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helmet's ACC Ratings
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:39 pm
by helmet
Based on a model similar to
Sagarin or
Pomeroy....here are my ratings, which include conference games only, through 2/6/05:
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1 North Carolina 95.1
2 Wake Forest 86.7
3 Duke 84.9
4 Georgia Tech 74.3
5 Miami 74.2
6 NC State 73.5
7 Maryland 73.4
8 Florida State 72.6
9 Clemson 71.4
10 Virginia Tech 66.8
11 Virginia 62.0
Home court advantage is currently 1.2 points. Thus UNC would be favored by about 9 at Duke on Wednesday.
It's "calibrated" to an average rating of 76.9, which is the scoring average for league games.
Look about right to everyone? I ran this as an exercise in linear algebra and excel.
The teams are roughly grouped like this:
UNC
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Wake, Duke
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GaTech, Miami, NC State, Maryland, FSU, Clemson
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VaTech
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Virginia
This implies that VaTech is worse than their 5-4 record and Clemson is better than their 2-7 record.
Just for the hell of it, here are predictions for the midweek games:
GaTech over Clemson by 2
Maryland over VaTech by 8
FSU over UVa by 10
UNC over Duke by 9
Wake over NC State by 14
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:18 am
by Pablo
Maryland, NCSU, and Ga. Tech are so erratic it's hard for me to say where to slot any of them. That's what's so great about ACC hoops. Anybody can beat anybody on any given night. Well, except for UVA. P. Gillen needs to update his resume' if he hasn't already.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:10 pm
by helmet
Big 12:
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1 Kansas 82.6
2 Texas Tech 76.8
3 Texas 74.7
4 Texas A&M 74.7
5 Oklahoma State 71.4
6 Nebraska 70.2
7 Kansas State 69.8
8 Oklahoma 69.6
9 Iowa State 68.6
10 Missouri 62.5
11 Colorado 58.5
12 Baylor 53.5
home advantage is 9.1 (!)
Big East:
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1 Connecticut 74.5
2 Boston College 73.7
3 Villanova 72.3
4 Syracuse 70.4
5 Notre Dame 68.7
6 Georgetown 68.2
7 Pittsburgh 66.4
8 Providence 65.1
9 Seton Hall 64.2
10 West Virginia 63.1
11 Rutgers 61.8
12 St John's 60.5
home advantage is 1.4
Conference games only, through 2/7/05
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:30 pm
by helmet
Big Ten:
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1 Illinois 76.6
2 Michigan State 72.2
3 Wisconsin 71.6
4 Minnesota 68.5
5 Ohio State 68.0
6 Iowa 67.9
7 Indiana 67.1
8 Michigan 61.6
9 Purdue 61.6
10 Northwestern 60.1
11 Penn State 54.1
home advantage is 3.5
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:51 pm
by Mook
Pretty interesting...when you mentioned linear algebra, you lost me! :D

:cry:
I can't believe Ok. State is a full tier below the Texas schools...seems strange to me. Otherwise, these rankings actually look pretty good.
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:42 am
by Shine
ACC:
I'd think Miami would be behind Maryland and NC State. The rest looks about right, though I'd look for UVA to make their typical late push.
Big 12:
No way is ATM ahead of Okie State. No way Texas Tech is that high either. No way Oklahoma is that low. K-St much too high as well. This is the one conference that looks REALLY off to me.
Big East:
Only team that looks really out of place is Pitt being so low. I think Providence might be too high as well.
Big 10:
That looks about dead on to me. Maybe put NW ahead of Purdue though.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:56 pm
by PSUFAN
wow! excellent analysis. big kudos to 'moot.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:17 pm
by King Crimson
since Texas lost (by alot) at Colorado, and Oklahoma beat ATM twice....kind of hard to figure those.
Colorado also won AT KSU and AT ISU. also beat Missouri. yet, ranked below all of them. ?
the big 8 was a tough league on the road, doesn't surprise me that much that it's translated into the bXII.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:21 pm
by King Crimson
Oklahoma is 4-2 against teams ranked ahead of them re: Sagarin.
explain that?
Re: helmet's ACC Ratings
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:43 pm
by helmet
helmet wrote:Just for the hell of it, here are predictions for the midweek games: (results in bold)
GaTech over Clemson by 2 GaTech by 8
Maryland over VaTech by 8 MD by 15
FSU over UVa by 10 UVa by 1
UNC over Duke by 9 Duke by 1
Wake over NC State by 14 Wake by 11
I'll run it again on Monday, after the weekend's games. I don't think this will end up being any more useful than the sagarin ratings, which take all games into account, but it's kinda interesting.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:58 am
by G.O.
like the game, helmet?
