[Husker] Women's basketball

[Steve Reichenbach]

The URL I looked at is:
http://rpiratings.com/womrate.htm
As you wrote, the schedule ranks are quite different.  Thanks for
pointing out the other site.

Whether NU or Baylor (or Texas A&M or Oklahoma) should be viewed as
the best team, in terms of winning the regular season title, NU has
what may be a schedule advantage.  With 5 of the 6 Big 12 South teams
(excepting Texas Tech) so strong and 3 of the Big 12 North teams
(K State, CU, and Missouri) not so strong, all of the South teams
have a tougher schedule.  Even though NU plays at Baylor and Baylor
has two of the three top North teams at home, NU plays seven games
against the four weakest teams whereas each of the South teams plays
only five games against those opponents.  On the other side, NU has
only nine games (with four road games) against the top seven teams,
whereas each South team has 11 games (and five or six road games)
against the top seven teams.  On that basis, if the NU women play
to their potential, they look to be the conference favorite at this
point.

> Steve, have you looked at the web site real time rpi ? This site has 
> nebraska's RPI at 4 with a SOS of  19.
> http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html I think sagarin is a bit off on 
> his SOS. The coach for the catamounts said she thought that the huskers 
> could be a final 4 team and along with that an ESPN talking head says 
> Nebraska is the second best team only behind Baylor in the Big 12. Also you 
> did a nice job of reviewing the game from last night.
> 
> > The NU women's basketball team has finished the non-conference schedule
> > with a 13-0 record.  NU picked up a nice road win at Vermont by a score
> > of 94-50.  Before the game, Sagarin ranked Vermont (11-2 before the NU
> > game) #22 (although #43 on the predictor rankings).  As a point of
> > reference, Vermont's only other losses were at #1 UConn 84-42 and at
> > home to #23 Oklahoma St. 68-63.
> >
> > Kelsey Griffin nearly had a double-double by half with double digit
> > points and 8 rebounds (if memory serves me) and finished with 25 points
> > and 16 rebounds with somewhat limited time in the blowout second half.
> > Griffin is having an all-American-caliber season.  In the current NCAA
> > individual statistics, Griffin is in the top 40 in both points and
> > rebounds and only five players rank higher in both categories.
> >
> > In the most current Sagarin ratings, NU is #4 (#5 predictor).  NU
> > also has wins at home over #11 LSU 77-63, at Miami FL (12-2,
> > Sagarin #44) 76-71, and at home over Creighton (7-4, Sagarin #50)
> > 69-56.  Still NU's schedule ranks #90, so bigger tests remain.
> > In particular, in the Sagarin ratings the Big 12 has:
> >
> > Team       Rating Predict
> > Nebraska        4       5
> > Texas A&M       8       6
> > Baylor         10       7
> > Oklahoma       13      20
> > Oklahoma St    15      25
> > Texas          17      15
> > Kansas         22      14
> > Iowa St        37      28
> >
> > It is incredible that the conference has seven teams in the top 25.
> > Of those five are Big 12 South teams.  From the Big 12 South, NU has
> > Texas, Oklahoma St, and Texas A&M at home and Baylor, Texas Tech, and
> > Oklahoma on the road.  Although there clearly will be many tough
> > games in the Big 12, using the current Sagarin predictor, NU is the
> > underdog only at Baylor.  Other difficult games include this week's
> > game at Iowa St, road games at Kansas and Oklahoma, and home games
> > against Texas, Oklahoma St, and Texas A&M.  Particularly challenging
> > will be an 8-day stretch with Oklahoma St and Texas at home and at
> > KU.  Likewise, the upcoming 8-day stretch at Iowa St, at home against
> > Texas, and at Baylor will be tough.
> >
> > At present, NU looks poised to make a run at winning the country's
> > toughest conference and capable of making a run at the final four.
> >
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