"Blind Resume" Part III

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All 8 of these teams generally speaking are considered to be on the bubble. Am adding a few additional pieces of information (RPI, overall D-I record & conference place) to help you out.

You're on the Selection Committee and there are only 4 at-large spots available. Which 4 of these 8 do you select? Deadline is 1 p.m. Reminder: we're on the honor system here, so no checking web sites to figure out who these teams are.

Team A
RPI: 53
Overall Record: 16-10
Conference Place: 8th
vs. Top 50: 4-8
vs. Top 100: 6-10
Road/Neutral Record: 5-6
Overall SOS: 23
Nonconference SOS: 69
Last 12: 7-5

Team B
RPI: 45
Overall Record: 15-10
Conference Place: 10th
vs. Top 50: 2-7
vs. Top 100: 6-10
Road/Neutral Record: 5-6
Overall SOS: 9
Nonconference SOS: 186
Last 12: 5-7

Team C
RPI: 32
Overall Record: 17-9
Conference Place: 6th
vs. Top 50: 2-8
vs. Top 100: 6-9
Road/Neutral Record: 5-7
Overall SOS: 11
Nonconference SOS: 41
Last 12: 6-6

Team D
RPI: 61
Overall Record: 19-8
Conference Place: 4th
vs. Top 50: 4-6
vs. Top 100: 6-8
Road/Neutral Record: 6-5
Overall SOS: 86
Nonconference SOS: 319
Last 12: 7-5

Team E
RPI: 47
Overall Record: 16-7
Conference Place: 2nd
vs. Top 50: 2-4
vs. Top 100: 4-7
Road/Neutral Record: 7-6
Overall SOS: 73
Nonconference SOS: 126
Last 12: 8-4

Team F
RPI: 36
Overall Record: 17-9
Conference Place: 2nd
vs. Top 50: 1-4
vs. Top 100: 5-7
Road/Neutral Record: 9-8
Overall SOS: 50
Nonconference SOS: 27
Last 12: 9-3

Team G
RPI: 40
Overall Record: 18-8
Conference Place: 8th
vs. Top 50: 4-5
vs. Top 100: 5-8
Road/Neutral Record: 5-6
Overall SOS: 33
Nonconference SOS: 159
Last 12: 5-7

Team H
RPI: 39
Overall Record: 19-8
Conference Place: 2nd
vs. Top 50: 1-4
vs. Top 100: 2-8
Road/Neutral Record: 7-8
Overall SOS: 71
Nonconference SOS: 42
Last 12: 10-2
 







C, D, F, G.

Would these be teams generally considered to be the last 4 in/first 4 out? Or are these all teams that are on the outside looking to play themselves in (first 4 out/next 4 out)? Because frankly, if these are the teams the gophers are up against on the bubble I'm much more optimistic about our chances if we only finish 9-9.
 


IMHO are not options, plus you can only pick 4 not 8. :)
 




Answer to Caravan's question

You hit it right on the head. These teams are a combination of the "last 4 in" and "first 4 out" among some of the bracket geeks. I agree with you. ... the Gophers (not included here) at this point stack up just fine with this grouping of 8.
 









Tough choices

I am going with G, H,c and F.
 

D,E,F,H

It's tougher with the RPI and Conference record. I will say that if conference record weren't included my choices might have been the other four.. but there's no way I take an eighth or worse. I don't care how good they seem otherwise.
 

My Picks

I think G has the best resume. 4-5 against Top 50 is almost .500 which is the most impressive stat for any team listed.

Others I would go with would be A, D & C.

I put most weight wins versus top 50 and top 100 and little on SOS. SOS seems like such a subjective tool to me. Who cares how good the teams you play are if you lose to a majority of them?
 



Answers

Did we ever get which teams are which? Did I miss something?
 


one of these days

you will sneak the Gophers into this...

A D F G
 

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