Friday, March 11, 2011

UAB - In or Out?

UAB suffered a devastating loss to ECU last night in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament. Let's take a look at the Blazers.

UAB Blazers
Record:  (22-8)
C-USA Record: (12-5) [includes ECU loss]
RPI: 30
SOS: 72
Last 10 Games: 7-3
Marquee Wins: VCU [RPI: 50]
Bad Losses: @ Arizona St. [RPI: 160]
Record versus RPI Top 25: 0-1
Record versus RPI 26-100: 9-6
Record versus RPI 101-345: 12-1

Eye-testing the Blazers.
Record: Pass. 22-8 is a good record.
Conference Record: Pass. They won the C-USA regular season championship.
RPI: Pass. (I really don't understand how UAB's RPI is 30. They played one good team, got rocked. It confounds me.)
SOS: Fail. They really didn't do anything OOC; their only good win is against VCU, who isn't even a tournament team. It looks like the only tournament team UAB beat is Kent State, assuming they win the MAC. I can't pass that.
Last 10 Games: Pass. All three losses were to RPI Top 100 teams, which is ok.
OVERALL: Fail. That loss to ECU wasn't exactly a profile killer, but it was close. UAB just, in my opinion, didn't do enough, and their gaudy computer profile hides their playing, which isn't great.

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