Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Big Ten Tree

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.

5 comments:

  1. I know OSU plays Wisconsin this week and Minnesota plays Purdue. The other schools are OoC.

    I 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...

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  2. The way I do it, you couldn't have Wis and MSU on the same level because Wis beat MSU.

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  3. Ok then:
    IA - OSU (3-0)
    WI - PSU (2-1/1-1)
    MSU (2-1)
    MI - PU - NU - Ill (1-2/1-1/0-3?)
    MN (?)
    IU

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  4. 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.

    The 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.

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  5. OK here's you currnet tree:

    Iowa - 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?

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