Blind Resume

[SelectionSunday]

You are on the Selection Committee, and you have 4 teams under consideration for the final 2 spots in the NCAA Tournament field. Which 2 do you select?

I'll unmask the teams at around 6 p.m. If you know or think you know who these teams are, please keep it to yourself so as to not ruin the exercise!

Team A
NET Ranking: #38
KenPom Ranking: #56
Record vs. Division I Opponents: 21-4
Record vs. Quad 1: 2-2
Record vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-3
Record vs. Quads 3 & 4: 17-1
True Road Record: 9-3
True Road + Neutral Site Record: 9-3
Overall SOS: #119
Non-Conference SOS: #80
Best 3 Wins by NET: @ #30, @ #60, #60 (total = 150)

Team B
NET Ranking: #39
KenPom Ranking: #41
Record vs. Division I Opponents: 20-4
Record vs. Quad 1: 1-1
Record vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-2
Record vs. Quads 3 & 4: 16-2
True Road Record: 7-3
True Road + Neutral Site Record: 8-4
Overall SOS: #99
Non-Conference SOS: #76
Best 3 Wins by NET: @ #12, vs. #62, @ #102 (total = 176)

Team C
NET Ranking: #46
KenPom Ranking: #38
Record vs. Division I Opponents: 16-10
Record vs. Quad 1: 1-9
Record vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 9-10
Record vs. Quads 3 & 4: 7-0
True Road Record: 2-7
True Road + Neutral Site Record: 5-8
Overall SOS: #25
Non-Conference SOS: #53
Best 3 Wins by NET: #10, #50, vs. #53 (total = 113)

Team D
NET Ranking: #43
KenPom Ranking: #51
Record vs. Division I Opponents: 20-6
Record vs. Quad 1: 2-4
Record vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-4
Record vs. Quads 3 & 4: 16-2
True Road Record: 7-2
True Road + Neutral Site Record: 8-4
Overall SOS: #87
Non-Conference SOS: #116
Best 3 Wins by NET: vs. #29, @ #31, #49 (total = 109)

 

[BarnBurner]

C/D

 

[Gopherholefan]

B/D
C-Had enough chances against the big boys and are 1-9
A-Is very close to making it, the Wins just aren’t as good as B/D wins are. (It’s close though)

 

[scools12]

B / D

 

[SelectionSunday]

I voted A & D.

A = East Tennessee State

B = Northern Iowa

C = Oklahoma

D = Richmond

 

[Some guy]

Hard to separate A B and D but team C is the worst of the four and it isn’t close IMO

 

[obobo55]

Oklahoma is interesting. When you look at the 8-1 record vs Q2, you think hmmm. But look at those 8 wins:

North Texas
OregonSt
Missouri
MississippiSt
Minnesota
Texas
IowaSt
OklahomaSt

I do think they have a chance, but that is not a resume I'd want to put up vs other schools.

 

[obobo55]

The interesting thing about Oklahoma is when you look at their losses, I'm not sure another bubble team would have done better:

Kansas
Baylor
@kansas
@Baylor
@TexasTech
@Creighton
@WichitaSt
N Stanford
@KansasSt
@IowaSt

None of those are disqualifying. The bottom 3 are games you want a bubble team to win.
The real issue is they need another quality scalp to join the home win vs WV. I'll be watching them closely.

 

[obobo55]

Oklahoma lost again today.

Interestingly, their performance in league is not much different than W Virginia, a team the committee had in its top 16 a couple of weeks ago. WV is 7-7, OK is 6-8. Both have a single road win in league play. WV had some nice NC wins (OhioSt, UNI, Rhode Island). Would be interesting if both finish tied in the B12 and one gets a 6 seed and the other is not invited.