A New Criteria for Selection Sunday

[CollegeSenior]

Men’s NCAA Tournament bubble watch: The key metric getting a selection committee spotlight — The Athletic

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.

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I like this addition.

 

[knight82]

Couldn't open the article. What's the change?

 

[CollegeSenior]

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“Wins Above Bubble, or WAB, is a new metric added to the NCAA’s team sheets ahead of last year’s tournament. It attempts to measure how much better or worse a specific team did against its own schedule than what would be expected of a generic bubble-caliber team. In other words: How many wins did you amass, and how many more or less is that than a bubble team would have?


That approach has multiple benefits. Most importantly, it provides one number to directly compare teams with drastically different strengths of schedule.


For a real-world example: Using the NET rankings to measure opponent quality, a bubble team would be expected to have won 14.11 games so far against Auburn’s wildly difficult schedule. Auburn currently has 15 wins, which puts the Tigers at +0.89 WAB. That same generic bubble team would be expected to accumulate 25.9 wins against Miami (Ohio)’s schedule. The Redhawks are 28-0, so they are at +2.10 WAB. That’s a one-to-one comparison to show that Miami has accomplished more than Auburn”

Men’s NCAA Tournament bubble watch: The key metric getting a selection committee spotlight — The Athletic

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.

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[bac2therac]

This is actually the 2nd year its been on team sheets. Its use is likely to be a guide for seeding. Its number along with SOR (strength of record) plays a greater role than the overall NET number

Why college basketball fans should master Wins Above Bubble: WAB is new factor in NCAA Tournament selection

If you only have the bandwidth to master one metric before Selection Sunday, consider learning WAB

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[ScarletDave]

I love this metric. I made a similar one for football. It showed Penn State and Notre Dame as early season pretenders, and had Indiana at #1 by week 5 which took AP until week 17 to do.

 

[RUJMM78]

I think a team needs to have a winning reciord against league rivals to be considered for a NCAA bid.Last season the SEC received 14 bids which wss ridiculous.