It's almost time for the NCAA Tournament! Which means the joy of filling out a bracket, bragging about your picks, and then watching way too much the right amount of basketball as you cheer on your teams. But to pick a bracket, the NCAA selection committee must choose who is in and who is out. It is our job as fans to speculate and predict who will be in the field, and who will be left out. The teams that are on the edge of being barely in or barely out of the tournament are considered to be "on the bubble". When fans look at these bubble teams to try and determine who should be in or not, they are often extremely biased towards large or traditional schools. Over the last few seasons the NCAA has shown a bit of reverse bias by picking teams like VCU, Alabama-Birmingham, and Iona over what some people considered to be far superior teams. I have decided to take all of the bias out of the equation, and introduce to you the blind resume. I have taken 18 teams that the experts have right on the bubble. Probably about 6 or 7 of these 18 teams will end up making the tournament, and these are the teams that the selection committee will be deciding over. The point of a blind resume is that it is purely unbiased. I have made tables that have three teams and their criteria listed. The goal of this game is for you to look over the three resumes and then determine who you feel like most deserves a berth in the tournament. After you are done picking out a team, click on the link below that table. It will open a window that will show you the three teams that were in the table. You might be very surprised at some of the teams that you pick! (all stats and information as of 3/8/13) (for a brief recap of what RPI and BPI are, I have them described in a previous post HERE)
Blind Resume Table #1:
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
20-10
|
20-10
|
20-9
|
| Conference Record |
9-8
|
11-6
|
8-7
|
| RPI |
94
|
54
|
43
|
| BPI |
65
|
46
|
47
|
| Strength of Schedule |
133
|
82
|
79
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
286
|
74
|
218
|
| Home |
15-4
|
15-2
|
13-1
|
| Away |
4-5
|
4-7
|
5-8
|
| Neutral |
1-1
|
1-1
|
2-0
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
2-1
|
0-3
|
2-5
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
4-4
|
1-4
|
3-6
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
6-8
|
6-9
|
7-7
|
| Last 10 games |
4-6
|
6-4
|
6-4
|
| Good Wins |
Colorado, UCLA,
California, @ Colorado
| Missouri, @ Ole Miss | @ Creighton, UNLV, Colorado State |
| Bad Losses | Depaul, @ Utah | @ Georgia | @ Utah, @ Nevada |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #1.
Blind Resume Table #2:
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
20-10
|
21-7
|
22-8
|
| Conference Record |
10-7
|
11-4
|
11-4
|
| RPI |
70
|
39
|
42
|
| BPI |
43
|
45
|
64
|
| Strength of Schedule |
134
|
98
|
88
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
302
|
121
|
87
|
| Home |
17-1
|
11-2
|
11-1
|
| Away |
3-8
|
8-5
|
9-6
|
| Neutral |
0-1
|
2-0
|
2-1
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
2-2
|
1-1
|
0-3
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
4-2
|
2-2
|
0-4
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
7-3
|
5-6
|
3-7
|
| Last 10 games |
5-5
|
8-2
|
6-4
|
| Good Wins | @ Wisconsin, NC State, UNC, Duke | Villanova, Butler, @ VCU | Denver |
| Bad Losses | Delaware, @ George Mason, vs. Old Dominion, @ Wake Forest, @Clemson | Central Connecticut State | @ Marshall |
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
22-8
|
22-8
|
20-10
|
| Conference Record |
10-5
|
11-6
|
8-9
|
| RPI |
40
|
57
|
86
|
| BPI |
57
|
44
|
54
|
| Strength of Schedule |
72
|
162
|
123
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
68
|
294
|
298
|
| Home |
13-3
|
16-1
|
16-3
|
| Away |
8-4
|
5-6
|
3-6
|
| Neutral |
1-1
|
1-1
|
1-1
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
1-3
|
0-2
|
1-4
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
3-3
|
1-3
|
2-4
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
9-5
|
6-6
|
3-8
|
| Last 10 games |
8-2
|
5-5
|
5-5
|
| Good Wins | vs. Syracuse, La Salle, Saint Louis, @ Villanova | Missouri, Tennessee 2x | NC State, Duke |
| Bad Losses | Duquesne | @ South Carolina, @ Mississippi State | @ Boston College, @ Georgia Tech |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #3.