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:45 am
by Jeff 2K5
G.O. you're from Germantown? Nice to see the 301 reppin.
Gaithersburg here.

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:55 pm
by Buried_Nick
Rankings according to Spartan Model goes:
Wake
UNC
Maryland
Duke
The rest? - Who cares?!
Those are the only four that'll get anywhere.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:54 pm
by helmet
it was entertaining.....but I pretty much passed out right as the OT was starting. My girlfriend woke me up in the middle of the night to say that Reggie Love got into the game.....I knew right then who won.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:49 pm
by G.O.
Jeff 2K5 wrote:G.O. you're from Germantown? Nice to see the 301 reppin.
Gaithersburg here.

germantown/gaithersburg. graduated seneca valley many moons ago. werent you jeff from poolesville? no- jeff near dc. good to see locals.
by the way- isnt that 3 in a row for the terps over the dookies???

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:58 pm
by Mustang
(Consecutive) wins over Duke is a bit of a backhanded compliment but not really a good standard for your team's success. Wins, ACC crowns, NCAA crowns.....are what people notice more. An terps have all three.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:46 pm
by helmet
updated ratings, though games of 2/13/05:
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1 North Carolina 92.6
2 Wake Forest 87.5
3 Duke 87.5
4 NC State 77.5
5 Maryland 76.5
6 Miami 75.5
7 Georgia Tech 73.5
8 Florida State 68.6
9 Clemson 66.6
10 Virginia 65.6
11 Virginia Tech 64.6
home advantage is 3.0
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1 Connecticut 73.5
2 Boston College 72.5
3 Villanova 72.0
4 Syracuse 71.0
5 Notre Dame 68.8
6 Georgetown 67.8
7 Pittsburgh 66.1
8 Providence 65.3
9 Seton Hall 62.7
10 West Virginia 62.6
11 Rutgers 61.3
12 St John's 60.4
home advantage is 1.8
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1 Kansas 81.8
2 Oklahoma State 78.4
3 Iowa State 73.8
4 Texas A&M 72.5
5 Oklahoma 71.1
6 Texas Tech 68.8
7 Missouri 68.8
8 Texas 68.8
9 Kansas State 66.6
10 Colorado 65.5
11 Nebraska 64.1
12 Baylor 55.1
home advantage is 5.3
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1 Michigan State 77.1
2 Illinois 76.4
3 Wisconsin 69.3
4 Iowa 67.9
5 Ohio State 67.0
6 Indiana 66.7
7 Minnesota 66.0
8 Michigan 61.0
9 Purdue 61.0
10 Northwestern 60.5
11 Penn State 53.1
home advantage is 3.9
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1 Kentucky 78.4
2 Alabama 77.3
3 Florida 72.3
4 Mississippi State 70.8
5 Vanderbilt 69.9
6 South Carolina 69.4
7 LSU 69.1
8 Arkansas 67.7
9 Tennessee 65.3
10 Ole Miss 62.8
11 Georgia 55.8
12 Auburn 54.8
home advantage is 6.5
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:49 pm
by helmet
ACC midweek predictions:
Wake over Miami by 9
NC State over Maryland by 4
UNC over UVA by 30
Duke over VaTech by 21
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:42 pm
by helmet
helmet wrote:ACC midweek predictions:
Wake over Miami by 9 Wake by 5
NC State over Maryland by 4 State by 19
UNC over UVA by 30 UNC by 24
Duke over VaTech by 21 VaTech by 2
2 close, 2 not.
