G’s Evaluation or Women’s Basketball Top 363 for Week 17!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 598 of the GCR. Episode 500 was just 192 days ago so we are posting every other day on average. Because we are in a new month, look for the Women’s next to last conference comparison tomorrow (Tuesday). Wednesday will be the Men’s Top 365 followed by their own conference comparison on Thursday. We only have 35 more days of college basketball before our champions are crowned. Every. Game. Matters. In addition to the planned posts, we will update the tourney games to watch. In each case, the games to watch are in order of tipoff.

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This week in women’s basketball, we have the odd dichotomy of some conferences finishing their regular season and some completing their conference tourneys. Let’s look at some of the big games coming up. To qualify, both teams must have at least 17 wins (1 per week) OR be a tourney game (Conference – Round in parenthesis).

DayGames to Watch
MonSteph F Austin @ McNeese, Detroit/Milwaukee (Horizon – Play in),
TueLipscomb/Austin Peay (Atl Sun – 1), App St/South Alabama (Sun Belt – 1), Bellarmine/Fla Gulf Coast (Atl Sun – 1), Louisiana/Georgia St (Sun Belt – 1), North Florida/West Georgia (Atl Sun – 1)
WedArkansas/Kentucky (SEC – 1), Stanford/Miami FL (ACC – 1), Cincinnati/Kansas St (Big 12 – 1), VCU/Duquesne (Atl 10 – 1), Mississippi St/Florida (SEC – 1), SEMO/Little Rock (Ohio Valley – 1), Wake Forest/California (ACC – 1), Houston/BYU (Big 12 – 1), Fordham/St Louis (Atl 10 – 1), Indiana/Nebraska (Big Ten – 1), SIUE/UT Martin (Ohio Valley – 1), Florida St/Georgia Tech (ACC – 1), Presbyterian/SC Upstate (Big South – 1), North Dakota/Omaha (Summit – 1), Auburn/Texas A&M (SEC – 1), Wisconsin/Illinois (Big Ten – 1), Arizona/Arizona St (Big 12 – 1), Robert Morris/Fort Wayne (Horizon – 1), IU Indy/N Kentucky (Horizon – 1), Oakland/Cleveland St (Horizon – 1), Wright St/Youngstown St (Horizon – 1), Missouri/Alabama (SEC – 1), Purdue/Oregon (Big Ten – 1), UCF/Kansas (Big 12 – 1), Boise St @ UNLV
ThuW Carolina/Chattanooga (SoCon – QF), St Bonaventure @ Loyola Chicago (Atl 10 – 2), Clemson/Virginia (ACC – 2), Marist/Manhattan (MAAC – 1), Southern Cal/Washington (Big Ten – 2), Kansas City/South Dakota St (Summit – QF), Greensboro/E Tenn St (SoCon – QF), Winthrop/Gardner Webb (Big South – QF), St Peters/Sacred Heart (MAAC – 1), Seattle/Washington St (West Coast – 1), Samford/Wofford (SoCon – QF), Geo Wash/Dayton (Atl 10 – 2), San Diego/St Marys (West Coast – 1), Mercer/Furman (SoCon – QF), Chrls So/Radford (Big South – QF), New Hampshire/Maine (AmEast – QF), Albany/Vermont (AmEast – QF), Bryant/Binghamton (AmEast – QF), NJ Tech/Balt County (AmEast – QF), Stony Brook @ Charleston, CA Baptist @ Abilene Chr, Asheville/Longwood (Big South – QF)
FriButler/Georgetown (Big East – 1), St Thomas/Oral Roberts (Summit – QF), DePaul/Providence (Big East – 1), Denver/South Dakota (Summit – QF), Xavier/St Johns (Big East – 1)
SatSiena/Iona (MAAC – QF), Stony Brook @ Campbell, East Carolina @ Tulsa, UC Irvine @ UC Davis, Santa Barbara @ UC San Diego
SunIllinois St @ Bradley

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Remember that most of the 31 conferences will only have a single participant in the NCAA Championship – the winner of the conference tourney. The Horizon Play in game (at 8:00pm Eastern today) features two teams with a combined 14-46 record. Neither team SHOULD win the Horizon title, but remember that in 2007-08, Coppin St was 16-21, 7-9 in the MEAC, but won the tourney, becoming the only team with 20 losses to make the show – they lost their first four game 69-60 to St Marys, but they were there.

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Each day, we will post a combined women’s and men’s tournament games for the day, after which we look forward to our 4-6 weeks hiatus before we start talking about college football again.

