Comments on: New rankings, some very cool new data and other stuff

By: tennisguy2894

tennisguy2894 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:14:57 +0000

txcollege10s,
I made a couple errors on my last post. It should have read the top 45 teams in today’s rankings being the cutoff and the 19 teams that won their conferences that are either unranked or over 45 in the today’s rankings. That would include both UNLV and VCU. Sorry for the confusion!

Northwestern University
Univ. of Georgia
Duke University
Baylor University
Univ. of Notre Dame
Univ. of Miami (Florida)
Univ. of Southern California
Georgia Tech
California
University of Tennessee
UCLA
Clemson University
Stanford
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Florida
Fresno State
University of Michigan
Florida State University
Vanderbilt University
North Carolina
Univ. of Mississippi
University of South Carolina
SMU
University of Alabama
Louisiana State University
Univ. of Kentucky
University of Virginia
TCU
Florida International University (FIU)
Arizona State University
Univ. of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
Auburn University
University of Illinois
Boise State University
Univ. of Tulsa
Ohio State University
University of Denver
Texas A&M University
Wake Forest University
Pepperdine
Princeton University
San Diego State University
UNLV
VCU
Boston U
ETSU
Richmond
Sac St.
Winthrop
Long Beach St
Georgia St
U of ILL Chicago
Miami-Ohio
Fairfield
Eastern Kentucky
Col of Charleston
Oral Roberts
UT Arlington
Jackson State
S.Carolina St.
Wichita State
LIU
Army

By: tennisguy2894

tennisguy2894 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:11:00 +0000

By: txcollege10s

txcollege10s — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:49 +0000

That would be tough to swallow if I were UNLV and had beat them. I do think they can use H2H in the selection. The whole NCAA rulebook is a bit tough to digest. This could give us an explanation.

By: tennisguy2894

tennisguy2894 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:32:43 +0000

txcollege10’s……..
I put together some information that I think will probably be the 64 teams picked today. There are 32 conference champions that get automatic bids. 21 of them are not ranked in the top 43 in today’s rankings. The other 11 of the 32 conference champions are ranked in the top 43 so they are already qualified. So it looks like the cutoff is going to be 43 from today’s rankings along with the 21 unranked automatic bid teams as conference champions to make up the 64 teams. This would mean that San Diego State is the last team in and UNLV is the first team out. I could be wrong but that is how I see it. We will see!

1 Northwestern University
2 Univ. of Georgia
3 Duke University
4 Baylor University
5 Univ. of Notre Dame
6 Univ. of Miami (Florida)
7 Univ. of Southern California
8 Georgia Tech
9 California
10 University of Tennessee
11 UCLA
12 Clemson University
13 Stanford
14 Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
15 University of Florida
16 Fresno State
17 University of Michigan
18 Florida State University
19 Vanderbilt University
20 North Carolina
21 Univ. of Mississippi
22 University of South Carolina
23 SMU
24 University of Alabama
25 Louisiana State University
26 Univ. of Kentucky
27 University of Virginia
28 TCU
29 Florida International University (FIU)
30 Arizona State University
31 Univ. of Texas at Austin
32 University of Washington
33 Auburn University
34 University of Illinois
35 Boise State University
36 Univ. of Tulsa
37 Ohio State University
38 University of Denver
39 Texas A&M University
40 Wake Forest University
41 Pepperdine
42 Princeton University
43 San Diego State University
44 Boston U
45 ETSU
46 Richmond
47 Sac St.
48 Winthrop
49 Long Beach St
50 Georgia St
51 U of ILL Chicago
52 Miami-Ohio
53 Fairfield
54 Eastern Kentucky
55 Col of Charleston
56 Oral Roberts
57 UT Arlington
58 FIU
59 Jackson State
60 S.Carolina St.
61 Wichita State
62 LIU
63 Army

By: tennisguy2894

tennisguy2894 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:47:36 +0000

txcollege10s,
I looked at your team, RPI and SOS rankings tonight before the ITA’s come out tomorrow and again I agree with you 100%. I have thought all year that Fresno State, Florida and Arkansas did not belong in the top 16 where they have been most of the year and after reading your charts tonight, I feel even more so. I feel North Carolina, Florida State and Michigan belonged higher up in the rankings then they do before NCAA regional’s are announced tomorrow but none of them will be there unfortunatel.
Fresno State is a very good team but they play a very soft schedule and Arkansas and Florida to me seem over rated this year and belong closer to the 20-22 range rather then where they are. I am not a mathematician like you are, but I do follow the top 25 very closely. The ITA has to upgrade their formulas they are using. They should look at your data as well as TennisRecruiting.net
Great job!
tennisguy2894