Comments on: CBB: The Top 31 College Basketball Programs of the Last 31 Years (Part II)

By: LewisWynne

LewisWynne — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:47:41 +0000

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By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:24:24 +0000

Remember, this rating takes into account average point differential in all games, and adjusts for SOS. So if you're playing an average opponent 4 PPG worse than Duke's avg. opponent, you have to beat those teams by 4 additional PPG just to keep up, and UNLV simply didn't do that across all 3 decades. I personally have nothing against UNLV, and they actually had some years where they were truly amazing (the 1991 team had the 4th-best single season of any team since 1980). But unfortunately the numbers just weren't there for them over all 31 years.

By: EFEX

EFEX — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:50:27 +0000

Ok but look at UNLV's record vs the bigger conferences.
Also they r 33-16 in the big dance which is the ultimate test vs
the best teams of that year. U have teams on ur list that hasn't
even won a national championship. Idk of u really think they ain't
deserving of it then there's no point in arguing bout it.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:35:19 +0000

Strength of schedule, my friend. UNLV had the 75th-best SOS of any team since 1980, which cost them significant points compared to schools from bigger conferences.

By: EFEX

EFEX — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:18:25 +0000

U left the 4th most winningest team off ur list.
How can u explain that? We were ranked as 8th
most prestigious b ball program by espn and we don't make
ur top 30? U obviously kno nothing about college athletics.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:00:29 +0000

Would it make you feel better to know that UNLV was #32?

By: EFEX

EFEX — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:24:05 +0000

That's a dumb list u got. There's no way that u can leave
a program like UNLV off there n consider this blog relevant.

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:39:31 +0000

wow, the battier-williams duke teams really dominated everyone

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:10:56 +0000

Sure, here are the best SRS seasons since 1980 (the first year we have game-by-game scores):

Year	School	Conf	SRS	W	L	WPct
1999	DUKE	ACC	34.80	37	2	0.949
2001	DUKE	ACC	32.20	35	4	0.897
1996	KEN	SEC	32.14	34	2	0.944
1991	UNLV	BIGW	31.11	34	1	0.971
1992	IND	BG10	30.06	27	7	0.794
1998	DUKE	ACC	29.56	32	4	0.889
1988	OKLA	BIG8	29.48	35	4	0.897
1997	KEN	SEC	29.23	35	5	0.875
1993	UNC	ACC	29.04	34	4	0.895
1988	ARIZ	PC10	28.95	35	3	0.921
2002	DUKE	ACC	28.93	31	4	0.886
2005	UNC	ACC	28.43	33	4	0.892
1995	KEN	SEC	28.28	28	5	0.848
1989	ARIZ	PC10	27.93	29	4	0.879
1989	MICH	BG10	27.64	30	7	0.811
1991	ARKA	SWC	27.27	34	4	0.895
1991	UNC	ACC	26.91	29	6	0.829
1993	KEN	SEC	26.91	30	4	0.882
2008	KAN	BG12	26.89	37	3	0.925
2001	ARIZ	PC10	26.83	28	8	0.778
1998	UNC	ACC	26.67	34	4	0.895
1997	KAN	BG12	26.60	34	2	0.944
2007	UNC	ACC	26.39	31	7	0.816
1990	OKLA	BIG8	26.20	27	5	0.844
1999	MARY	ACC	26.19	28	6	0.824
1986	UNC	ACC	26.12	28	6	0.824
1996	CONN	BIGE	26.05	30	2	0.938
1993	DUKE	ACC	25.98	24	8	0.750
1993	IND	BG10	25.84	31	4	0.886
2001	STAN	PC10	25.77	31	3	0.912

Also, re: recruiting scandals, yes, it's unfortunate that so many of these teams have had wins vacated due to improprieties. I decided to count the results even if the NCAA doesn't, though, because what happened happened. Even if teams broke NCAA rules, you can't just pretend those results never took place.