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We will publish the Top 363 once again after all of the conference tourneys are complete, but before the post-season tournaments begin. Then we will publish our final ranking following the championship games. We will do the same for the men as well. After the final postings, we will provide the final conference comparisons and call the basketball season officially over.

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That’s it for today. Remember, you can add 4.5 to the home team (most tourney games are at neutral sites, so no adjustment) for both the Score and RPIF metrics. Comparing the teams gives you the projected winner as well as the theoretical point differential. If the two metrics disagree on a winner (see UCONN and South Carolina in the table below), the GCR cannot pick a winner. Thank you for reading and sharing with others. Buckle up for the next month – it will be a crazy ride, JoJo and G.

RANKTeamRecordSOSScoreRPIRankRPIF
1UCLA28-110100.000.6921190.1
2Texas28-3696.440.6812187.0
3UCONN31-06895.410.6714184.3
4South Carolina29-22095.380.6773185.9
5Vanderbilt27-32391.550.6645182.4
6Iowa24-5588.910.6636182.1
7TCU27-45185.050.6429176.3
8Michigan24-52284.460.6488178.0
9Princeton23-38683.500.63313173.9
10LSU26-47482.720.63611174.7
11Baylor24-71180.980.63612174.7
12West Virginia24-63979.990.63214173.6
13Oklahoma23-64079.270.63115173.3
14Ohio St24-64579.130.63016173.0
15Louisville25-65478.910.62617171.9
16Duke21-8478.620.63710175.0
17North Carolina25-66477.750.61918170.0
18Alabama21-9277.410.6617181.6
19LA Tech22-510376.480.56465154.9
20Villanova23-67376.020.61223168.1
21Texas Tech25-611175.640.61422168.6
22Ga Southern23-69275.230.58443160.4
23North Dakota St26-329174.830.55773153.0
24South Dakota St24-613274.210.59636163.7
25Richmond25-66374.060.60131165.1
26Montana St22-610473.910.55871153.3
27Maryland23-76773.890.61224168.1
28Minnesota22-76073.880.61619169.2
29Rhode Island25-418972.900.57652158.2
30San Diego St24-426972.840.57256157.1
31Murray St26-331772.580.56664155.5
32Michigan St22-77972.550.60926167.3
33Columbia20-610772.180.59735164.0
34Kentucky21-92172.020.61421168.6
35Troy24-619471.340.56860156.0
36Vermont24-714571.210.55178151.3
37Mississippi21-101371.050.61025167.5
38Charleston22-525270.330.53999148.0
39Rice26-330370.260.58049159.3
40Oklahoma St23-810170.160.58146159.6
41Arizona St22-95070.060.60132165.1
42NC St20-92869.940.60627166.4
43McNeese26-432569.920.54196148.6
44Fairfield25-431869.870.57255157.1
45W Illinois24-528369.580.522124143.4
46Miami OH24-528769.490.54584149.7
47Colorado20-101969.240.60528166.2
48Notre Dame20-94169.180.60230165.3
49Ball St24-625669.070.55872153.3
50Lindenwood24-719969.060.54389149.1
51Iowa St22-811268.990.59338162.9
52Syracuse22-716868.890.58840161.5
53James Madison23-813768.860.58541160.7
54Washington20-94768.540.60033164.8
55Georgia22-813068.330.59337162.9
56Marshall23-815568.090.54883150.5
57Virginia Tech22-815167.360.58442160.4
58UMASS21-625467.130.56763155.7
59Gonzaga22-911066.980.57850158.8
60Santa Clara23-818266.980.54292148.9
61Colorado St23-723666.830.55474152.2
62Idaho25-534166.370.529110145.3
63High Point24-534065.940.520129142.8
64Nebraska18-111265.500.60034164.8
65Tennessee16-12165.340.61520168.9
66Abilene Chr21-819364.820.513144140.9
67Oregon20-114264.780.59239162.6
68Arkansas St23-825064.570.54882150.5
69Virginia19-105564.500.58145159.6
70E Kentucky24-730164.500.523120143.6
71UC Irvine24-534864.460.55376151.9
72Utah19-113064.430.57553157.9
73Oregon St21-1010064.350.54293148.9
74George Mason21-812364.340.57254157.1
75UC Davis21-821264.310.524117143.9
