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18 hours ago, IUc2016 said:

It's getting close to that time so I have to post the big ten tournament predictor website. Only 5 BIG games left. Here's to hoping IU wins out and gets a double bye! at least it is still possible at this point. 

http://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb

 

THANK you... this is such a cool tool.

Made a few tweaks to the default predictions and came up with IU as the 9 seed playing #8 Rutgers and then #1 Maryland..... That would put us at 11-11 in conference and in my opinion a LOCK for the NCAA Tourney.

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Anybody see the Eastern Illinois game? They were 50-23 at home to Murray State with 11:30 left in the game. Came back to win it 63-60.


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Just your typical 40-10 run to end the game. With no one watching college basketball still delivering. If the replay is on espn + I will watch from the 12 min mark


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Just your typical 40-10 run to end the game. With no one watching college basketball still delivering. If the replay is on espn + I will watch from the 12 min mark


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I seen some of the highlights. Looked like some ultra sloppy ball from Murray State. Some of the plays looked like they had bets on the game.


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Anybody see the Eastern Illinois game? They were 50-23 at home to Murray State with 11:30 left in the game. Came back to win it 63-60.


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Here is a link to an article on the game from the local paper.
I went Eastern and the Campus is only about 35 miles from me.

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So I’m about to write something for my site. Top 25 basketball programs over the last 15-20 years or since 1939(haven’t decided yet). I made certain things worth certain points to come up with a total score. Would like some input from whoever would like to give it on the points awarded.
Wins: 1 point for each win.
35+ wins: 3.5 points
30-34: 3.0 points
25-29: 2.5 points
20-24: 2.0 points
NIT: 0.5 points
NCAA Tourney: 2.0 points
Sweet 16: 3.0 points
Elite 8: 5.0 points
Final Four: 7.0 points
Runner Up: 9.0 points
Champs: 11.0 points
Conference titles: 2.0 points
Conference tourney title: 1.0 point


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If you're going back to the 1st ncaa tourney, most teams even the champions didnt play 35 games yet win that many. Maybe a bonus for over .900 winning % to compensate.

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So I’m about to write something for my site. Top 25 basketball programs over the last 15-20 years or since 1939(haven’t decided yet). I made certain things worth certain points to come up with a total score. Would like some input from whoever would like to give it on the points awarded.
Wins: 1 point for each win.
35+ wins: 3.5 points
30-34: 3.0 points
25-29: 2.5 points
20-24: 2.0 points
NIT: 0.5 points
NCAA Tourney: 2.0 points
Sweet 16: 3.0 points
Elite 8: 5.0 points
Final Four: 7.0 points
Runner Up: 9.0 points
Champs: 11.0 points
Conference titles: 2.0 points
Conference tourney title: 1.0 point


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My suggestion would be make conference titles worth more then 2 pts and conference tourney titles worth more then 1 pt. Grinding the whole season to win your conference regular season should be worth more in my opinion. Coaches still value that title. I know you don’t like conference tourneys but they still should be worth more then 1 but less wins then the regular season title.


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If you're going back to the 1st ncaa tourney, most teams even the champions didnt play 35 games yet win that many. Maybe a bonus for over .900 winning % to compensate.

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That’s why I thought about just doing the last 15-20 years.


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My suggestion would be make conference titles worth more then 2 pts and conference tourney titles worth more then 1 pt. Grinding the whole season to win your conference regular season should be worth more in my opinion. Coaches still value that title. I know you don’t like conference tourneys but they still should be worth more then 1 but less wins then the regular season title.


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So what about like 3.5 points for conference title and say... 2.0 for conference tourney title? Or 2.5.


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21 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:


So what about like 3.5 points for conference title and say... 2.0 for conference tourney title? Or 2.5.


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How will you normalize for teams in conferences that didn't have a tournament? e.g. B1G prior to 1998, Ivy pre-2017, etc. Maybe double-up by giving the conf regular season winner the tournament winner points, too?

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So what about like 3.5 points for conference title and say... 2.0 for conference tourney title? Or 2.5.

 

 

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One of the major outlets did something similar to this a couple years ago and fansided did one around 2014. Here are the number they put for each

 

https://fansided.com/2014/10/21/75-greatest-college-basketball-programs-time-statistically-ranked/

 

 

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How will you normalize for teams in conferences that didn't have a tournament? e.g. B1G prior to 1998, Ivy pre-2017, etc. Maybe double-up by giving the conf regular season winner the tournament winner points, too?

Well if I just do 20 years, it’ll be after that. And an Ivy League team likely won’t be in the Top 25 anyways.


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