fuk "adjusting" that is why they play the game....
all I know is that when memphis plays good teams they are average... when the other "top" teams in their conference play other mediocre teams in post season tourneys right now, they are looking bad....
I mean, we could have Illinois come and play my 7th and 8th grade boys team tomorrow and the rest of the teams in the league next week and "adjust" the results of those games and some computer might spit out results that says Illinois is the 8th best team in the nation after adjusting for SOS....but it really doesn't matter...
if you've played sports at any competive level, you realize that you can extrapolate results/statistics for all events and predict future events using them.... there is a point where strict statistical models break down and fail to predict the complexity of the human being and a group of humans performance. If you've played sports, you realize that when you step up in levels somthing happens. what works real well against crappy team like Lamar or some Division I-AA team (full court press for instanct) will NOT work against a team with 2 future pros in their backcourt. there is not a linear progression model that "adjusts" for the difference in those levels.
just like you couldn't come up with "adjustments" to predict how USC would fare against the Oakland raiders.... its not just quantitative it is qualitative.... the players react completely differently physically, psychologically, emotionally in CLOSE game against a better team, then they would up 30 with 15 mins in the second half playing loose.
all I know is that when memphis plays good teams they are average... when the other "top" teams in their conference play other mediocre teams in post season tourneys right now, they are looking bad....
I mean, we could have Illinois come and play my 7th and 8th grade boys team tomorrow and the rest of the teams in the league next week and "adjust" the results of those games and some computer might spit out results that says Illinois is the 8th best team in the nation after adjusting for SOS....but it really doesn't matter...
if you've played sports at any competive level, you realize that you can extrapolate results/statistics for all events and predict future events using them.... there is a point where strict statistical models break down and fail to predict the complexity of the human being and a group of humans performance. If you've played sports, you realize that when you step up in levels somthing happens. what works real well against crappy team like Lamar or some Division I-AA team (full court press for instanct) will NOT work against a team with 2 future pros in their backcourt. there is not a linear progression model that "adjusts" for the difference in those levels.
just like you couldn't come up with "adjustments" to predict how USC would fare against the Oakland raiders.... its not just quantitative it is qualitative.... the players react completely differently physically, psychologically, emotionally in CLOSE game against a better team, then they would up 30 with 15 mins in the second half playing loose.
