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Big 12 projection, Round 11

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7 years 7 months ago #16294 by asteroid
Kansas State won the battle of 5-5 teams and as a result returned to the upper division,
replacing Texas, whose unprojected home loss marginally slid them behind TCU as well. 
Baylor got a road win in Stillwater and reclaimed eighth place from the Cowboys as a
reward.  No other changes.

                      Init.  Rnd 1  Rnd 2  Rnd 3  Rnd 4  Rnd 5  Rnd 6  Rnd 7  Rnd 8  Rnd 9
Pred                  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.  Proj.
Rank  Big XII Team    Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins   Wins 
----  --------------  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
#  6  Kansas          13.09  13.61  12.47  12.93  12.83  12.85  13.52  13.69  13.07  13.61
# 12  Texas Tech      10.24  11.08  12.25  12.68  12.02  12.49  11.76  10.61  10.72  11.05
#  8  West Virginia   11.22  11.61  12.11  12.57  12.79  12.44  11.80  12.29  11.66  10.64
# 20  Oklahoma         9.97  10.47  10.97  10.50  11.17  11.46  10.53   9.88  10.60  10.79
# 46  Kansas State     6.82   7.76   7.23   6.82   7.05   7.17   8.05   8.63   9.46   9.00
# 22  TCU              8.93   8.30   9.09   8.78   8.46   8.06   8.41   7.88   8.58   9.07
# 34  Texas            8.92   8.59   8.89   8.30   8.68   8.04   8.77   8.09   8.37   8.30
# 32  Baylor           9.34   8.35   7.61   8.25   8.06   7.15   7.57   7.47   6.58   6.20
# 52  Oklahoma State   6.64   6.22   5.74   6.02   5.64   6.18   5.72   6.42   6.28   5.80
# 82  Iowa State       4.83   4.01   3.64   3.15   3.30   4.16   3.87   5.04   4.68   5.54

                      Rd 10  Rd 11
Pred                  Proj.  Proj.   Conf                          
Rank  Big XII Team    Wins   Wins   Record  Next Game   Prediction 
----  --------------  -----  -----  ------  ---------   -----------
#  6  Kansas          12.55  12.78    8  3  @BU  (Sa)   KU  by  3.3  RW
# 12  Texas Tech      11.77  11.98    8  3  @KSU (Sa)   TTU by  2.1  RW
#  8  West Virginia   11.04  11.55    7  4   OSU (Sa)   WVU by 11.8
# 20  Oklahoma        10.33   9.86    6  5  @ISU (Sa)   OU  by  4.4  RW
# 46  Kansas State     8.47   9.23    6  5   TTU (Sa)   
# 22  TCU              8.33   8.13    4  7   UT  (Sa)   TCU by  4.6
# 34  Texas            8.82   8.02    5  6  @TCU (Sa)   
# 32  Baylor           6.48   7.07    4  7   KU  (Sa)   
# 52  Oklahoma State   6.92   6.32    4  7  @WVU (Sa)   
# 82  Iowa State       5.29   5.06    3  8   OU  (Sa)

Only West Virginia has what I would call a "comfortable" game this weekend, if any game
against a Big 12 opponent could be considered comfortable.  Texas Tech has the toughest
assignment, and it would be great for Kansas if the Wildcats could pull off a much-needed
win.

Predictions                                                                                           
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              Saga  Mass  Pome  Gree  Dunk  Vega  Dolp  Coll  Whit  ESPN  7 OT  Real  Aste  A-HC  Trnd
WVU over OSU  11.8
TCU over UT    4.6
OU  over ISU   4.4
KU  over BU    3.3
TTU over KSU   2.1

Yours truly's home court adjustment method won honors for best prognostications in Round 11,
the second such win of the season.  Sagarin has regained the season lead.

