stever20 wrote:The AAC isn't a great conference, but it is no dumpster fire like someone said yesterday. It's a solid #7/8 conference right now. If you want to know what a dumpster fire is, look at the MWC, MVC, or WCC. No one wants to talk about that though.
Xavier4036 wrote:stever20 wrote:The AAC isn't a great conference, but it is no dumpster fire like someone said yesterday. It's a solid #7/8 conference right now. If you want to know what a dumpster fire is, look at the MWC, MVC, or WCC. No one wants to talk about that though.
Not sure why you are saying #7/8. The AAC is the 8th conference, not 7. It's interesting you bring up the Mountain West conference and call it a dumpster fire.
The American is closer to the Mountain West in terms of RPI than it is to the Big East!
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About the other stuff. You can't say I was wrong about Xavier last year because they weren't presented to the tourney with an 18-14 record. We have no idea what the committee would have done with that. NONE. You bring up the A10/AAC. If UConn had beaten SMU, UConn would have been in and Dayton out. Also if Wyoming hadn't won, Temple would have been in.
stever20 wrote:In Ken Pom, the AAC is #7. In Sagarin, the AAC is #7.
The AAC is closer to the Big Ten and SEC than it is the MWC.
The MWC has 1 team higher than #93 right now.
Xavier4036 wrote:stever20 wrote:In Ken Pom, the AAC is #7. In Sagarin, the AAC is #7.
The AAC is closer to the Big Ten and SEC than it is the MWC.
The MWC has 1 team higher than #93 right now.
So now you use KenPom and NOT RPI? Is RPI only used in your "analysis" when it's disadvantageous to Big East teams.
You have an entire thread on here where you are arguing how "strong" the AAC is because they've "closed the gap" (both your phrases) with the Big East. I then point out that the American is closer to the Mountain West (which you declare is a "dumpster fire"), Mid-American, Colonial and Summit than it is to the Big East..... and then you respond by bringing up the SEC??
stever20 wrote:That's the problem, folks here want to make the AAC out to be like the American East conference or something like that.
stever20 wrote:Xavier4036 wrote:stever20 wrote:In Ken Pom, the AAC is #7. In Sagarin, the AAC is #7.
The AAC is closer to the Big Ten and SEC than it is the MWC.
The MWC has 1 team higher than #93 right now.
So now you use KenPom and NOT RPI? Is RPI only used in your "analysis" when it's disadvantageous to Big East teams.
You have an entire thread on here where you are arguing how "strong" the AAC is because they've "closed the gap" (both your phrases) with the Big East. I then point out that the American is closer to the Mountain West (which you declare is a "dumpster fire"), Mid-American, Colonial and Summit than it is to the Big East..... and then you respond by bringing up the SEC??
The SEC and Big Ten are the #5 and 6 conferences right now in RPI. I know you think the AAC is so much worse than any P5 conference, but the numbers don't back that up this season.
I'm not saying the AAC is strong, but they are no where near as weak as you want to make them out to be. That's the problem, folks here want to make the AAC out to be like the American East conference or something like that. They are a top 7/8 level conference. You say they're #8 in RPI. Well they are only .0019 behind the A10 right now. That's nothing.
Last year the gap in RPI between BE and AAC was .0442. This year it's .0296. How is that NOT closing the gap?
Last year the gap in KP between BE and AAC was .2262. This year it's .0877. How is that NOT closing the gap?
In Ken Pom, the AAC is NOT closer to the MWC, MAC, CAA, or Summit.
I use both Ken Pom and RPI. You really need both especially when looking at bubble teams.
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