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:00 pm
by helmet
through games of 2/20/05:
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1 North Carolina 94.0
2 Wake Forest 84.9
3 Duke 84.1
4 NC State 74.1
5 Georgia Tech 73.8
6 Miami 73.4
7 Maryland 71.6
8 Florida State 71.3
9 Virginia Tech 66.0
10 Virginia 66.0
11 Clemson 65.7
home ad 1.7
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1 Villanova 74.0
2 Connecticut 74.0
3 Boston College 73.0
4 Syracuse 71.0
5 Notre Dame 70.0
6 Pittsburgh 69.8
7 Georgetown 68.0
8 Providence 66.1
9 West Virginia 63.0
10 Seton Hall 63.0
11 Rutgers 62.0
12 St John's 61.0
home ad 2.0
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1 Kansas 80.3
2 Oklahoma State 79.3
3 Iowa State 74.8
4 Texas A&M 73.3
5 Oklahoma 72.3
6 Texas 69.8
7 Texas Tech 68.3
8 Kansas State 65.8
9 Missouri 65.7
10 Nebraska 61.8
11 Colorado 61.7
12 Baylor 55.8
home ad 5.5
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1 Michigan State 78.1
2 Illinois 76.1
3 Wisconsin 69.8
4 Ohio State 67.6
5 Iowa 64.6
6 Minnesota 63.8
7 Indiana 63.5
8 Purdue 62.3
9 Northwestern 59.4
10 Michigan 58.4
11 Penn State 51.3
home ad 4.7
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1 Kentucky 78.8
2 Alabama 76.8
3 Florida 72.4
4 Vanderbilt 71.5
5 Arkansas 70.3
6 Mississippi State 70.1
7 South Carolina 69.4
8 LSU 69.1
9 Tennessee 63.7
10 Ole Miss 58.4
11 Georgia 56.6
12 Auburn 54.0
home ad 7.3
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:03 pm
by helmet
ACC midweek predictions:
Maryland over Clemson by 8
Miami over Florida State by 0
UNC over NC State by 18
Duke over Georgia Tech by 9
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:20 pm
by Pablo
Wake steps out of conference to go up against 1-27 Longwood. :roll:
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:43 pm
by helmet
That is some questionable scheduling. Even if Wake wins by 500, they still take an RPI hit and risk injury to their players. Prosser should give the starters 10-15 minutes and then play backups the rest of the way.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:05 am
by Pablo
Just read R. McCants is out sick for the Tarheels tonight. USA Today has Carolina by 7.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:43 pm
by helmet
helmet wrote:ACC midweek predictions:
Maryland over Clemson by 8 Clemson by 8
Miami over Florida State by 0 Miami by 16
UNC over NC State by 18 UNC by 10
Duke over Georgia Tech by 9 Duke by 4
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:27 pm
by KUTTER
helmet wrote:helmet wrote:ACC midweek predictions:
Maryland over Clemson by 8 Clemson by 4
Miami over Florida State by 0 Miami by 16
UNC over NC State by 18 UNC by 10
Duke over Georgia Tech by 9 Duke by 4
FTFY
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:36 pm
by helmet
through conference games of 2/27/05:
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1 North Carolina 92.9
2 Duke 86.1
3 Wake Forest 82.6
4 NC State 76.9
5 Georgia Tech 76.5
6 Maryland 72.9
7 Miami 72.3
8 Clemson 68.2
9 Florida State 68.0
10 Virginia Tech 64.5
11 Virginia 64.2
home ad is 5.3
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1 Connecticut 75.1
2 Villanova 73.6
3 Boston College 73.4
4 Syracuse 70.6
5 Notre Dame 69.8
6 Georgetown 67.8
7 Pittsburgh 67.6
8 Providence 66.5
9 West Virginia 64.0
10 Seton Hall 63.2
11 Rutgers 62.1
12 St John's 61.0
home ad is 2.1
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1 Oklahoma State 79.8
2 Kansas 79.3
3 Iowa State 75.4
4 Texas A&M 74.4
5 Oklahoma 72.9
6 Texas 69.9
7 Texas Tech 68.3
8 Kansas State 65.9
9 Nebraska 64.9
10 Missouri 63.3
11 Colorado 58.9
12 Baylor 56.3
home ad is 5.5
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1 Michigan State 77.4
2 Illinois 76.7
3 Wisconsin 69.9
4 Indiana 68.7
5 Ohio State 67.3
6 Minnesota 63.9
7 Iowa 63.7
8 Purdue 61.1
9 Northwestern 59.2
10 Michigan 56.9
11 Penn State 50.4
home ad is 5.5
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1 Kentucky 79.9
2 Alabama 76.1
3 Florida 72.9
4 Vanderbilt 71.8
5 Mississippi State 70.9
6 LSU 70.1
7 South Carolina 68.2
8 Arkansas 66.1
9 Tennessee 66.1
10 Ole Miss 61.1
11 Georgia 55.1
12 Auburn 53.1
home ad is 6.9
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:39 pm
by helmet
ACC midweek predictions:
Clemson over VaTech by 9
Wake over GaTech by 11
NC State over UVa by 7
UNC over FSU by 30
Duke over Miami by 19
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:41 pm
by helmet
helmet wrote:ACC midweek predictions:
Clemson over VaTech by 9 Clemson by 2
Wake over GaTech by 11 Wake by 7
NC State over UVa by 7 NC State by 10
UNC over FSU by 30 UNC by 15
Duke over Miami by 19 Duke by 24
weekend predictions:
GaTech over Clemson by 16
Maryland over VaTech by 3
UNC over Duke by 8
FSU over UVa by 7
Wake over State by 2