Hottest/Most Improved Teams
In thinking about the UT-KU game on Saturday I wondered if these were the two hottest teams in the country. I took each team’s Pomeroy rankings from four weeks ago (February 8 ) and their current ranking. I then weeded out all the teams that never really had a shot at a tourney bid (Baylor has moved up from 129 to 95, which is fantastic for them, but I just don’t think that’s relevant). The following list is a combination of how many spots a team was moved up, and what % of possible ground they have made up (for example Kansas has only moved up four spots, but I figure its much harder to move up from 6 to 2 than from 66 to 62).
Team 8-Feb 1-Mar Diff %
Texas 39 17 22 45.1%
Maryland 25 11 14 42.7%
Louisville 37 16 21 61.8%
BC 48 31 17 32.4%
Tennessee 51 38 13 33.7%
Va Tech 40 24 16 32.1%
Mich St. 24 13 11 41.6%
Kansas 6 2 4 84.3%
Illinois 33 21 12 31.0%
Syracuse 47 37 10 24.5%
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