Sunday, March 15, 2009

Barnes Bracketology - Bubble Special

Alright, so there are 9 bubble teams in my mind fighting for 3 spots. I have dissected their resumes and am now going to let you decide for yourself who you think deserves the final 3 spots. Feel free to throw it in the comments section.

Key: SOS = Strength of Schedule, Quality Wins = Win over top-75 RPI), Bad Losses = Loss vs. below-100 RPI, Good Losses = Loss vs. top-75 RPI

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Arizona (19-13)
RPI: 63 SOS: 32
Quality Wins: San Diego State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Washington, USC, UCLA
Bad Losses: Stanford, Washington State
Good Losses: UAB, Texas A+M, UNLV, California (2), UCLA, USC, Washington, Arizona State (3)
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 6-9, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 8-12
Conference W-L: 9-9, Conference Tourney: 0-1

Auburn (21-11)
RPI: 57 SOS: 67
Quality Wins: Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi State, Florida
Bad Losses: Mercer
Good Losses: LSU, Xavier, Dayton, Northern Iowa, South Carolina, Florida
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 2-4, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 6-10
Conference W-L: 10-6, Conference Tourney: 1-1

Creighton (26-7)
RPI: 41 SOS: 112
Quality Wins: New Mexico, Dayton, Northern Iowa, George Mason, Illinois State
Bad Losses: Drake, Wichita State
Good Losses: Northern Iowa, Illinois State (2)
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 2-2, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 9-6
Conference W-L: 14-4, Conference Tourney: 1-1

Maryland (20-13)
RPI: 51 SOS: 22
Quality Wins: Michigan State, Michigan, American, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Wake Forest
Bad Losses: Morgan State, Virginia
Good Losses: Gonzaga, Miami (FL), Florida State, Duke (3), Boston College, North Carolina, Wake Forest
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 4-7, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 8-10
Conference W-L: 7-9, Conference Tourney: 2-1

Penn State (22-11)
RPI: 68 SOS: 87
Quality Wins: Illinois (2), Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue, Minnesota
Bad Losses: Iowa
Good Losses: Rhode Island, Temple, Wisconsin (2), Michigan State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue (2)
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 6-9, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 7-10
Conference W-L: 10-8, Conference Tourney: 1-1

Providence (19-13)
RPI: 71 SOS: 50
Quality Wins: Rhode Island, Syracuse, Pittsburgh
Bad Losses: None
Good Losses: Baylor, Boston College, St. Mary's, Marquette, UConn, Villanova (2), Louisville (2)
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 2-8, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 6-13
Conference W-L: 10-8, Conference Tourney: 1-1

St. Mary's (24-6)
RPI: 47 SOS: 148
Quality Wins: Providence, San Diego State, Utah State
Bad Losses: Portland, Santa Clara
Good Losses: Gonzaga (3)
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 2-3, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 3-4
Conference W-L: 10-4, Conference Tourney: 2-1

San Diego State (21-9)
RPI: 31 SOS: 51
Quality Wins: New Mexico, Utah, UNLV (3), BYU
Bad Losses: None
Good Losses: Arizona State, Arizona, St. Mary's, BYU (2), Utah (2), New Mexico
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 1-5, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 7-8
Conference W-L: 11-5, Conference Tourney: 2-1

UNLV (21-10)
RPI: 65 SOS: 81
Quality Wins: Arizona, Louisville, BYU (2), Utah, New Mexico
Bad Losses: TCU, Colorado State
Good Losses: California, San Diego State (3), Utah, New Mexico
W-L vs. RPI Top 50: 4-5, W-L vs. RPI Top 100: 9-8
Conference W-L: 9-7, Conference Tourney: 0-1

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