Subj: 1st 2002-03 Bcat CB ranks Date: 12/16/2002 8:28:54 AM Central Standard Time From: rmvance@compuserve.com To: swhuck@aol.com Sent from the Internet (Details) The Bobcat College Basketball Rankings are based on games through 12/15/02 between Div-I teams only. Games between Div-I and lower division teams are not considered. They are based on W/L, Pts Scored/Allowed, and Home/Away. There is no pre-season ranking factor involved. Because of that, the rankings are more volatile early in the season than later. After the first of the year the rankings will take firmer shape. This ranking is meant to analyse past performance, not to predict future results. Retrodictive success rate this season = 84.2%. Best viewed with a fixed font. "SOS" = Strength of Schedule. Rank.Conf...............W-L....Mrg.....SOS ........................Avg....Avg....Rank ..1. ACC................4-1...13.6 ......5 ..2. SEC................5-2...11.4 ......7 ..3. Big East...........5-1...12.9 .....18 ..4. Big 12.............5-2...12.9 .....16 ..5. Big Ten............5-2....7.5 ......4 ..6. Pacific-10.........4-2....8.1 .....22 ..7. CUSA...............4-2....4.8 ......8 ..8. Mountain West......5-2....6.8 .....20 ..9. Horizon............4-2....1.5 .....28 .10. Big South..........2-3...(7.0).....25 .11. Missouri Valley....3-3....0.7 ......1 .12. Sun Belt...........3-3....0.8 .....15 .13. Atlantic 10........3-3...(0.2)......2 .14. Metro Atlantic.....3-3....0.3 .....21 .15. Southern...........2-3...(5.0)......3 .16. MAC................3-3....0.5 .....24 .17. WAC................2-3...(3.7).....13 .18. Big Sky............3-3...(3.4).....27 .19. Ivy League.........3-4...(3.5).....19 .20. West Coast.........3-3...(2.3).....26 .21. Atlantic Sun.......3-3...(4.7).....23 .22. Colonial...........2-3...(0.4).....11 .23. Northeast..........2-3...(3.4).....31 .24. Ohio Valley........2-3...(7.5)......9 .25. America East.......2-4...(5.9).....12 .26. Patriot League.....2-4...(4.0).....17 .27. SWAC...............1-4..(12.4).....10 .28. Southland..........1-3..(10.6)......6 .29. MEAC...............1-4..(11.6).....14 .30. Mid-Continent......2-4...(6.6).....29 .31. Big West...........2-4...(5.2).....30 .32. Independent........2-6..(12.2).....32 Rank.Team...............W-L....Mrg.....SOS ...............................Avg....Rank ..1. Butler.............6-0...16.2 ....161 ..2. Indiana............8-0...12.8 ......9 ..3. Wake Forest........4-0...13.2 .....28 ..4. Stanford...........5-1....4.5 .....15 ..5. St Joseph's PA.....6-0...17.2 .....67 ..6. Connecticut........6-0...16.3 ....122 ..7. Arizona............5-0...23.6 .....81 ..8. Auburn.............6-1...15.6 ....140 ..9. Oklahoma St........5-1....8.8 .....43 .10. Georgetown.........5-0...27.4 ....119 .11. Marquette..........6-1...10.9 .....79 .12. Florida St.........5-1...17.8 .....69 .13. Coll Charleston....5-1....2.8 .....78 .14. Oklahoma...........5-1...18.2 ....124 .15. Vanderbilt.........6-2...12.5 .....98 .16. Minnesota..........6-1....8.1 .....75 .17. West Virginia......5-1....5.7 ....111 .18. Creighton..........7-0...26.4 ....138 .19. Siena..............5-1....7.7 ....185 .20. Notre Dame.........9-1...22.8 .....55 .21. Florida............7-2...13.8 .....19 .22. St John's..........5-0...18.8 ....297 .23. Brigham Young......7-1...11.4 .....86 .24. UNLV...............5-1....5.3 ....134 .25. Missouri...........6-0...21.7 ....241 .26. Illinois...........7-0...25.0 ....269 .27. Oregon.............6-0...20.7 ....145 .28. Purdue.............4-2...11.7 .....14 .29. S Illinois.........4-1...12.8 ....110 .30. Ill Chicago........3-2...