ISU #1 in BPI

[Althetuna]

Nice surprise this morning

NCAA College Basketball BPI Rankings - ESPN

 

[Cyclonepride]

Very nice! Curious how Ohio State is that high with their schedule. Margin of victory?

 

[Althetuna]

Very nice! Curious how Ohio State is that high with their schedule. Margin of victory?

Must be the margin. They haven't played anyone in the top 50 BPI.

 

[Dryburn]

It says ISU is 1-0 versus opponents that were missing one of their top players. Would that have been Iowa, and Ogelsby, or was there another team? I was just curious.

 

[ojoe2317]

Awesome to see!

But any ranking system that has Baylor at #38 is a bit suspect in my mind . . .

 

[cyatheart]

Interesting, hard to say anyone has better wins than the clones right now, this actually makes sense to me based on performance thus far

 

[Cyclonepride]

It says ISU is 1-0 versus opponents that were missing one of their top players. Would that have been Iowa, and Ogelsby, or was there another team? I was just curious.

Best shooter in basketball history, so this makes sense

 

[Gunnerclone]

 

[Rogue52]

It says ISU is 1-0 versus opponents that were missing one of their top players. Would that have been Iowa, and Ogelsby, or was there another team? I was just curious.

It's not Iowa. It says Iowa is 11-2 with all of their top players.

 

[photomuse]

What is equally interesting to me is we have the lowest variance of all teams in actual vs. expected outcome. This has been a very consistent team.

 

[CyFan61]

So our raw score is 9th, but our SOS bump is good enough to put us #1? Am I reading that right?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

So our raw score is 9th, but our SOS bump is good enough to put us #1? Am I reading that right?

Or it could be our Dreaminess factor :wink:

 

[ianoconnor]

Or it could be our Dreaminess factor :wink:

If there were a dreaminess factor, the BPI would automatically rank us National Champions.

 

[andymhallman]

I'm not sure if this is true, but I'm guessing Baylor's BPI is low because they struggled at home against weak competition in a few of their games, winning by only a bucket or two. ISU has cleaned up against inferior opponents. The one exception might be UNI, but even that ended up being a nine-point victory.

 

[letsCYber]

The glory days of Iowa State basketball are now.

 

[BMWallace]

It says ISU is 1-0 versus opponents that were missing one of their top players. Would that have been Iowa, and Ogelsby, or was there another team? I was just curious.

Wasnt McGary out for Michigan?

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Wasnt McGary out for Michigan?

No

 

[BloodyBuddy]

It has to be one of these teams:

TAMU-CC
UNC-W
Michigan
UMKC
G Mason

All other teams don't have any losses without their top players.

 

[andymhallman]

What's also surprising is that Iowa State's worst performance was its 90-88 win at BYU, and not the UNI game.

 

[Althetuna]

It says ISU is 1-0 versus opponents that were missing one of their top players. Would that have been Iowa, and Ogelsby, or was there another team? I was just curious.

It was UMKC. Game opp. weight. 866.