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re: SEC Basketball Power Rankings
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:02 pm to SwaggerCopter
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:02 pm to SwaggerCopter
And I thought the publicist were crazy for having us dead last. I thought we might could finish anywhere from 9-12 in the league after the way we finished last year. Boy I was wrong.
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:06 pm to GatorsGators
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5. South Carolina
Frank Martin is coming for your women.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:09 pm to GatorsGators
The men are watching football right now. Please go back to your table for now. Thankyou. 
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:10 pm to CockInYourEar
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Frank Martin is coming for your women.
Y'all need to get on that OOC next year, no way you can make the NCAAT with where your RPI and non-con RPI is with how bad the SEC is.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:11 pm to In Fidel Cashflow
quote:I don't really care about glorified exhibition games that my team isn't playing in, but if you want to watch that oh-so-interesting Maryland-Stanford game, it's your funeral.
The men are watching football right now. Please go back to your table for now. Thankyou.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:15 pm to UltimateHog
quote:They could still make it. Beating Iowa State on a neutral court and going 11-7 or better would get them in imo.
Y'all need to get on that OOC next year, no way you can make the NCAAT with where your RPI and non-con RPI is with how bad the SEC is.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:22 pm to GatorsGators
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Beating Iowa State
Well sure, you may as well add beating Kentucky as both are about as likely.
Their RPI is 89 and noncon RPI is 160ish, just extremely unlikely.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:38 pm to UltimateHog
It's December... RPI is meaningless right now. Go 20-10 and their RPI will be good enough.
Not sure why you think South Carolina beating Iowa State is impossible. Sagarin actually has South Carolina as the favorite. Bama gave Iowa State a really good game and had a chance to win late (free throws extended the lead a bit). They're not unbeatable.
Not sure why you think South Carolina beating Iowa State is impossible. Sagarin actually has South Carolina as the favorite. Bama gave Iowa State a really good game and had a chance to win late (free throws extended the lead a bit). They're not unbeatable.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:43 pm to GatorsGators
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It's December... RPI is meaningless right now.
Completely disagree, it's extremely meaningful. There aren't enough quality RPI SEC teams to make much up ground in the RPI at all if you buried before SEC play even begins.
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Not sure why you think South Carolina beating Iowa State is impossible. Sagarin actually has South Carolina as the favorite. Bama gave Iowa State a really good game and had a chance to win late (free throws extended the lead a bit). They're not unbeatable.
If this was the same ISU team as game THREE, they'd have about a 15% chance. But it's not, and ISU is a top 10 final four caliber team and will beat SC by double digits.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:44 pm to GatorsGators
USC number 2 in the league.
Will challenge UK for number 1
Will challenge UK for number 1
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:45 pm to UltimateHog
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Y'all need to get on that OOC next year,
I know we got some real stinkers in there but we've played Baylor, Ok. State, Clemson, and we got Iowa St. coming up. Not the toughest OOC schedule in the world but respectable.
Only lost to Baylor by a couple. Hammered Ok.State to give the Cowboys their first loss of the year and beat Clemson who had already beaten like 2 or 3 SEC teams.
I don't expect us to make it to the NCAA tourny this year, would be disappointed if we didn't get the NIT though (which is a marketed improvement). Hopefully we'll get the big dance in the following year or so.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:47 pm to Cockopotamus
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USC number 2 in the league.
Will challenge UK for number 1
Garnet Army is rising
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:48 pm to theGarnetWay
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I know we got some real stinkers in there but we've played Baylor, Ok. State, Clemson, and we got Iowa St. coming up. Not the toughest OOC schedule in the world but respectable.
Yeah but the thing with RPI/SOS is how bad are the bad teams you play? Even with those couple of decent games, South Carolina is 11th in the SEC in non conference RPI and 163 nationally.
It's so hard to make up ground in the RPI because of how awful in the RPI the SEC is.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:52 pm to CockInYourEar
Garnet Army went the way of the dodo when Horn left.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:02 pm to Cockopotamus
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Garnet Army went the way of the dodo when Horn left.
Frank actually killed the name in '13, but the group just went underground and became a covert sleeper cell of gamecock basketball faithful. They are just waiting for the signal.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:04 pm to UltimateHog
quote:That was a month ago...
If this was the same ISU team as game THREE, they'd have about a 15% chance. But it's not, and ISU is a top 10 final four caliber team and will beat SC by double digits.
They're really good, but not unbeatable, especially if they're playing a team that has enough athleticism to limit their open looks from three. South Carolina's perimeter defense is probably the best in the conference outside of UK's. I'd be surprised if Iowa State runs them out of the building.
quote:The RPI means nothing right now. Nothing. Not enough data. It'll change incredibly before March.
Completely disagree, it's extremely meaningful. There aren't enough quality RPI SEC teams to make much up ground in the RPI at all if you buried before SEC play even begins.
Ever heard of RPIforecast? It's a pretty awesome site. It predicts that if South Carolina finishes 20-10, it'd be 38th in the RPI. That's either beating Iowa State and going 11-7 or losing to Iowa State and going 12-6, both of which are within reason based on how this USC team has played lately.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:10 pm to GatorsGators
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I'd be surprised if Iowa State runs them out of the building.
I'll give you 10 points for shits and gigs.
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That was a month ago...
Right, now they have their best player eligible.
And no to rpiforecast, pointless to try and predict anything much less how a team will do in conference play.
I would guess SC would be at or right around .500 in SEC play best case a game or two above. And I haven't looked at their schedule to see who they play and where.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:14 pm to UltimateHog
quote:If I were a betting man, I'd take that bet.
I'll give you 10 points for shits and gigs.
quote:Um... Who is eligible now that didn't play against Alabama?
Right, now they have their best player eligible.
You're full of shite.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:15 pm to GatorsGators
Jameel McKay.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:22 pm to UltimateHog
quote:Nah, they should have won their only ranked road game for that distinction. Instead, they got blown out.
Ark at 2 and probably right.
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