76Green Bay22-824463.920.54291148.9
77BYU20-109363.720.58244159.9
78Army22-632363.660.534107146.7
79Southern Cal17-12763.560.60229165.3
80Youngstown St22-825963.290.520128142.8
81Jacksonville21-824063.190.523122143.6
82Boise St23-731363.090.538100147.8
83S Indiana20-916762.950.508151139.5
84Fair Dickins26-436062.820.506154139.0
85Illinois19-109162.710.58048159.3
86Hawaii18-108061.910.523121143.6
87South Dakota22-828961.850.500168137.3
88N Colorado21-922461.730.504162138.4
89Kansas18-122661.690.56958156.3
90Navy20-730461.420.528111145.0
91S Utah19-920860.570.497176136.5
92C Arkansas20-1018060.520.517135142.0
93Mississippi St18-124360.420.57751158.5
94LMU21-830260.300.530109145.6
95South Florida18-113559.840.56959156.3
96Marquette18-118459.760.54981150.8
97Clemson20-1020459.730.56070153.8
98Drexel19-827959.690.524118143.9
99Idaho St19-922959.670.527114144.7
100St Josephs19-108959.630.527113144.7
101Cleveland St23-833159.610.505157138.7
102St Johns21-1024159.360.55375151.9
103Longwood20-926659.320.487189133.8
104Quinnipiac24-536259.310.534105146.7
105Stanford19-128559.070.56862156.0
106Penn16-109059.040.522125143.4
107Brown16-915258.990.535103146.9
108Steph F Austin22-833258.910.502165137.9
109Santa Barbara20-831658.500.519130142.5
110Harvard16-1010958.400.56168154.1
111Monmouth18-1018558.210.489183134.3
112Holy Cross19-927158.190.54098148.3
113Sam Houston16-116258.010.499170137.1
114Belmont17-119957.960.55277151.6
115Seton Hall18-1114057.950.56169154.1
116Binghamton18-1114457.680.513143140.9
117Stetson19-1023357.550.506155139.0
118Texas A&M14-112957.320.58147159.6
119UNLV19-1024857.290.54486149.4
120UC San Diego20-833757.260.515138141.5
121Pepperdine19-1120956.790.507152139.3
122Howard22-735856.660.523119143.6
123Old Dominion18-137756.340.534106146.7
124Florida17-143156.180.56861156.0
125Davidson20-1117355.990.54488149.4
126FIU17-1022255.930.518132142.3
127Campbell18-1120655.730.497175136.5
128CA Baptist19-1028255.710.530108145.6
129Maine17-1211555.590.54197148.6
130Furman17-1211955.520.470221129.1
131Alabama A&M19-932155.450.463239127.2
132Chattanooga18-930855.420.488186134.0
133Liberty16-128155.350.511146140.4
134Indiana17-137255.260.56267154.4
135Lamar19-932954.940.504160138.4
136NJ Tech18-1122854.870.527112144.7
137Missouri St18-1123054.830.534104146.7
138Rio Grande18-1218454.640.498174136.8
139New Mexico21-935154.300.526116144.5
140California18-1315054.000.54980150.8
141Bowling Green16-1213153.840.467229128.3
142Radford20-1130953.710.485193133.2
143Bradley19-1032253.650.504161138.4
144Morehead St18-1316653.560.515137141.5
145East Carolina21-933353.520.522123143.4
146Missouri16-153253.020.56266154.4
147Fla Gulf Coast15-143752.900.511145140.4
148San Francisco16-1310252.890.520127142.8
149Kansas St15-16852.760.57257157.1
150Portland17-1316352.400.502166137.9
151Wofford16-1217952.270.471218129.4
152North Texas17-1214152.130.498173136.8
153Miami FL16-1313652.000.54487149.4
154Fort Wayne18-1226851.910.502164137.9
155Austin Peay16-1219151.830.488185134.0
156Bryant18-1131051.730.484198132.9
157C Michigan17-1129051.590.505156138.7
158Merrimack18-1132450.840.489184134.3
159Robert Morris18-1132650.720.474213130.2
160E Tenn St17-1227250.570.478204131.3
161Towson16-1223850.480.499172137.1
162Stony Brook17-1227650.450.465236127.7
163North Alabama16-1320049.980.483199132.7
164Nwestern St16-1320149.960.484197132.9
165Lehigh15-1221749.820.517133142.0
166Fullerton16-1226349.690.477205131.0
167Oral Roberts15-1410849.660.475210130.5
168Balt County15-1316449.650.487190133.8
169Creighton15-1411349.490.537101147.5
170Illinois St18-1134749.250.504158138.4
171MD Eastern17-1326749.210.475206130.5
172Mercer17-1230749.120.468226128.5
