Saturday, March 21, 2009

Power Points System's NCAA Tournament Field

Here is the 2009 NCAA Tournament Field if determined by the Power Points System. The field includes the 31 automatic qualifiers plus the top 34 remaining teams in the Power Points Standings. The number to the left is each team’s overall finish in the Power Points Standings. The numbers to the right are each team’s seed according to the Power Points System and the NCAA selection committee respectively (NS = no seed). The six teams selected by the NCAA that would not have qualified according to the Power Points System are listed below the field of 65. The average seed difference for the 59 teams that qualified under both formats is 1.26.

THE POWER POINTS SYSTEM FIELD OF 65
1 Memphis 1 2
2 Duke 1 2
3 Pittsburgh 1 1
4 Louisville 1 1
5 Connecticut 2 1
6 Oklahoma 2 2
7 North Carolina 2 1
8 Michigan State 2 2
9 Missouri 3 3
10 Villanova 3 3
11 Utah State 3 11
12 Kansas 3 3
13 Syracuse 4 3
14 Xavier 4 4
15 Siena 4 9
16 Washington 4 4
17 Florida State 5 5
18 Butler 5 9
19 Dayton 5 11
20 Purdue 5 5
21 LSU 6 8
22 Wake Forest 6 4
23 Utah 6 5
24 Gonzaga 6 4
25 Illinois 7 5
26 Creighton 7 NS
27 UCLA 7 6
28 BYU 7 8
29 Arizona State 8 6
30 Marquette 8 6
31 Clemson 8 7
32 West Virginia 8 6
33 Oklahoma State 9 8
34 Niagara 9 NS
35 Tennessee 9 9
36 Saint Mary's (CA) 9 NS
37 Ohio State 10 8
38 Davidson 10 NS
39 Virginia Commonwealth 10 11
40 Texas A&M 10 9
41 Temple 11 11
42 California 11 7
43 Illinois State 11 NS
44 San Diego State 11 NS
45 Western Kentucky 12 12
46 Texas 12 7
47 USC 12 10
52 Mississippi State 12 13
53 Northern Iowa 13 12
55 American 13 14
58 Cleveland State 13 13
61 North Dakota State 13 14
72 Binghamton 14 15
78 Robert Morris 14 15
82 Stephen F. Austin 14 14
89 Akron 14 13
94 East Tennessee State 15 16
98 Portland State 15 13
102 Morgan State 15 15
107 Cornell 15 14
127 Radford 16 16
133 Alabama State 16 16
142 Cal State Northridge 16 15
154 Morehead State 16 16
167 Chattanooga 16 16

TEAMS THAT DID NOT QUALIFY
48 Boston College NS 7
49 Minnesota NS 10
63 Maryland NS 10
64 Michigan NS 10
71 Wisconsin NS 12
76 Arizona NS 12

2008-2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Power Points Standings

