Took the family to the game. Got the win and met Clint Dempsey before the game. It was probably 90% Guatemala fans and absolutely insane in only the best way. I now know how Baylor fans felt at the 2014 Big 12 Championship game.
I did not want Guatemala to score but being in the middle of their...
The Grayer dunks at Michigan State (0:58) and vs Kansas in Kemper (right after the MSU dunk in this video) are the most purely impressive dunks that I can recall. Honorable mention to Wigginton at Oklahoma. The Burton lob vs WVU in the B12 final is in the conversation.
I recall when Bruns was the sideline reporter during a game ten or so years ago when Walters threw it to him on the sideline after a poor offensive series.
"Everything about that possession made me want to puke on my shoes." - Ben Bruns, documented sunshine pumper
NET is without question better than RPI. NET at least gives you a rating system aligned with team efficiency metrics even if it falls short on the resume side. RPI did neither of those things.
It helps, but why not just use WAB to account for each game result instead of creating buckets and counting records in each. An all encompassing value makes it so much simpler.
But they also have a better efficiency margin. They are +17 per 100 possessions and ISU is closer to +8 (those are from raw ppp numbers).
The other problem is we do not have any variable data with the rankings... only the rank to compare.
You'd have to go through and compare ratings of extreme...
I don't think I said they don't matter? Didn't mean to imply it either... as far as I know the formula is basically the same since it was introduced, but I could be incorrect there? I do tend to think that they will reward ISU for the Q1 wins.
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The biggest thing when looking at rankings is we all need to understand what the ranking is for and how it is being calculated. There has been much consternation of Iowa State’s NET ranking but...
Not meant to be "bad", more unique with how practice would be going on with students working out upstairs. Not everything from the 90s that came to mind was supposed to be negative... what could be negative about a helmet car or hot tub?!?! :)