173Ohio15-1225148.960.494178135.7
174West Georgia17-1231448.670.471217129.4
175Auburn14-162748.610.55179151.3
176N Iowa15-1320748.470.513142140.9
177Kent St14-149548.430.490181134.6
178Norfolk St16-1230647.980.434294119.2
179Southern16-1133847.940.465237127.7
180Utah Valley14-1317547.850.479203131.6
181La Salle17-1227747.790.494179135.7
182Tulsa18-1035547.010.499171137.1
183N Kentucky15-169846.850.514139141.2
184Iona19-1135946.780.467227128.3
185Alcorn St16-1134946.700.423309116.2
186TN Tech15-1421846.590.471216129.4
187Purdue13-163346.470.54390149.1
188Little Rock15-1516946.410.479202131.6
189Wisconsin13-163646.340.54585149.7
190Mid Tenn15-1328146.080.504159138.4
191William & Mary14-1324346.030.485194133.2
192Elon14-1418645.900.486192133.5
193Georgia Tech13-172445.750.54195148.6
194St Thomas15-1519245.730.458248125.8
195Toledo14-1325845.550.484195132.9
196Albany14-1515645.290.501167137.6
197Alabama St14-1327545.010.438286120.3
198Coastal14-177144.680.486191133.5
199Southern Miss15-1523944.530.470220129.1
200Dayton16-1330544.110.496177136.2
201Jax St14-1520344.040.450259123.6
202Kennesaw St13-1514643.830.454256124.7
203ULM13-1515943.620.507153139.3
204Incarnate Word13-1516143.600.465233127.7
205Georgetown13-1610543.530.518131142.3
206Greensboro14-1523143.260.425307116.7
207Providence14-1712843.260.514140141.2
208UT Martin13-1612143.170.454258124.7
209SIUE15-1528543.100.442281121.4
210Long Island18-1036343.020.426305117.0
211UTEP13-1424642.910.457249125.5
212Arizona12-174642.450.526115144.5
213St Bonaventure16-1431542.260.470222129.1
214Temple13-1512742.230.509149139.8
215St Marys15-1628641.780.462242126.9
216NC A&T11-164941.650.438288120.3
217Grand Canyon12-176141.630.510148140.1
218Arkansas12-191841.570.535102146.9
219Geo Wash15-1621941.570.481200132.1
220Wake Forest14-1625541.470.499169137.1
221Tarleton12-1612241.370.466232128.0
222IU Indy13-1620241.130.457251125.5
223E Washington14-1626541.070.455254125.0
224Penn St11-181540.990.54194148.6
225East Texas13-1526140.950.448264123.0
226E Michigan12-1519640.920.473214129.9
227Cincinnati11-19940.700.522126143.4
228Mt St Marys15-1435640.310.466230128.0
229UTSA13-1426440.210.475209130.5
230Winthrop14-1629340.130.429300117.8
231Fresno St14-1630039.940.466231128.0
232Air Force13-1625739.850.468225128.5
233Samford13-1814939.790.444271121.9
234Sacramento St13-1721339.620.454257124.7
235IL Chicago14-1534539.340.471219129.4
236Dartmouth10-165939.120.450261123.6
237Pacific11-185238.800.488187134.0
238Charlotte13-1621638.760.489182134.3
239Loyola Chicago13-1622138.680.488188134.0
240Denver11-185738.670.448265123.0
241Butler12-1813438.580.503163138.2
242Ark Pine Bluff12-1432838.280.443278121.7
243Mercyhurst13-1533638.190.457250125.5
244App St11-186638.140.467228128.3
245SEMO12-1722037.830.447269122.8
246UCF11-188237.800.508150139.5
247Nicholls13-1534637.720.444276121.9
248Loyola MD12-1628037.450.473215129.9
249Delaware12-1723537.380.462241126.9
250Wagner13-1535037.020.417320114.5
251FAU12-1625336.480.461244126.6
252Xavier11-1816536.030.490180134.6
253South Alabama12-1729435.890.470223129.1
254Asheville12-1729635.830.408335112.1
255Florida St10-202535.730.516136141.7
256Texas St11-1821535.050.442280121.4
257Grambling12-1731934.910.405342111.2
258Hampton10-1813334.830.423312116.2
259Bucknell11-1727434.810.450260123.6
260Georgia St10-204834.710.465234127.7
261Marist11-1917834.600.469224128.8
262Arlington10-1815834.280.480201131.8
263Sacred Heart12-1734234.220.436291119.8
264Tulane11-1722334.190.474212130.2
265Rutgers9-201434.170.517134142.0
266New Hampshire10-1911833.940.447268122.8
267UC Riverside10-1912433.860.445270122.2
