The Pembroke Postgame Report.

#51
#51
hatvol96 said:
I'd like to know who these elite teams are in the SEC. Nonconference RPI is in great part tilted by who can afford the best buy games. The SEC will always have an advantage over, say, C-USA in that regard. However, if you think the SEC would do significantly better than .500 if they played C-USA in a series of neutral court games, you're sadly mistaken.
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I guess it depends upon your definition of significant. The Big East didn't fare all that well against the SEC, and those were mostly played on Big East turf. Surely you aren't suggesting that C-USA would do better than the great Big East did against the SEC, are you?

Also, I await your defense of your comment about how the SEC isn't significantly better than the Valley. I find that statement ridiculous.

Your comment about nonconference RPI, however, is well taken.

So, let's use a system that adjusts for road/home wins and margins of victory...Sagarin. C-USA average is 119 vs the SEC which is 94... a 25 position spread. The SEC has 4 teams ranked higher than the highest C-USA team. That is SIGNIFICANT.
 
#52
#52
hillsborovol said:
I guess it depends upon your definition of significant. The Big East didn't fare all that well against the SEC, and those were mostly played on Big East turf. Surely you aren't suggesting that C-USA would do better than the great Big East did against the SEC, are you?

Also, I await your defense of your comment about how the SEC isn't significantly better than the Valley. I find that statement ridiculous.

Your comment about nonconference RPI, however, is well taken.

So, let's use a system that adjusts for road/home wins and margins of victory...Sagarin. C-USA average is 119 vs the SEC which is 94... a 25 position spread. The SEC has 4 teams ranked higher than the highest C-USA team. That is SIGNIFICANT.
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Oh, Lord. I though we had eradicated all the numbers geeks last year. The leader in Valley played at one of the leaders in the SEC. Remind me what the final score of the Tennessee-Missouri State game was. If you want to reside in some hypothetical, numbers driven fantasy world where Alabama and Florida are somehow significantly better than UAB and Central Florida, fine. I'll hang around in reality, where the SEC isn't much better than any of the top 10 conferences.
 
#53
#53
hatvol96 said:
Oh, Lord. I though we had eradicated all the numbers geeks last year.

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If you want to reside in some hypothetical, numbers driven fantasy world where Alabama and Florida are somehow significantly better than UAB and Central Florida, fine.
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1. Nothing wrong with numbers. Numbers don't tell the whole story, but you can't tell the whole story without them, either.

2. hat is right about Bama/Florida vs. UAB and Central Florida. That's a pair of toss-ups.

3. "conference A is better than conference B" arguments are difficult to defend. Do we mean the best are better? The worst are better? Better on average? More "good" teams? Fewer crappy ones? It gets very subjective, fast. No point in such arguments, really.
 
#55
#55
hatvol96 said:
1. The SEC should ask ESPN to move league weekend games to Friday night. At least then they wouldn't have every other power conference in America on at the same time drawing attention to how bad the league is right now.
2. Any road win in conference play is a good one. If you doubt that, look at some of the teams who didn't get one today.
3. Tennessee did a reasonable job of keeping their composure. They failed to do that in the previous two trips to Oxford.
4. The Ole Miss interior players are disgraceful. The Rebs should just play five perimeter guys and take their chances.
5. UT's ballhandling continues to amuse. The Hopson-Tatum abortion of a fastbreak at 46-45 might be the funniest thing I've seen on the court since Wade Houston departed.
6. Brian Williams did exactly what he should against a team completely bereft of an inside presence. Tobias Harris was sound on the glass, too.
7. Cameron Tatum offset an othwerwise awful performance with the two threes that blew the game open. Take what you can get.
8. Chris Warren is this year's Devan Downey. He has no meaningful help.
9. Andy Kennedy should get out while he still can. Ole Miss is headed off the cliff.
10. A win Thursday night is imperative. You can't give away games against the SEC Worst.
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Yeah, its kind of sad when you Big man who has lost "almost 100 pounds" has the best hands on the team. Great recovery by hopson on the little tip pass though. He recovered 2 of his terrible mishandles, which is 2 more than normal.
 
#56
#56
shaggymoe said:
could someone tell me why top colleges aren't beating down the door of the great hatvol? He seems to think he knows everything about basketball. With all of his expertise one would think he would have job offers galore.
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Could be that he is a practicing attorney and isn't looking for a college job. Sad that you are so intimidated by Hat's comments and knowledge.
 
#59
#59
Chris4Vols22 said:
Doubt it. So the biography of Hat is coming along nicely, I presume? (lol jp)
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Don't really know anything about a biography of Hat or anyone else for that matter. I know that I appreciate his comments and certainly am not intimidated by him as you and so many more on here appear to be. Knowledge can be intimidating to some folks and I can certainly understand that being the case as far as you are concerned.
 
#60
#60
BasketvolsFan said:
Don't really know anything about a biography of Hat or anyone else for that matter. I know that I appreciate his comments and certainly am not intimidated by him as you and so many more on here appear to be. Knowledge can be intimidating to some folks and I can certainly understand that being the case as far as you are concerned.
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Stays in constant pucker.
 
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