I’ve followed the Massey football ratings for years and have always liked the idea of a composite of, most often, over 100 different views of the college football scene. But I’ve never really taken a look at Massey’s basketball ratings, which tend to have 25-30 different systems included.
Last April, at the end of the 2018-2019 season, Tulane was rated as #297 of the 353 teams included in basketball’s Division 1. That 56 teams were rated worse than us by a consensus of folks was a bigger surprise to me than that we were closing in on the #300 spot.
That position probably was the reason this year we started at #265. After winning our first game, we jumped to #227 and by the time we were 3-0, we were ranked at #213. The relatively close game against Mississippi State and the wins against Middle Tennessee and Utah, along with the good press and TV appearances by Coach Hunter have vaulted us all the way to #143 this week. That’s clearly not great and we may stay there, move up, or fall back over the remainder of the season, but it’s a pretty healthy improvement, regardless. Here's to even greater success.
Roll Wave!!!
Last April, at the end of the 2018-2019 season, Tulane was rated as #297 of the 353 teams included in basketball’s Division 1. That 56 teams were rated worse than us by a consensus of folks was a bigger surprise to me than that we were closing in on the #300 spot.
That position probably was the reason this year we started at #265. After winning our first game, we jumped to #227 and by the time we were 3-0, we were ranked at #213. The relatively close game against Mississippi State and the wins against Middle Tennessee and Utah, along with the good press and TV appearances by Coach Hunter have vaulted us all the way to #143 this week. That’s clearly not great and we may stay there, move up, or fall back over the remainder of the season, but it’s a pretty healthy improvement, regardless. Here's to even greater success.
Roll Wave!!!
