Bubble Watch

[XUFan09]

Does anyone really use the BPI? It's supposed to be quantitative, so does Vegas use it to predict winners? Does it provide any kind of insight that other ranking systems don't?

It tries to account for players being out due to injury. An individual player's contribution is tricky to quantify, so my initial reaction is to take it with a grain of salt.

ESPN promotes BPI because it's their metric, so they'll act like its a standard, whether it is or not. How much any Committee member uses it is another question. I'd wager that any member delving significantly into advanced metrics would devote a lot more time to Kenpom, Sagarin, or the composite Massey ratings.

[herodotus]

Does anyone really use the BPI? It's supposed to be quantitative, so does Vegas use it to predict winners? Does it provide any kind of insight that other ranking systems don't?

It tries to account for players being out due to injury. An individual player's contribution is tricky to quantify, so my initial reaction is to take it with a grain of salt.

ESPN promotes BPI because it's their metric, so they'll act like its a standard, whether it is or not. How much any Committee member uses it is another question. I'd wager that any member delving significantly into advanced metrics would devote a lot more time to Kenpom, Sagarin, or the composite Massey ratings.

Bpi seems to fall fairly close to Kenpom, so they might be similar in their approach. Kenpom likes Seton Hall, and Butler, but not Providence. Rpi likes Providence, but doesn't like Butler. I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks.

[XUFan09]

Does anyone really use the BPI? It's supposed to be quantitative, so does Vegas use it to predict winners? Does it provide any kind of insight that other ranking systems don't?

It tries to account for players being out due to injury. An individual player's contribution is tricky to quantify, so my initial reaction is to take it with a grain of salt.

ESPN promotes BPI because it's their metric, so they'll act like its a standard, whether it is or not. How much any Committee member uses it is another question. I'd wager that any member delving significantly into advanced metrics would devote a lot more time to Kenpom, Sagarin, or the composite Massey ratings.

Bpi seems to fall fairly close to Kenpom, so they might be similar in their approach. Kenpom likes Seton Hall, and Butler, but not Providence. Rpi likes Providence, but doesn't like Butler. I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks.

Yeah, they are similar. That's because all the metrics are using the same overall approach. BPI is probably just less popular.

[Dew]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

[ecasadoSBU]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

Dayton is a lock

[Jet915]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

Dayton is a lock

I agree but their seed line seems to be droppin weekly....

[BEX]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

Dayton is a lock

I would "unlock" them. Scored 14 @ maybe one of the worst teams in the nation in the first half, then got hammered by URI's 2nd team @ home. Dumpster fire over there.
Goodman -
I think Dayton just wants to play at home again in the NCAA tourney.

[admin]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

Dayton is a lock

I agree but their seed line seems to be droppin weekly....

I think Dayton loses their next 2 games. If they do and then lose early in the A10 tournament they have no right to an at large.

[ecasadoSBU]

Dayton about to play themselves out of the dance entirely. Flyers getting rocked at home by URI so far.

Dayton is a lock

I would "unlock" them. Scored 14 @ maybe one of the worst teams in the nation in the first half, then got hammered by URI's 2nd team @ home. Dumpster fire over there.
Goodman -
I think Dayton just wants to play at home again in the NCAA tourney.

DAYTON is a LOCK my friend. I have no doubts. They can lose their next three games and still will be a lock. I think a 22-9* (they are 22-6 right now) team from the A-10 I think is deserving of a bid

[BEX]

That would involve losing 6 of their last 7 to mostly lousy teams. Could be close.