(1.2).....23 .31. LSU................5-1...21.3 ....181 .32. Wisconsin..........6-2...16.1 .....31 .33. Boston College.....5-2....6.1 .....37 .34. DePaul.............4-1...11.2 .....96 .35. Iowa St............6-1...16.4 ....190 .36. Yale...............5-2....4.4 .....29 .37. Holy Cross.........4-2....3.3 .....42 .38. UT Chattanooga.....3-1....2.5 ....150 .39. NC State...........5-0...24.0 ....267 .40. Elon...............2-1...(2.3)....245 .41. Kansas.............3-3....7.5 ......7 .42. Xavier.............5-2...12.6 .....39 .43. Texas..............5-2...11.3 ....107 .44. Canisius...........4-2....4.7 .....62 .45. Louisville.........3-1...12.0 .....89 .46. Texas A&M..........5-2....4.9 .....92 .47. South Carolina.....4-2....6.0 .....83 .48. North Carolina.....5-2....3.7 .....22 .49. Baylor.............6-1...11.0 ....294 .50. Fresno St..........5-1....7.0 ....194 .51. Hampton............4-0...10.2 ....302 .52. Utah...............5-2...11.7 ....144 .53. Cincinnati.........4-2....8.3 ....104 .54. Alabama............7-0...14.1 ....189 .55. Kentucky...........5-2....8.6 .....71 .56. SMU................2-3...(7.8).....10 .57. Clemson............5-0...12.8 ....309 .58. Mississippi St.....6-1...22.1 ....216 .59. Pittsburgh.........6-0...29.8 ....323 .60. Maryland...........4-3...14.4 .....48 .61. E Washington.......5-2...(1.6)....149 .62. North Texas........3-3...(5.0).....35 .63. Iowa...............6-2....9.5 ....137 .64. East Carolina......6-0...15.5 ....266 .65. Syracuse...........5-1...20.7 ....212 .66. Rice...............3-2...(1.4)....101 .67. UAB................2-2....4.0 .....30 .68. Tennessee..........3-1....4.5 ....164 .69. Virginia...........2-2....1.0 ......8 .70. Harvard............5-2....3.0 ....129 .71. W Kentucky.........3-3...(1.5).....34 .72. Kent...............4-0...15.2 ....274 .73. Southern Miss......5-2....3.9 ....205 .74. Evansville.........2-3...(2.6)......6 .75. Gonzaga............5-3....3.2 .....97 .76. Miami FL...........4-2...10.3 ....168 .77. Georgia............4-3....2.7 .....41 .78. Manhattan..........3-1...13.5 ....281 .79. Texas Tech.........5-1...22.5 ....195 .80. Mississippi........4-1...11.6 ....177 .81. Rutgers............5-2....7.1 ....130 .82. Central Conn.......3-2...(1.6)....152 .83. Georgia Tech.......4-2...13.0 ....160 .84. Michigan St........5-2....9.4 .....65 .85. Rider..............3-3....1.7 ....251 .86. Penn...............3-2...10.8 ....192 .87. Stony Brook........3-3...(1.8)....135 .88. W Michigan.........5-2....8.9 ....259 .89. Coastal Car........3-3..(10.3)....180 .90. SW Texas St........2-1...(1.3)....102 .91. Duke...............5-0...22.2 ....188 .92. Hawaii.............2-1....8.0 ....264 .93. C Michigan.........5-1....2.2 ....225 .94. Villanova..........5-3....4.2 .....50 .95. Charleston So......2-2...(6.8)....243 .96. Weber St...........5-1....4.7 ....284 .97. Geo Washington.....4-3....1.9 .....60 .98. Memphis............4-2....9.3 ....146 .99. San Diego..........4-3...