OK, so I have been remiss updating the basketball blogpoll this year. So sue me. Anyway, I did submit a ballot all bot one time so far (in week one). What you see below is my Week 3 ballot, and the deltas between Week 2.
This year, I have changed my ranking system. I am taking input from several different sources, manipulating the numbers and coming up with a score which is then used to rank the teams. I don't think this is any better or worse than other systems, it is just a derivative of several including but not limited to the RPI and Pomeroy's Pythagorean ranking. I may change it again later if I decide it isn't giving me what I want.
The big deltas between this week and last are primarily due to a tweak I made. I was giving a couple of factors way too much weight, and now I have adjusted that so that all the factors have proper weighting (proper by my own rules). So here we go:
Last week |
School |
This Week |
Delta |
Direction |
1 |
North Carolina |
1 |
0 |
NC
|
3 |
Gonzaga |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Pittsburgh |
3 |
-1 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma |
4 |
5 |
|
11 |
Xavier |
5 |
6 |
|
7 |
Connecticut |
6 |
1 |
|
5 |
Duke |
7 |
-2 |
|
4 |
Texas |
8 |
-4 |
|
10 |
Georgetown |
9 |
1 |
|
13 |
Ohio State |
10 |
3 |
|
20 |
Syracuse |
11 |
9 |
|
17 |
UCLA |
12 |
5 |
|
6 |
Louisville |
13 |
-7 |
|
8 |
Tennessee |
14 |
-6 |
|
15 |
Notre Dame |
15 |
0 |
NC
|
14 |
Wake Forest |
16 |
-2 |
|
21 |
Memphis |
17 |
4 |
|
NPR |
Butler |
18 |
NPR |
|
12 |
Villanova |
19 |
-7 |
|
NPR |
Missouri |
20 |
NPR |
|
23 |
Baylor |
21 |
2 |
|
18 |
Arizona State |
22 |
-4 |
|
22 |
Michigan State |
23 |
-1 |
|
NPR |
Clemson |
24 |
NPR |
|
NPR |
Brigham Young |
25 |
NPR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dropped out: |
Purdue (16), Kansas (19), Northwestern (24). Davidson (25) |
New in ballot:
|
Butler (18), Missouri (20), Clemson (24), BYU (25) |
As for the final Blogpoll, here are the results:
Final Blogpoll Week 3 |
Avg. Vote |
Last Week |
This Week |
Team (first place votes) |
Delta |
Direction |
1 |
1 |
1 |
North Carolina (10) |
0 |
NC
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
Pittsburgh |
0 |
NC
|
3.11 |
3 |
3 |
Connecticut |
0 |
NC
|
4.67 |
5 |
4 |
Oklahoma |
1 |
|
5.44 |
6 |
5 |
Texas |
1 |
|
7.22 |
4 |
6 |
Gonzaga |
-2 |
|
8.11 |
10 |
7 |
Xavier |
3 |
|
9.22 |
8 |
8 |
Louisville |
0 |
NC
|
9.56 |
9 |
9 |
Duke |
0 |
NC
|
10.44 |
12 |
10 |
Georgetown |
2 |
|
11.56 |
11 |
11 |
Wake Forest |
0 |
NC
|
12.22 |
13 |
12 |
Notre Dame |
1 |
|
14.78 |
20 |
13 |
Ohio State |
7 |
|
14.78 |
15 |
14 |
Syracuse |
1 |
|
15 |
14 |
15 |
UCLA |
-1 |
|
16.11 |
16 |
16 |
Villanova |
0 |
NC
|
17.89 |
7 |
17 |
Tennessee |
-10 |
|
18.78 |
17 |
18 |
Memphis |
-1 |
|
19.22 |
18 |
19 |
Purdue |
-1 |
|
20.33 |
21 |
20 |
Baylor |
1 |
|
20.33 |
22 |
21 |
Davidson |
1 |
|
20.56 |
19 |
22 |
Arizona State |
-3 |
|
21.56 |
24 |
23 |
Michigan State |
1 |
|
21.78 |
NPR |
24 |
Clemson |
NPR |
|
22.22 |
NPR |
25 |
Missouri |
NPR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dropped out of poll: |
Marquette (25), Kanasas (23) |
Entered poll: |
Clemson (24), Missouri (25) |
Your comments are welcome, as always.