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BluegrassRivals.com Boys Basketball Top 20 (Jan. 21)
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More Cowbell Wrote:It's been said on here before, but I'll say it again. Just because Team A has beaten Team B does not mean that Team A will be ranked higher. Rankings take into account a team's ENTIRE season up to that point, not just one game. And even though Knox was the better team that night, Corbin has had a much better season overall, hence that is why they are ranked higher.

You just can't automatically put every team ahead of all the teams it has beaten. For example, even though Knox beat Corbin, South Laurel beat Knox twice. So, you put SL ahead of Knox, and Knox ahead of Corbin, right? But wait, Corbin beat SL twice, so now what do you do?

The solution is not to just look at head-to-head matchups and say Team A should be higher than Team B just because they beat them. Especially when Team A (Knox) has lost 7 times this year, including 4 defeats by 20+ point margins. Look at what each team has done for the whole season, and you will see why Corbin is ranked and Knox is not.

Good post.
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BluegrassRivals.com Boys Basketball Top 20 (Jan. 21) - by outdoorsman43 - 01-28-2009, 12:36 AM

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