The case for Calgary centres on an unblemished ramble through an entire conference season; the case for Carleton is almost everything else.
The latter is what matters more, and it might have been the iceberg that yours truly was ignoring during this whole exercise. Historically, overall record does not have the heaviest sway with the Final 8 seeding committee. So, Carleton's good, and thorough, almost-in-doubt-but-never-really-close 20-point win in the Wilson Cup, the Ravens are force-feeding some crow. Whether Carleton really wants to go in as the No. 1 seed — while there is no cause-and-effect, they have done better as a 2 or a 3 — is another story.
It feels like the last two decades of university basketball were summed up in one basket in the fourth quarter. Down 18 in the fourth quarter, Ryerson gets a little careless with the inbound pass. Carleton's Munis Tutu steals and bats the ball back into court to create the extra possession. A ball screen, two dribble drives and a tight block-to-block bounce pass later, Mitch Jackson lays it in.
Here is how the 11 teams in tournament consideration — Alberta, Laurier, New Brunswick and Ottawa are listed as candidates for the at-large berth — are rated at this writing.
The only ranking Calgary tops is the RPI, the system that greater mathematical minds most disdain.
The latter is what matters more, and it might have been the iceberg that yours truly was ignoring during this whole exercise. Historically, overall record does not have the heaviest sway with the Final 8 seeding committee. So, Carleton's good, and thorough, almost-in-doubt-but-never-really-close 20-point win in the Wilson Cup, the Ravens are force-feeding some crow. Whether Carleton really wants to go in as the No. 1 seed — while there is no cause-and-effect, they have done better as a 2 or a 3 — is another story.
It feels like the last two decades of university basketball were summed up in one basket in the fourth quarter. Down 18 in the fourth quarter, Ryerson gets a little careless with the inbound pass. Carleton's Munis Tutu steals and bats the ball back into court to create the extra possession. A ball screen, two dribble drives and a tight block-to-block bounce pass later, Mitch Jackson lays it in.
The invaluable U Sports Hoops site that Martin Timmerman compiles includes five rankings: the contentious Elo Rating that the university sport's branding office has embraced, Ratings Percentage Index, Simple Ranking System (through games on Feb. 23), Points Per Possession Differential and last week's Top 10 coaches' poll. (There is a longer explanation on the five at the bottom.)π #OUA MBKB π— OUA (@OUAsport) March 3, 2019
Defence ➡️ offence as the steal from Munis Tutu on the inbound play makes its way around to Mitch Jackson for the finish inside!#WeAreONE | #QuestForTheCup | #WilsonCup π pic.twitter.com/IQcc8v8QpC
Here is how the 11 teams in tournament consideration — Alberta, Laurier, New Brunswick and Ottawa are listed as candidates for the at-large berth — are rated at this writing.
Elo Rating | PPPDiff | SRS | RPI | Top 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carleton | Carleton | Carleton | Calgary | Carleton |
Calgary | Ryerson | Ryerson | Carleton | Calgary |
Ryerson | Calgary | Calgary | Ryerson | Ryerson |
UBC | UBC | UBC | SMU | UBC |
SMU | SMU | Alberta* | Alberta* | SMU |
Alberta* | Alberta* | Ottawa* | UBC | Alberta* |
Dal | Dal | SMU | Dal | Dal |
Ottawa* | Ottawa* | Laurier* | Ottawa* | Laurier* |
Laurier* | Laurier* | Concordia | Concordia | Ottawa* |
Concordia | UNB* | Dal | UNB* | UNB* |
UNB* | Concordia | UNB* | Laurier* | |
*not qualified |
The only ranking Calgary tops is the RPI, the system that greater mathematical minds most disdain.