Blind Resume Table #4:
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
19-12
|
17-13
|
18-11
|
| Conference Record |
10-8
|
9-9
|
10-7
|
| RPI |
52
|
77
|
56
|
| BPI |
59
|
90
|
63
|
| Strength of Schedule |
17
|
57
|
49
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
144
|
29
|
49
|
| Home |
12-4
|
11-3
|
12-3
|
| Away |
6-7
|
4-9
|
4-7
|
| Neutral |
1-1
|
2-1
|
2-1
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
4-1
|
1-1
|
1-2
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
5-7
|
3-5
|
2-3
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
7-10
|
7-6
|
8-9
|
| Last 10 games |
6-4
|
4-6
|
7-3
|
| Good Wins | Louisville, Syracuse, @ Connecticut, Marquette, Georgetown | vs. Miami (FL), @ Wichita State, Creighton | Wichita State, Florida, Massachusetts, Kentucky |
| Bad Losses | Columbia | @ Morehead State, @ Southern Illinois, @ Missouri State, Drake 2x, @ Bradley | Georgia 2x |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #4.
Blind Resume Table #5:
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
20-10
|
18-10
|
20-10
|
| Conference Record |
10-7
|
8-7
|
12-6
|
| RPI |
50
|
55
|
49
|
| BPI |
39
|
95
|
53
|
| Strength of Schedule |
54
|
62
|
37
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
148
|
80
|
70
|
| Home |
16-1
|
10-4
|
11-5
|
| Away |
3-8
|
7-4
|
6-5
|
| Neutral |
1-1
|
1-2
|
3-0
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
1-4
|
0-2
|
2-2
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
3-7
|
1-6
|
5-5
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
6-8
|
7-8
|
8-9
|
| Last 10 games |
6-4
|
5-5
|
8-2
|
| Good Wins | Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State | @ La Salle, Ohio | Oregon 2x, @ Arizona, UCLA, Colorado, @Denver |
| Bad Losses | @ Texas Tech | George Washington | Harvard |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #5.
Blind Resume Table #6:
| Criteria | Team A | Team B | Team C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Record |
18-11
|
26-5
|
17-13
|
| Conference Record |
11-6
|
14-2
|
8-9
|
| RPI |
62
|
34
|
69
|
| BPI |
67
|
32
|
49
|
| Strength of Schedule |
85
|
124
|
30
|
| Non-Conference SOS |
78
|
138
|
43
|
| Home |
12-3
|
16-1
|
11-5
|
| Away |
4-8
|
9-2
|
4-7
|
| Neutral |
2-0
|
1-2
|
2-1
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 25 |
0-1
|
0-2
|
0-5
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 50 |
0-4
|
1-2
|
1-5
|
| Record vs. RPI Top 100 |
7-7
|
5-3
|
4-10
|
| Last 10 games |
6-4
|
9-1
|
3-7
|
| Good Wins | vs. Villanova, Kentucky | Creighton, BYU 2x | Oklahoma State, @ Kentucky, BYU |
| Bad Losses | Tulane, @ Auburn, Mercer | vs. Pacific, vs. Georgia Tech | Northwestern, Charleston |
Click HERE to find out which teams are in Blind Resume Table #6.
I hope that this blind resume game was fun, and that it helped you discover some teams that you might have previously written off. Remember, there is still some great basketball left to be played! This weekend has some great games, including Syracuse @ Georgetown, Duke @ UNC, and Indiana @ Michigan. After this weekend, there is a whole glorious week of conference tournaments, and then the moment of truth for all of these schools listed above: Selection Sunday. It's March. This basketball is Madness. Wait... It's MARCH MADNESS BABY! Clearly, I'm just a little excited about this. 'Til next time.
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