Using the tree method of evaluating the Big Ten, I come up with this currently (conference games only):
Iowa - Wis - OSU
PSU - MSU - MN
Ill - MI - NU
Ind - PU
A loss to IA really wouldn't change anything for M. MSU losing to IL would drop M, though.
If non-conference games are thrown in, then MI will move up with at least MSU. I'll try to do that later.
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I know OSU plays Wisconsin this week and Minnesota plays Purdue. The other schools are OoC.
ReplyDeleteI predict the in conf tree will looks like this:
IA - OSU
Wis-PSU-MSU
IL-MI-MU-MN-PU
IN
Not sure how that 3rd tier fits together...
The way I do it, you couldn't have Wis and MSU on the same level because Wis beat MSU.
ReplyDeleteOk then:
ReplyDeleteIA - OSU (3-0)
WI - PSU (2-1/1-1)
MSU (2-1)
MI - PU - NU - Ill (1-2/1-1/0-3?)
MN (?)
IU
I'm not really sure what you are doing, but the way I do it would never let a team go beneath a team it beat. MN beat NU.
ReplyDeleteThe whole point of my tree is that once there is an upset, a whole group can end up on the same level. It isn't a way to show how good teams really are.
It wouldn't work in the NBA.
OK here's you currnet tree:
ReplyDeleteIowa - Wis - OSU
PSU - MSU - MN
Ill - MI - NU
Ind - PU
I'm saying this week - M loses to IA; MSU beats IL; OSU beats WI and Purdue beats MN - I didn't know who beat who - what would the tree look like?