1 Memphis 479
2 Duke 465
3 Pittsburgh 461
4 Louisville 458
5 Connecticut 428
6 Oklahoma 425
7 North Carolina 420
8 Michigan State 407
9 Missouri 386
10 Villanova 375
11 Utah State 366
12 Kansas 363
13 Syracuse 360
14 Xavier 340
15 Siena 337
16 Washington 330
17 Florida State 327
18 Butler 326
19 Dayton 325
20 Purdue 323
21 LSU 321
22 Wake Forest 319
23 Utah 319
24 Gonzaga 316
25 Illinois 311
26 Creighton 305
27 UCLA 294
28 BYU 292
29 Arizona State 286
30 Marquette 283
31 Clemson 283
32 West Virginia 281
33 Oklahoma State 280
34 Niagara 267
35 Tennessee 265
36 Saint Mary's (CA) 263
37 Ohio State 256
38 Davidson 252
39 Virginia Commonwealth 251
40 Texas A&M 251
41 Temple 246
42 California 244
43 Illinois State 241
44 San Diego State 238
45 Western Kentucky 234
46 Texas 231
47 USC 227
48 Boston College 222
49 Minnesota 221
50 Tulsa 217
51 Florida 214
52 Mississippi State 213
53 Northern Iowa 210
54 George Mason 202
55 American 201
56 South Carolina 201
57 UNLV 198
58 Cleveland State 195
59 UAB 194
60 Auburn 194
61 North Dakota State 192
62 Rhode Island 191
63 Maryland 189
64 Michigan 188
65 College Of Charleston 186
66 Penn State 186
67 Arkansas-Little Rock 182
68 Baylor 181
69 New Mexico 175
70 Vermont 174
71 Wisconsin 172
72 Binghamton 166
73 Duquesne 160
74 Kentucky 160
75 Wisconsin-Green Bay 159
76 Arizona 158
77 Kansas State 153
78 Robert Morris 152
79 Nevada 151
80 Providence 149
81 Buffalo 147
82 Stephen F. Austin 146
83 Miami 145
84 Houston 143
85 Nebraska 143
86 Old Dominion 142
87 Virginia Tech 137
88 Georgetown 135
89 Akron 134
90 UTEP 129
91 Hofstra 119
92 Weber State 117
93 Vanderbilt 117
94 East Tennessee State 115
95 Wright State 114
96 Northwestern 111
97 VMI 110
98 Portland State 105
99 Northeastern 105
100 Cincinnati 103
101 Ole Miss 100
102 Morgan State 97
103 Notre Dame 96
104 La Salle 90
105 Miami-Ohio 87
106 Rider 86
107 Cornell 85
108 Washington State 85
109 Stanford 84
110 Evansville 83
111 Boise State 82
112 North Texas 81
113 Tennessee-Martin 79
114 Wyoming 75
115 Mount Saint Mary's 73
116 Bradley 72
117 Alabama 72
118 Belmont 71
119 Fairfield 71
120 Oakland 66
121 Portland 66
122 Saint Joseph's 63
123 Seton Hall 61
124 Saint Louis 59
125 North Carolina State 59
126 South Alabama 58
127 Radford 56
128 Troy 55
129 Kent State 55
130 Navy 54
131 Pacific 54
132 New Mexico State 53
133 Alabama State 48
134 James Madison 47
135 Jacksonville 46
136 Liberty 42
137 The Citadel 39
138 Murray State 39
139 Richmond 37
140 Bowling Green 36
141 Boston University 34
142 Cal State Northridge 30
143 Holy Cross 29
144 Drake 29
145 Austin Peay 28
146 Nicholls State 25
147 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 23
148 Iowa 23
149 Idaho 21
150 St. John's 20
151 Manhattan 17
152 Drexel 16
153 UCF 15
154 Morehead State 13
155 Middle Tennessee 13
156 Arkansas 12
157 Sam Houston State 9
158 Eastern Kentucky 8
159 Texas Tech 6
160 Wichita State 4
161 Long Beach State 3
162 Montana -1
163 Texas-San Antonio -3
164 UC Santa Barbara -5
165 Oral Roberts -8
166 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi -9
167 Chattanooga -11
168 Illinois-Chicago -12
169 Virginia -12
170 Sacred Heart -13
171 Stony Brook -13
172 Utah Valley State -15
173 Wofford -16
174 Iowa State -19
175 Mercer -24
176 Albany -26
177 Jackson State -27
178 Ohio -29
179 Western Carolina -30
180 UMBC -30
181 Southern Miss -31
182 Louisiana Tech -33
183 UC Riverside -34
184 Georgia Tech -34
185 St. Bonaventure -40
186 TCU -40
187 Marshall -41
188 San Diego -43
189 Massachusetts -44
190 Chicago State -45
191 Southern Illinois -47
192 Texas-Arlington -48
193 Oregon State -51
194 Tulane -52
195 Lipscomb -53
196 Cal State Fullerton -54
197 Long Island -57
198 Denver -58
199 Wagner -59
200 New Hampshire -60
201 Lehigh -64
202 Santa Clara -64
203 Harvard -65
204 Lamar -65
205 Idaho State -67
206 Quinnipiac -72
207 South Carolina State -72
208 UNC Asheville -73
209 San Jose State -75
210 Georgia -76
211 Loyola-Chicago -79
212 IUPUI -81
213 Hampton -82
214 Hawaii -83
215 Samford -84
216 Yale -86
217 Savannah State -87
218 Montana State -88
219 Campbell -91
220 Presbyterian College -93
221 Central Connecticut -99
222 Eastern Washington -99
223 George Washington -99
224 Stetson -100
225 FIU -100
226 Loyola-Maryland -101
227 Bethune Cookman -102
228 Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne -103
229 Missouri State -104
230 Princeton -105
231 Rutgers -105
232 Ball State -107
233 Delaware -108
234 ECU -109
235 Charlotte -110
236 Texas State -112
237 Gardner Webb -115
238 Iona -116
239 Fresno State -117
240 Columbia -118
241 Arkansas State -119
242 Canisius -120
243 Longwood -121
244 UC Irvine -124
245 Prairie View A&M -128
246 Southeastern Louisiana -129
247 Appalachian State -130
248 Indiana State -130
249 Oregon -130
250 North Carolina A&T -133
251 Tennessee State -135
252 Coppin State -135
253 Pennsylvania -135
254 Southern Utah -136
255 South Florida -136
256 Colorado State -137
257 Tennessee Tech -139
258 Towson -139
259 Northern Colorado -141
260 Jacksonville State -141
261 Winthrop -142
262 Georgia State -144
263 Arkansas-Pine Bluff -145
264 UC Davis -146
265 St. Peter's -147
266 Youngstown State -147
267 Rice -149
268 New Orleans -150
269 Army -152
270 Eastern Illinois -153
271 Louisiana-Lafayette -153
272 William & Mary -153
273 Norfolk State -160
274 San Francisco -161
275 McNeese State -162
276 Colorado -165
277 Brown -166
278 DePaul -166
279 South Dakota State -170
280 Elon -175
281 SMU -175
282 Central Michigan -178
283 Air Force -180
284 Northern Arizona -181
285 Coastal Carolina -182
286 Marist -182
287 Colgate -183
288 ULM -183
289 St. Francis (NY) -185
290 Valparaiso -186
291 Florida Gulf Coast -190
292 South Carolina Upstate -198
293 Western Michigan -199
294 Central Arkansas -201
295 Dartmouth -203
296 Indiana -203
297 Cal Poly -206
298 Texas-Pan American -207
299 Florida A&M -211
300 Maine -212
301 Northwestern State -218
302 Georgia Southern -219
303 Alabama A&M -221
304 Pepperdine -222
305 Bucknell -229
306 UNC Wilmington -229
307 Charleston Southern -231
308 Cal State Bakersfield -232
309 Lafayette -237
310 Northern Illinois -238
311 Centenary -238
312 Bryant -240
313 Detroit -241
314 UMKC -250
315 Western Illinois -257
316 Delaware State -258
317 High Point -259
318 Monmouth -263
319 North Florida -265
320 Fairleigh Dickinson -272
321 Howard -273
322 Hartford -276
323 Southern -282
324 St. Francis (PA) -282
325 Fordham -288
326 Winston-Salem State -292
327 Florida Atlantic -295
328 Kennesaw State -297
329 Houston Baptist -300
330 Toledo -302
331 Furman -305
332 Eastern Michigan -309
333 UNC Greensboro -314
334 Mississippi Valley State -318
335 Texas Southern -319
336 Maryland Eastern Shore -323
337 Grambling -328
338 Loyola-Marymount -334
339 North Carolina Central -345
340 Southeast Missouri State -363
341 Alcorn State -377
342 Sacramento State -384
343 New Jersey Tech -503

