01:26 +0000

I’ll just say that my rankings are not entirely based on resume, although that is certainly a part of it.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:27:07 +0000

How is a loss at Evansville down three starters to injury a “bad loss”? Also, tell me how VCU’s resume is better than Wichita State’s?