Going 0-2 last week, dropped State to #34 in the RPI. This position is still pretty solid ground with respect to making the NCAAT, but is certainly moving in the wrong direction. It would probably be too strong to claim that State has to win at WF or on Friday in the ACCT, but I […]
Deja Vu All Over Again
This will be the fourth year out of the last five that State finishes the regular season among the top four teams of the conference. However, three of those “high finishes” have an eery similarity: 2002 Conf State’s Record W/L Maryland 15-1 0-2 Duke 13-3 0-2 Wake Forest 9-7 0-2 N.C. State 9-7 […]
Over Time Games
In case anyone would be interested in seeing just the OT games over Sendek’s tenure, here is the list. If you see a mistake, please let us know in the comments. State’s Overtime Games Season Date Score Opponent Result Total 2/16/1997 60-59 Wake Forest OT-W 1-0 1/31/1998 82-80 Clemson OT-W 1-0 […]
Games Decided by One Possesion
State’s Overtime Games and Games decided by 3 Points or Less Season Date Score Opponent Result Total 11/25/1996 44-41 Penn State W 2-3 1/15/1997 56-59 North Carolina L 1/25/1997 52-53 Georgia Tech L 2/12/1997 44-45 North Carolina L 2/16/1997 60-59 Wake Forest OT-W 11/11/1997 47-45 Georgia W 5-3 11/12/1997 36-38 Princeton […]
RPI Update
Well, that was ugly! A home loss drops State’s RPI ranking back nine places. In all likelihood, it will take winning straight through Saturday at the ACCT just to make up the ground lost in last night’s debacle. State’s record now stands at 0-4 vs the Top-25 but is still 4-4 against the Top-50 because […]
Compiled Rankings
I hadn’t planned on summarizing the compiled rankings this week because of the two high-profile games that State has. Obviously, the games this week will have a huge effect on both objective and subjective rankings. Plus I didn’t really expect two wins against FSU and VT to have much of an effect. However, when you […]
Bubble Update
When I originally tried to divide up the bubble based on RPI rank, I was expecting to be able to watch someone in the ACC fight up through the bubble. Instead, what I’ve seen is : – Maryland trying to see how few games can be won and still stay on the bubble. – UVa, […]
RPI Update
One of the interesting things about graphing the RPI rank through the season is to see trends over time…but there are smaller details that also stand out. For instance, it took three wins to overcome the drop after the home loss to Seton Hall. It only took two wins to overcome the road loss to […]
Compiled Rankings and the Weather
Earlier this week, we discussed Massey’s compiled rankings and what they meant. A suggestion was made to look at the compiled rankings just like we do the weather …where a percentage is attached to any given forecast. I’ve been thinking about Nate’s suggestion and think that it might be a good way to turn the […]
RPI Update
Well, that was much better…and State got a bigger RPI jump than I expected from a home win. State still stands at 4-4 against the RPI Top-50 with one more warm-up game in B’burg before facing BC and UNC at home next week. SEASON SUMMARY 20-5 (9-3) WINS LOSSES Top 1 […]
