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That's a common misconception, probably due to the old "RPI"

Posted on: January 28, 2025 at 10:17:44 CT
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model which rewarded teams for playing stronger opponents & punished teams for playing weaker opponents. It was notorious for both its inaccuracy and bias towards the power programs.

Advanced models like Kenpom/Torvik/BPI are designed to eliminate SoS bias as much as possible. However, it's possible for those models to not completely account for the dynamics of a *blowout*. For example, not accounting for reserves being subbed in or players losing interest/intensity thereby impacting offensive/defensive efficiency.

If a team has an unusually high number of blowout games, and those "blowout dynamics" go undetected and accounted for by the model, then it could accumulate to create a negative bias against them.

And it would likely be an SoS-related bias, since blowouts are more likely to occur against weaker "low-major" opponents.

By contrast, a team that avoids low-majors would be playing its "A game" for a greater percentage of the season, causing it to look stronger to a naïve model that doesn't account for those dynamics.

So it's possible that an extremely weak non-conference schedule (loaded with low-majors) could impact Mizzou's ratings by the computer models, but I doubt it would be more than a few spots in the rankings. I'm a Kenpom fan, but Torvik's ranking seems more accurate.
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Kenpom: Mizzou #30 ... ESPN BPI: Mizzou #37 ... - zounami MU - 1/28 06:26:57
     Both of those computers have kU at #7. A team Mizzou beat - Carlos Rossi KC - 1/28 09:57:49
          KU #7 in the computer rankings and in 5th place in the B12 - Your Daddy MU - 1/28 12:13:13
               Zounami is not all there. He hates Dennis Gates for one - Carlos Rossi KC - 1/28 13:51:38
                    Carlos Rossi: "Too many blacks out there... especially on - zounami MU - 1/29 01:30:26
          the beaks are just unlucky(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/28 10:02:45
     I doubt the preseason bias is out of the models. - tgr MU - 1/28 08:46:21
          RE: I doubt the preseason bias is out of the models. - Brewer MU - 1/28 17:09:43
          They have some wins that look better now than they did - alwaysright MU - 1/28 09:46:09
     Where do they have to be for computers to be fans?(nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 1/28 08:22:50
          IMO, around #20 (nm) - zounami MU - 1/28 10:20:33
     it's also the poor noncon schedule(nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 1/28 07:41:51
          That's a common misconception, probably due to the old "RPI" - zounami MU - 1/28 10:17:44
               You are a true idiot - HissingPrigs77 MU - 1/28 15:03:54
                    Why don't you explain which part you disagree with, and why - zounami MU - 1/29 01:36:57
                    I can explain it, I cannot force you to understand it. (nm) - zounami MU - 1/29 01:36:10
               All computer systems have flaws - meatiger MU - 1/28 10:25:43
          Arizona is a good example of a team that had a rough Nov & - tigertix MU - 1/28 09:00:40
               No kidding..Caleb Love with a 50 footer 1 sec left go to OT(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/28 09:13:56




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