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Fewest Teams From Top Two Match

Listed below are the scenarios for each season involving the fewest number of teams removed from the AP Poll matching the Power Points Standings’ top two (AP=PP) and/or the latter matching the former (PP=AP).

1978-1...eliminate Alabama (AP=PP) or Southern California (PP=AP)
1979-4...eliminate Brigham Young, Florida State. Arkansas, and Southern California (PP=AP)
1980-1...eliminate Georgia (AP=PP)
1981-4...eliminate Pittsburgh, Penn State, Miami-Florida, and Texas (PP=AP)
1982-0...match
1983-1...eliminate Texas (AP=PP) or Auburn (PP=AP)
1984-1...eliminate Oklahoma (PP=AP)
1985-1...eliminate Miami-Florida (PP=AP)
1986-1...eliminate Michigan (PP=AP)
1987-1...eliminate Oklahoma (AP=PP)
1988-1...eliminate Southern California (PP=AP)
1989-2...eliminate Miami-Florida and Michigan (AP=PP)
1990-1...eliminate Georgia Tech (AP=PP)
1991-0...match
1992-0...match
1993-0...match
1994-0...match
1995-0...match
1996-0...match
1997-1...eliminate Nebraska (AP=PP) or Tennessee (PP=AP)
1998-0...match
1999-2...eliminate Alabama and Nebraska (PP=AP)
2000-1...eliminate Miami-Florida (AP=PP) or Florida State (PP=AP)
2001-2...eliminate Oregon and Colorado (AP=PP)
2002-0...match
2003-1...eliminate Southern California (AP=PP) or Oklahoma (PP=AP)
2004-0...match
2005-0...match
2006-1...eliminate Ohio State (AP=PP) or Michigan (PP=AP)
2007-3...eliminate Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Georgia (AP=PP) or Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, and Missouri (PP=AP)
2008-1...eliminate Florida (AP=PP) or Texas (PP=AP)