Friday, February 09, 2007

Performance in At-risk Games: Big 12 through 2/8/07

TeamEff MarginRecord
Kansas+197-2
Texas A&M+168-1
Oklahoma+115-4
Texas+86-3
Kansas St+36-3
Missouri+13-6
Texas Tech-24-5
Nebraska-43-5
Oklahoma St-84-4
Iowa St-93-6
Baylor-162-7
Colorado-192-7

Disclaimer: Obviously, all at-risk games (all losses plus road/neutral wins plus home wins against NCAA Tournament teams) are not created equally so I'll provide more information than just the numbers. I am listing teams in order of efficiency margin (points scored per 100 possessions minus points allowed per 100 possessions) simply as an organizational choice. These are not rankings.

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Texas A&M5-311098+12
vs. Big 128-111195+16

Wins: @Auburn (+42), Winthrop (+36), @Baylor (+19), @Colorado (+24), @Kansas (0)

Losses: @LSU (-21), vs. UCLA (-5), @Texas Tech (-6)

Also: Oklahoma State (+26), Texas (+25)


TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Kansas7-410494+10
vs. Big 127-211192+19

Wins: vs. Ball State (+25), vs. Florida (+7), vs. Toledo (+16), @South Carolina (+25), @Iowa State (+2), @Baylor (+36), @Nebraska (+30)

Losses: Oral Roberts (-14), @DePaul (-11), @Texas Tech (-9), Texas A&M (0)

Also: USC (+14), Boston College (+25), Oklahoma State (+38)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Texas5-7110111-1
vs. Big 126-3119111+8

Wins: @St. John's (+3), vs. LSU (+2), @Colorado (+31), @Nebraska (-3), @Texas Tech (+19)

Losses: vs. Michigan State (-5), vs. Gonzaga (-11), @Tennessee (-3), @Oklahoma State (-5), @Villanova (-14), Kansas State (-4), @Texas A&M (-25)

The defense hasn't gotten any better and the team hasn't gotten any better.

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Texas Tech7-9104106-2
vs. Big 124-5103105-2

Wins: @UTEP (+21), @TCU (+11), @Louisiana Tech (+17), vs. Arkansas (+25), @Kansas State (+19), Kansas (+9), Texas A&M (+6)

Losses: vs. Marquette (-16), vs. Air Force (-27), @Stanford (-13), UNLV (-10), @Baylor (-3), @Missouri (-21), Texas (-19), @Oklahoma (-26), Nebraska (-4)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Nebraska5-8103106-3
vs. Big 123-5100104-4

Wins: vs. Wyoming (+22), vs. Houston (+19), @Miami, FL (+25), @Missouri (+16), @Texas Tech (+4)

Losses: @Rutgers (-7), vs. Oregon (-26), @Hawaii (-11), @Iowa State (-15), @Oklahoma (-26), Texas (+3), @Kansas State (-21), Kansas (-30)

Also: Creighton (+17)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Kansas St7-7100104-4
vs. Big 126-3108105+3

Wins: @Rutgers (+22), @North Dakota State (+3), vs. USC (+20), vs. New Mexico (+24), @Missouri (+9), @Iowa State (+15), @Texas (+4)

Losses: @New Mexico (-31), @California (-43), @Colorado State (-7), @Xavier (-14), @Texas A&M (-5), Texas Tech (-19), @Kansas (-35)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Missouri2-8102106-4
vs. Big 123-6105104+1

Wins: @Colorado (+23), @Iowa State (+34)

Losses: @Purdue (-23), vs. Illinois (-4), Iowa State (+2), @Texas (-33), Kansas State (-9), @Kansas (-6), @Kansas State (-12), Nebraska (-16)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Oklahoma St5-599105-6
vs. Big 124-498106-8

Wins: vs. Auburn (+2), vs. Missouri State (+6), vs. Syracuse (+4), vs. Ball State (+33), vs. Pittsburgh (+4)

Losses: vs. Tennessee (-5), @Kansas (-38), @Texas A&M (-26), @Colorado (-21), @Oklahoma (-14)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Oklahoma1-892105-13
vs. Big 125-411099+11

Wins: @Tulsa (+15)

Losses: vs. Memphis (-20), vs. Purdue (-5), Villanova (-20), @Alabama (-24), @Texas Tech (-21), @Texas (-14), @Oklahoma State (-9), @Texas A&M (-17)

Also: Oklahoma State (+14)

The Sooners are ranked 13th in the nation at kenpom.com as of today. All of their losses have come against respectable teams but their best win is either Oklahoma State at home or @Tulsa. So here we are, 21 games into the season and their at-risk profile is worse than Nebraska's or Missouri's yet, if Mr. Pomeroy's method is correct, they could make the NCAA Tournament with the expectation of doing well therein. This, to me, is the possible value of ignoring (in one method) the degree to which teams beat the teams they're supposed to beat.

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Iowa St2-1191107-16
vs. Big 123-693102-9

Wins: @Minnesota (+5), @Missouri (-2)

Losses: @Northern Iowa (-19), Drake (-1), @Iowa (-27), vs. Bradley (-12), @Ohio State (-33), Kansas (-2), @Colorado (-10), Kansas State (-15), @Oklahoma State (-21), @Texas A&M (-34), Missouri (-34)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Baylor1-1095115-20
vs. Big 122-7100116-16

Win: vs. Colorado State (+6)

Losses: @Gonzaga (-16), South Carolina (-4), @Syracuse (-31), @Oklahoma State (-7), Texas A&M (-19), @Kansas State (-17), @Oklahoma (-58), Kansas (-36), @Texas (-9), @Iowa State (-19)

TeamRecordOffEffDefEffDiff
Colorado1-1389114-25
vs. Big 122-795114-19

Win: @Utah (0)

Losses: @New Mexico (-55), Air Force (-57), Wyoming (-4), @UNC-Wilmington (-14), Pepperdine (-10), Colorado State (-8), Texas (-32), @Oklahoma (-36), Texas A&M (-24), @Nebraska (-36), Missouri (-23), @Kansas (-29), @Baylor (-15)

Also: Oklahoma State (+21)

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