VCU rated #17 in the nation by Kyle Wheliston! (bbstate.com)

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Basketball State (run by Kyle Whelliston) has VCU rated #17 in the nation in his 'State of College Basketball Ratings'. It is interesting to note Rhode Island is #11 as well. His ratings are updated every hour as new info is fed into the website.

http://www.bbstate.com/

1.Texas
2.West Virginia
3.St. Mary's
4. Duke
5. New Mexico
6. Texas A&M
7. Purdue
8. California
9. Tennessee
10. Kansas State
11. Rhode Island
12. UNLV
13. Northern Iowa
14. Washington
15. Cincinnatti
16. Texas Tech
17. VCU
18. Florida State
19. Tulsa
20. Oklahoma State
21. Brigham Young
22. UTEP
23. UConn
24. St. John's
25. Villanova
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His rating system is obviously unorthodox and differs a great deal from other college rating systems. Here is how he comes to his ratings:

http://www.bbstate.com/info/aboutratings

Here are the CAA teams and their national ratings according to his formula:

http://www.bbstate.com/standings.php?a=thestate&y=10&c=CAA

Notables include VCU at 17, W&M at 32, ODU at 86, and Northeastern at 92.
 
i can't give credit to a ranking without Kansas in it. but it's nice to see VCU finally getting some respect from someone
 
while it is nice to see vcu rated highly that might be the worst poll i have ever seen.
 
mwalvlior said:
while it is nice to see vcu rated highly that might be the worst poll i have ever seen.
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agreed joke of a poll no reason to get excited
 
I think VCU is a top 50 team right now based on what we have proven so far. Not a top 25 team, there are too many other teams that are doing well so far. What does everyone else think?
 
it isn't a bad poll because it isn't a poll at all

A poll is a ranking system using purely subjective human opinion. The bball state rating system ...like the RPI, Pomeroy, Sagarin, etc... is a rating system that uses numerical formulas and actual statistical data to rate teams relative to each other. There is still subjectivity involved because of the choice of what types of statistics are used, and the weights each are given in relation to others, but that subjectivity is steps removed from the actual determination of rankings. Each method has its pros and cons... the human touch of polls allows for commonsense ignoring of outlier numbers and recognition of intangible know-it-when-you-see-it qualities, but can much more easily fall prey to emotional/historical bias.
 
VCU Finance 2008 said:
I think VCU is a top 50 team right now based on what we have proven so far. Not a top 25 team, there are too many other teams that are doing well so far. What does everyone else think?
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I agree. Latest AP and ESPN/USA today polls (12/14) have W&M getting votes. I don't think we can be too far behind that.
 
Wikipedia said:
An opinion poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals.
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Questionable stats, but interesting site. Thanks for the link.
 
districtballer said:
Basketball State (run by Kyle Whelliston) has VCU rated #1 in the nation in his 'State of College Basketball Ratings'. It is interesting to note Rhode Island is #11 as well. His ratings are updated every hour as new info is fed into the website.

http://www.bbstate.com/

1.VCU
2.Kansas
3.West VA
4. Duke
5. UNC
6. Texas A&M
7. Purdue
8. California
9. Tennessee
10. Kansas State
11. Rhode Island
12. UNLV
13. Northern Iowa
14. Washington
15. Cincinnatti
16. Texas Tech
17. Texas
18. Florida State
19. Tulsa
20. Oklahoma State
21. Brigham Young
22. UTEP
23. UConn
24. St. John's
25. Villanova
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your poll is much more correct now...at least as accurate as his
 
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