(2.0)....133 100. New Orleans........4-1...12.6 ....321 101. Dayton.............4-2....4.3 ....105 102. Davidson...........3-1....4.2 ....277 103. Ohio St............3-2....1.4 ....170 104. UNC Greensboro.....3-5...(9.1).....33 105. Mercer.............3-2...(5.0).....70 106. Ball St............5-2....2.3 .....66 107. Murray St..........1-2..(12.3)......1 108. F Dickinson........4-2....0.7 ....304 109. Jacksonville St....4-1....3.6 ....306 110. Marshall...........3-1....6.5 ....223 111. Wyoming............5-2....5.4 ....123 112. Boise St...........4-2...(1.5)....252 113. Hartford...........2-4..(10.8).....21 114. CS Northridge......4-2....8.0 ....235 115. Drexel.............3-3...(1.2)....117 116. Arizona St.........4-3...(0.1)....109 117. James Madison......2-3...(5.4).....88 118. Tulsa..............5-1....9.8 ....237 119. South Alabama......3-3....2.7 .....85 120. Birmingham So......2-3...(3.6).....76 121. California.........4-1....5.8 ....303 122. TCU................4-3...(0.6)....126 123. Oregon St..........3-1....9.5 ....319 124. Toledo.............5-3....0.6 ....125 125. Wisc Milwaukee.....7-2....5.4 ....305 126. Princeton..........3-3...(1.3)....184 127. Troy St............5-1....7.7 ....318 128. UNC Asheville......2-3...(4.6)....157 129. N Arizona..........3-2...(0.4)....218 130. South Florida......3-2....2.2 ....128 131. UCLA...............2-2...11.2 ....197 132. Portland...........2-3..(11.6).....84 133. Colorado St........6-2...11.2 ....231 134. McNeese St.........2-2...(5.5).....44 135. Quinnipiac.........3-1...(0.8)....206 136. Wright St..........4-2...(1.3)....208 137. Bethune-Cookman....1-3..(14.2).....54 138. Wofford............1-3...(8.2)......3 139. N Illinois.........3-4...(7.0).....87 140. George Mason.......3-3....5.2 ....178 141. Samford............3-3...(3.5)....200 142. St Mary's..........3-3....6.2 .....90 143. Nebraska...........4-2...10.5 ....132 144. Ark Little Rock....4-3....0.3 ....210 145. La Salle...........3-3....1.0 ....156 146. Texas Southern.....2-2...(2.8)....239 147. UNC Wilmington.....3-3....6.3 ....148 148. Prairie View.......1-2...(4.7).....26 149. Oral Roberts.......5-1....7.5 ....316 150. Boston Univ........4-4....1.4 .....47 151. Tennessee Tech.....2-3...(5.0).....53 152. Utah St............3-2....2.8 ....246 153. UC Irvine..........2-2...(3.2).....99 154. Bucknell...........3-3...(3.0)....116 155. E Illinois.........3-5...(7.0).....27 156. Liberty............4-3...(1.4)....307 157. Appalachian St.....1-2..(11.7).....20 158. UT San Antonio.....2-3...(6.4).....51 159. N Iowa.............1-4...(9.8).....12 160. Valparaiso.........3-4...(4.1).....91 161. Austin Peay........1-2..(20.7).....11 162. Winthrop...........3-4...(6.6)....175 163. New Mexico St......6-1....5.9 ....322 164. La Lafayette.......1-2...(1.7).....52 165. San Diego St.......3-3....0.8 ....171 166. Miami OH...........2-5...(7.4)......4 167. Rhode Island.......5-2....2.0 ....315 168. UCF................5-3....6.0 ....279 169. Delaware St........1-4..(13.2).....13 170. Virginia Tech......5-4....0.7 ....280 171. Northwestern.......4-2....4.0 ....301 172. Delaware...........2-3...(3.0).....38 173. Wagner.............2-3...(3.4)....127 174. Richmond...........3-2....9.6 ....147 175. American Univ......3-3....1.3 ....198 176. Fairfield..........3-3...