Week 4
I've been doing a series like this over on /r/CFB for 5 years now, started for College Basketball this year. The post attempts to visualize consistency between voters in the AP Poll in a single image. Additionally it sorts each AP voter by similarity to the group. Notably, this is not a measure of how "good" a voter is, just how consistent they are with the group. Especially preseason, having a diversity of opinions and ranking styles is advantageous to having a true consensus poll. Polls tend to coalesce towards each other as the season goes on.
The most consistent voters this week were again Jerry Carino Wayne Epps, now tied for 1st (with Terry Toohey) and 2nd on the season.
Jesse Newell and Jon Wilner were the biggest outliers this week, and are in 2nd and 3rd on the season, behind Luke DeCock.
Am I reading his correctly that not only is Jesse Newell the only person to rank Purdue, he ranks them at #16?
I get they have a high KenPom for not being ranked (#10) but, yeah, they have yet to beat a T-200 KP team and have 2 losses.
Absurd that he ranks them nearly T-15 and is the only voter to even rank them.
Nah, I’m good with this. Also he dropped us from 15 to 16
This time of year that is pretty common. A pollster things they see something and rank a team high. Eventually they're proven wrong or other's catch-up. Utah was ranked 12 on a single ballot 2 weeks ago but not included on any other's.
https://collegepolltracker.com/basketball/team/utah-utes/2019
Man, I wanted to say that was an accident and he meant to rank Utah State, but he also ranked Utah State on that ballot. He must have gotten really, really swayed by that 94-point win.
They're going to be favored by oddsmakers on Friday against VCU, who is ranked 20th. Doesn't seem off to me.
/u/defenserhino what about this?
Luke is still living up to his name
Wtf is that lol
DeCock
For real
Dickie V voted for Vermont is he, dare I say, not a coward?
They lost to Rider yesterday, so I think it's more indicative that he goes to bed early than he isn't a coward.
Shouting out Wayne Epps Jr. Dude is Richmond based and one of the best local sports reporters. Writes great VCU articles , but doesn't pull punches. Big shout out.
Someone has us at 23 and another has us at 6. What the fuck