High Seed | Low Seed | Rating | Rating | Predicted Exchange | Exchange if Upset |
Akron | Ohio | 42.383 | 34.004 | 0.162 | 1.838 |
Kent | BGSU | 46.173 | 37.540 | 0.137 | 1.863 |
Akron | VCU | 42.545 | 39.964 | 0.742 | 1.258 |
WKU | BGSU | 38.677 | 37.404 | 0.873 | 1.127 |
WKU | Ohio | 39.550 | 33.842 | 0.429 | 1.571 |
Kent | UK | 46.310 | 45.305 | 0.900 | 1.100 |
BGSU | Ohio | 36.531 | 33.413 | 0.688 | 1.312 |
UK | VCU | 44.406 | 39.222 | 0.482 | 1.518 |
Kent | VCU | 47.209 | 38.740 | 0.153 | 1.847 |
Akron | WKU | 43.287 | 39.979 | 0.669 | 1.331 |
UK | Akron | 44.887 | 43.956 | 0.907 | 1.093 |
I am very excited to see VCU play all these teams. Notwithstanding this team being on the rise, we are also able to see some them play Kent!, Akron!!, and UK!!!. A UK / VCU dual-traveler matchup is rare, so let’s cherish the statistical moment. UK has a strong rating having competed so well in the past. Should VCU secure a major win on the road, they could very well secure some major points on their rating. The potential upset exchange barely falls within that 68 percentile, so the upset is both statistically viable and categorically valuable.
Akron [current #13] gets a +3 home court boost to put them in a #9 caliber range, the top of the middle section of the Standings. Three out of their four scheduled games are predictions to win, with a Kentucky/Akron matchup being so even. After this weekend, we could see Akron climbing from below the League Mean to above the mean. Winning out on the day will give Akron the potential to break into the #9 position and being the top of the middle of the back.
What do you think of these?
VCU FTW
Good one Van