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Posted on 1/8/14 at 5:02 pm to Tennessee Jed
Posted on 1/8/14 at 5:02 pm to Tennessee Jed
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What are you basing yours off of?
The eyeball test
Imagine swapping the non conference schedules of Florida and Tennessee. Same for swapping Kentucky and Tennessee.
Vols 4 losses are to :
Xavier
UTEP
Wichita State
NC State
Gators 2 losses are to :
@ Wisconsin
@ Connecticut
Cats 3 losses are to:
Michigan State (in Chicago)
Baylor (in Dallas)
North Carolina (in Chapel Hill)
Study all 3 teams and you see one is not like the other 2. Vols may have a high SoS, but it is skewed by not having more teams at the top.
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 7:31 pm to Cheese Grits
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Cheese Grits
What Tennessee did is schedule smarter than UF.
Bruce Pearl mastered the art of beating the system when it comes to strength of schedule, and Cuonzo finally figured it out. Playing 200+ RPI opponents is just as damaging as playing a top 100 opponent is helpful.
When it comes to Selection Sunday, all the numbers point to a stronger SOS for Tennessee than UF, despite whatever 'eyeball test' you are using.
The schedules are not much different at the top any way, outside of Kansas. Wisconsin and Wichita are pretty similar and UConn and Memphis are slipping fast, while Xavier looks poised to have a lot of success in the BE and Wake and UVA are off to good starts in the ACC. UConn would likely not even be in the field if not for their win over UF and Memphis was just destroyed by a mediocre Cincinnati team at FedEx.
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