Predictions                                                                                           
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              Saga  Mass  Pome  Gree  Dunk  Vega  Dolp  Coll  Whit  ESPN  7 OT  Real  Aste  A-HC  Trnd
TTU over ISU  12.6  13.0  13.8  14.0   8.5  14.0  13.7  14.4  14.8  17.3  11.0  18.0  15.8  15.4   7.0
KU  over TCU   8.7   6.0   6.4   7.0   5.0   7.5   7.7   8.7   6.8   9.8   5.0  11.0   8.8   8.3   4.6
UT  over KSU   5.2   6.0   5.1   5.0   1.5   5.5   5.3   4.5   5.2   6.5   5.0   8.0   5.0   4.5   5.2
WVU over OU    0.7  -4.0  -0.7  -2.5  -5.0  -2.0   0.3  -4.6  -2.6  -0.1  -2.0  -9.0   0.1   0.6   1.6
OSU over BU    0.4   3.0   1.4   1.0  -1.5   2.0   2.5   5.1   2.5   1.2   6.0   9.0   0.9   0.5   2.5

     Reality  Er1or                     1                             1     5                 2     1
     -------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Saga  Mass  Pome  Gree  Dunk  Vega  Dolp  Coll  Whit  ESPN  7 OT  Real  Aste  A-HC  Trnd
        18     5.4   5.0   4.2   4.0   9.5   4.0   4.3   3.6   3.2   0.7   7.0   0.0   2.2   2.6  11.0
         7     1.7   1.0   0.6   0.0   2.0   0.5   0.7   1.7   0.2   2.8   2.0   4.0   1.8   1.3   2.4
        -3     8.2   9.0   8.1   8.0   4.5   8.5   8.3   7.5   8.2   9.5   8.0  11.0   8.0   7.5   8.2
         2     1.3   6.0   2.7   4.5   7.0   4.0   1.7   6.6   4.6   2.1   4.0  11.0   1.9   1.4   0.4
       -11    11.4  14.0  12.4  12.0   9.5  13.0  13.5  16.1  13.5  12.2  17.0  20.0  11.9  11.5  13.5

total         28.0  35.0  28.0  28.5  32.5  30.0  28.5  35.5  29.7  27.3  38.0  46.0  25.8  24.3  35.5
previous     457.6 483.0 470.5 463.5 454.5 471.0 476.6 533.8 482.9 472.7 452.0 541.0 479.6 481.5 513.4
cumulative   485.6 518.0 498.5 492.0 487.0 501.0 505.1 569.3 512.6 500.0 490.0 587.0 505.4 505.8 548.9
per game       8.8   9.4   9.1   8.9   8.9   9.1   9.2  10.4   9.3   9.1   8.9  10.7   9.2   9.2  10.0

Only one road win was projected for Round 11, but three happened.  Now we're right on
the long-term average of one in three.  Three road wins are projected for Round 12, but
it would help Kansas if the one in Manhattan didn't happen.

Road wins (18 out of 55)                     Home losses                         Differential (RW-HL)
-----------------------------------------   ---------------------------------   --------------------
4 Kansas         UT  TCU WVU KSU            0 Texas Tech                        +2 Kansas        
3 Kansas State   ISU BU  UT                 1 Oklahoma       WVU                +2 Texas Tech    
3 West Virginia  OSU KSU OU                 1 West Virginia  WVU                +2 West Virginia 
2 TCU            BU  OSU                    2 Baylor         TCU KSU            +1 Kansas State  
2 Texas Tech     KU  TCU                    2 Iowa State     KSU UT              0 Oklahoma      
1 Oklahoma       TCU                        2 Kansas         TTU OSU            -1 Texas         
1 Oklahoma State KU                         2 Kansas State   WVU KU             -1 TCU           
1 Texas          ISU                        2 Texas          KU  KSU            -1 Baylor        
1 Baylor         OSU                        3 Oklahoma State WVU TCU BU         -2 Iowa State    
0 Iowa State                                3 TCU            OU  KU  TTU        -2 Oklahoma State

Kansas is having a hard time shedding those bottom-of-the-conference trend and mental toughness
ratings, but their consistency has been improving.