(3.3).....58 177. Colorado...........4-2...13.0 ....324 178. UT Martin..........3-1....2.2 ....300 179. Bradley............1-4...(1.8).....17 180. E Tennessee St.....1-3...(4.8).....18 181. Belmont............3-3...(3.7)....213 182. Denver.............4-4....2.9 ....291 183. S Carolina St......1-4...(9.4).....40 184. Iona...............4-3....2.6 ....272 185. Alabama A&M........2-3..(11.4)....203 186. Arkansas...........2-4....4.0 ....162 187. Va Commonwealth....3-3....3.7 ....193 188. High Point.........2-4...(8.5).....36 189. Seton Hall.........3-2....1.2 ....256 190. Youngstown St......2-2....0.5 ....226 191. Air Force..........5-2....6.7 ....255 192. Santa Clara........3-3...(3.3)....254 193. Binghamton.........4-3...(3.0)....219 194. Providence.........3-2....9.4 ....293 195. Mt St Mary's.......4-3...(3.6)....286 196. Indiana St.........3-5...(5.0)....106 197. Pacific............2-4...(9.0)....234 198. Ga Southern........2-3...(6.4)....230 199. Washington.........2-4...(1.3).....64 200. Albany NY..........1-4..(10.8).....74 201. Middle Tenn St.....2-5...(6.9).....63 202. Fla Atlantic.......3-4...(9.9)....159 203. Portland St........1-3..(11.8).....46 204. Old Dominion.......2-4....1.7 .....59 205. Loyola Marym't.....5-3....2.4 ....292 206. Loyola Chicago.....4-3....3.4 ....290 207. Jacksonville.......3-5...(6.9)....153 208. SW Missouri St.....2-4....1.2 .....80 209. Md Baltimore Co....3-2....0.6 ....308 210. Dartmouth..........1-3...(8.2)....271 211. Grambling..........1-3..(27.2).....82 212. Detroit............2-2...(2.2)....221 213. Drake..............3-4...(1.9)....174 214. St Francis PA......3-3...(3.0)....288 215. Long Island........3-4...(1.4)....211 216. Idaho St...........2-4...(1.7)....258 217. Cleveland St.......4-5...(5.1)....260 218. Massachusetts......1-5...(9.0)......2 219. UNC Charlotte......2-4....1.3 ....229 220. Arkansas St........2-3....2.6 ....173 221. S Utah.............2-4...(3.5)....217 222. Washington St......3-4....0.3 ....238 223. Florida A&M........2-3..(11.2)....103 224. Houston............2-4...(3.7)....176 225. Buffalo............3-5....0.8 ....283 226. St Bonaventure.....2-5....0.0 .....73 227. Wisc Green Bay.....3-4...(2.6)....139 228. St Louis...........3-3...(3.5)....169 229. IUPUI..............2-6..(15.2)....114 230. Montana St.........2-4...(4.0)....112 231. Wichita St.........3-3...(0.3)....310 232. Georgia St.........2-3...(1.8)....242 233. Marist.............3-4...(3.1)....151 234. CS Sacramento......3-4..(10.9)....299 235. Kansas St..........4-4....8.8 ....273 236. Campbell...........1-3..(13.8)....118 237. VMI................2-3...(2.8)....136 238. E Kentucky.........1-1....3.0 ....327 239. New Mexico.........3-3....1.7 ....298 240. E Michigan.........2-1....2.7 ....326 241. Temple.............1-6..(11.7).....32 242. Furman.............2-5...(9.4)....108 243. Niagara............2-5...(9.3)....222 244. Lehigh.............4-3...(0.9)....282 245. Ohio...............1-4..(11.0)....155 246. Idaho..............2-4...(3.8)....131 247. Tulane.............2-5...(4.0)....120 248. Centenary..........4-4...(4.4)....320 249. Pepperdine.........3-3...(4.2)....296 250. Towson St..........3-3...(0.7)....289 251. Florida Intl.......3-4...