268SC Upstate11-1922633.620.413325113.4
269Siena13-1636133.400.438287120.3
270Gardner Webb12-1833933.220.444275121.9
271Oakland10-2010633.100.462243126.9
272Duquesne11-1822732.930.434295119.2
273N Arizona10-2011732.910.444274121.9
274New Mexico St9-197032.790.429301117.8
275Northridge9-1813832.650.436289119.8
276St Louis11-2015332.350.459247126.1
277Wyoming9-199432.330.462240126.9
278Nevada9-205632.230.465235127.7
279Boston Univ10-1826232.170.441282121.1
280Weber St9-213432.140.441283121.1
281Lipscomb10-1921432.130.431297118.4
282Drake10-1827032.010.460246126.3
283Utah Tech9-1817431.910.449263123.3
284UAB10-1819031.870.447267122.8
285Manhattan10-1923431.640.457252125.5
286Jackson St11-1735231.560.421315115.6
287Queens10-1924531.550.424308116.5
288Cornell8-188331.370.461245126.6
289San Diego10-2115431.210.456253125.2
290Stonehill11-1735731.050.410332112.6
291North Florida9-2012530.780.436290119.8
292Northwestern8-211630.690.511147140.4
293Lafayette10-1832030.510.444273121.9
294TX Southern9-2014330.390.394351108.2
295W Michigan9-1828829.680.432296118.7
296Le Moyne11-1935329.570.410334112.6
297S Illinois9-1829729.460.410333112.6
298SMU9-2114829.330.475207130.5
299W Kentucky8-1915729.030.442279121.4
300Coppin St9-2117029.000.428302117.6
301Fordham10-1929528.830.430298118.1
302Houston7-22328.730.513141140.9
303Houston Chr8-2012628.580.426306117.0
304Wright St10-2129928.410.412328113.2
305Montana8-2014228.340.447266122.8
306Chrls So8-218728.270.444272121.9
307NC Central8-1921128.150.411330112.9
308Memphis9-2020527.880.440284120.9
309Lowell8-2116027.130.405341111.2
310Depaul8-237526.720.475208130.5
311Hofstra7-209726.700.444277121.9
312VCU8-226526.340.474211130.2
313Yale7-1918126.320.455255125.0
314Indiana St9-2034426.260.428304117.6
315Akron7-225825.720.450262123.6
316Washington St7-241725.590.484196132.9
317Chicago St9-2133525.580.415322114.0
318North Dakota7-234425.330.419317115.1
319Kansas City7-227825.240.412327113.2
320Pittsburgh8-2319724.890.438285120.3
321Northeastern7-2024224.550.436292119.8
322Milwaukee8-2326023.990.403344110.7
323Bakersfield7-2124723.680.417321114.5
324Florida A&M7-2127323.220.403345110.7
325St Peters7-2222523.170.415323114.0
326Wichita St7-2214723.010.430299118.1
327Delaware St7-2131222.460.365358100.3
328Colgate6-2212022.310.428303117.6
329Wilmington6-2119822.020.414324113.7
330Evansville7-2229822.000.422313115.9
331New Haven7-2133021.890.368356101.1
332Utah St6-2217621.570.423311116.2
333Rider7-2233421.140.406339111.5
334Portland St6-2317220.930.418318114.8
335N Illinois6-2224920.720.423310116.2
336Detroit6-2321020.510.411329112.9
337Bethune6-2417120.290.377353103.5
338American6-2227820.200.418319114.8
339MS Valley6-2132719.930.403346110.7
340Long Beach5-2311419.150.421316115.6
341Boston College5-263818.620.465238127.7
342TN St5-2411618.530.435293119.5
343Corpus Christi5-2318318.410.406340111.5
344SELA5-2318818.310.408336112.1
345Seattle5-2418717.750.394350108.2
346Omaha5-269617.600.407337111.8
347SC St5-2331116.860.36335999.7
348Canisius5-2428416.680.405343111.2
349Louisiana4-258815.700.401347110.1
350Morgan St4-2517714.890.381352104.6
351San Jose St4-2613514.840.411331112.9
352E Illinois4-2713914.330.422314115.9
353Cal Poly3-256913.120.395349108.5
354W Carolina3-257613.060.370355101.6
355Buffalo3-2516212.430.412326113.2
356New Orleans3-2612912.270.397348109.0
357Presbyterian3-2619511.780.365357100.3
358St Francis3-2535410.420.33836392.8
359Bellarmine2-29539.110.407338111.8
360Prairie View2-262328.920.34936195.9
361Niagara1-282375.750.376354103.3
362C Connecticut1-273435.440.34836295.6
363Valparaiso0-292922.770.36036098.9

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