Performance (points)     Inconsistency (points)    
---------------------    ----------------------    
Texas Tech      +1.44    TCU               8.11    
Oklahoma        +0.74    Oklahoma State    9.41    
Kansas          +0.46    Texas             9.51    
TCU             +0.42    Oklahoma          9.61    
West Virginia   +0.24    Baylor           10.22    
Kansas State    +0.03    Kansas State     10.56    
Oklahoma State  -0.11    Texas Tech       11.26    
Texas           -0.34    Kansas           13.35    
Baylor          -0.40    Iowa State       13.71    
Iowa State      -1.80    West Virginia    15.45    

Trend (points per game)           Mental toughness
------------------------------    ------------------------------
Iowa State      +0.44 +/- 0.43    Iowa State      +0.37 +/- 0.22
TCU             +0.05 +/- 0.24    Texas Tech      +0.04 +/- 0.20
West Virginia   +0.01 +/- 0.47    TCU             +0.02 +/- 0.17
Kansas State    -0.07 +/- 0.32    Kansas State    -0.02 +/- 0.18
Baylor          -0.11 +/- 0.33    Oklahoma        -0.02 +/- 0.19
Oklahoma State  -0.11 +/- 0.28    Texas           -0.03 +/- 0.17
Oklahoma        -0.20 +/- 0.31    Oklahoma State  -0.06 +/- 0.16
Texas           -0.21 +/- 0.28    Baylor          -0.09 +/- 0.17
Texas Tech      -0.28 +/- 0.33    West Virginia   -0.14 +/- 0.26
Kansas          -0.70 +/- 0.37    Kansas          -0.56 +/- 0.32

Only two Big 12 teams are not in the Top 25 in terms of strength of schedule.
Tech playing at home against the league's cellar dwellar made them slip out of
the Top 50.

Average offense (pts)   Average defense (pts)   Total Points             Scoring Margin (pts)     
---------------------   ---------------------   ----------------------   ----------------------   
Oklahoma        88.74   Texas Tech      63.42   Oklahoma        170.87   Texas Tech      +12.50   
TCU             84.29   Texas           67.58   TCU             161.88   West Virginia   +12.46   
Kansas          81.79   West Virginia   67.79   Kansas          152.58   Kansas          +11.00   
West Virginia   80.25   Kansas State    68.00   Oklahoma State  149.58   TCU              +6.71   
Oklahoma State  76.25   Baylor          69.30   West Virginia   148.04   Oklahoma         +6.61   
Texas Tech      75.92   Kansas          70.79   Iowa State      146.70   Baylor           +6.13   
Baylor          75.43   Oklahoma State  73.33   Baylor          144.74   Kansas State     +5.63   
Kansas State    73.63   Iowa State      74.22   Kansas State    141.63   Texas            +4.21   
Iowa State      72.48   TCU             77.58   Texas           139.38   Oklahoma State   +2.92   
Texas           71.79   Oklahoma        82.13   Texas Tech      139.33   Iowa State       -1.74   

Schedule Strength 
-------------------------- 
Oklahoma        81.44 ( 1) 
Texas           80.56 ( 3) 
Kansas          80.44 ( 5) 
Iowa State      79.73 (10) 
TCU             79.47 (12) 
Baylor          79.46 (13) 
West Virginia   79.25 (17) 
Oklahoma State  78.95 (22) 
Kansas State    77.91 (44)
Texas Tech      77.46 (51)
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7 years 7 months ago #16295 by NotOstertag
Glad to see the projection, but dang if it doesn't seem that projections this year are as iffy as they've ever been.

One fun fact: only 1 team in the Big 12 has a winning road record (KU, 4-1). Two (WVU and KSU) are at .500.

Of course our 4-2 home record (in conference) puts us in a tie for 2nd to last if you look at it from the "two losses" standpoint. Tech is 6-0, OU is 5-1, and KU and Texas at 4-2, and KSU, ISU, and Baylor are 3-2.

Hoping you're correct and Baylor falls to .500 at home on Saturday, and KSU gets their 4th home win in the Schlocktagon of Dumb.

"When I was a freshman, I remember Coach Naismith telling us how important it was to play good defense." - Mitch Lightfoot
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