(3.0)....207 252. Citadel............1-3..(12.8)....163 253. SE Louisiana.......0-5..(20.0)......5 254. Penn St............1-6..(13.1).....72 255. Colgate............2-5...(2.0)....233 256. Nicholls St........1-3..(31.8)....166 257. Vermont............3-3....2.0 ....257 258. Army...............1-5..(15.8)....199 259. St Peter's.........2-5...(8.9)....100 260. Sacred Heart.......0-5..(17.0).....24 261. New Hampshire......1-6..(17.9)....158 262. Morehead St........1-3...(3.2)....179 263. Fordham............1-6..(15.9).....95 264. Jackson St.........1-5..(16.7).....45 265. Illinois St........0-6..(12.5).....16 266. IUPU Ft Wayne......2-8..(11.5)....201 267. Michigan...........2-6...(2.5)....165 268. Montana............2-5...(1.3)....172 269. Nevada.............2-5....1.0 ....142 270. Cornell............1-4..(13.6)....265 271. Sam Houston St.....1-2...(4.0)....154 272. Alcorn St..........1-6...(7.6)....115 273. W Illinois.........1-6..(16.6).....94 274. USC................3-3....7.3 ....311 275. Radford............2-5..(19.1)....287 276. Southern Univ......1-3...(5.2)....312 277. Coppin St..........1-6..(12.1).....77 278. St Francis NY......2-4...(2.5)....285 279. Oakland............1-2....5.7 ....248 280. Lamar..............1-3...(3.0)....191 281. Stetson............0-5..(17.2).....68 282. Norfolk St.........1-4..(11.6)....263 283. San Jose St........1-4..(13.0)....204 284. Akron..............2-4...(0.5)....247 285. UC Santa Barbara...3-4....3.9 ....275 286. UT Arlington.......1-4..(15.6)....141 287. SE Missouri St.....2-4...(6.7)....249 288. Monmouth NJ........1-5...(3.2)....214 289. Gardner-Webb.......0-5..(12.6).....49 290. Duquesne...........1-5..(14.8).....57 291. Alabama St.........1-6...(8.6)....196 292. Bowling Green......1-4...(6.8)....209 293. UC Riverside.......0-2..(17.0)....236 294. La Monroe..........1-3...(7.5)....167 295. Lafayette..........0-5..(13.6)....113 296. TAM C Christi......1-5..(15.0)....253 297. Columbia...........1-7..(14.4)....182 298. Navy...............2-4...(1.0)....227 299. Savannah St........0-6..(21.8).....61 300. William & Mary.....1-4...(2.4)....215 301. Hofstra............1-5...(8.7)....186 302. Louisiana Tech.....0-3..(24.3).....25 303. Northwestern LA....0-6..(13.5)....143 304. Ark Pine Bluff.....0-6..(34.0).....56 305. Brown..............1-7...(9.0)....232 306. Northeastern.......1-4...(3.6)....270 307. Miss Valley St.....0-4...(6.2)....228 308. W Carolina.........0-3...(4.3).....93 309. Loyola MD..........2-5...(2.7)....268 310. Maine..............1-6...(9.0)....240 311. Howard.............1-5...(8.8)....250 312. Chicago St.........0-5..(18.8)....262 313. Lipscomb...........2-6...(4.1)....278 314. UT Pan American....1-7..(15.2)....261 315. CS Fullerton.......1-6...(5.1)....317 316. Robert Morris......1-2...(5.7)....325 317. SF Austin..........1-3...(8.5)....121 318. Tennessee St.......0-3..(17.7)....220 319. San Francisco......1-6...(9.3)....276 320. NC A&T.............0-4..(26.8)....202 321. Md East Shore......0-6..(17.8)....183 322. Morris Brown.......1-8..(13.6)....295 323. Long Beach St......0-6..(13.7)....244 324. UTEP...............0-4..(14.8)....224 325. Missouri KC........0-6...(7.7)....313 326. Cal Poly SLO.......0-4..(14.8)....187 327. Morgan St..........0-6..(12.5)....314