2019 NCAA Pool Results

Results of an "NCAA pool scoring" of each ranking listed in Kenneth Massey's last Pre-Tournament College Basketball Ranking Comparison using the final 63 games of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

1   HAS       86.000  (45/63     i.e. 21 14 6 2 1 1)
2   FMG       84.000  (45/63     i.e. 22 14 5 2 1 1)
2   STM       84.000  (45/63     i.e. 22 14 5 2 1 1)
4   DOL       82.000  (46/63     i.e. 24 14 5 1 1 1)
4   LAW       82.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 14 6 1 1 1)
6   Average   81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   BIH       81.000  (45/63     i.e. 23 14 5 1 1 1)
6   BUR       81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   DCI       81.000  (45/63     i.e. 23 14 5 1 1 1)
6   EBP       81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   LOG       81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   POM       81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   RTH       81.000  (45/63     i.e. 23 14 5 1 1 1)
6   WLK       81.000  (44/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 1)
6   WOB       81.000  (45/63     i.e. 23 14 5 1 1 1)
16  BBT       80.000  (44/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 1)
16  DII       80.000  (44/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 1)
16  FAS       80.000  (44/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 1)
19  DES       79.000  (42/63     i.e. 19 15 5 1 1 1)
19  NET       79.000  (44/63     i.e. 22 15 4 1 1 1)
19  REW       79.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 1)
19  TPR       79.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 1)
23  KRA       78.000  (44/63     i.e. 23 14 4 1 1 1)
23  WIL       78.000  (44/63     i.e. 23 14 4 1 1 1)
25  JJK       77.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 4 1 1 1)
26  PGH       76.000  (43/63     i.e. 23 13 4 1 1 1)
26  PIR       76.000  (44/63     i.e. 22 15 5 1 1 0)
28  DOK       75.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 0)
28  LEF       75.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 0)
28  Median    75.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 0)
28  SMN       75.000  (44/63     i.e. 24 13 4 2 1 0)
28  WMV       75.000  (44/63     i.e. 23 14 5 1 1 0)
28  WOL       75.000  (42/63     i.e. 22 13 4 1 1 1)
28  YAG       75.000  (43/63     i.e. 21 15 5 1 1 0)
35  BNT       74.000  (42/63     i.e. 20 15 5 1 1 0)
35  FSH       74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
35  KPK       74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
35  RT        74.000  (42/63     i.e. 20 15 5 1 1 0)
35  SAG       74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
35  SP        74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
35  SPR       74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
35  STH       74.000  (43/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 1 0)
43  AP        73.000  (41/63     i.e. 19 15 5 1 1 0)
43  CNG       73.000  (42/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 0)
43  COL       73.000  (43/63     i.e. 23 13 5 1 1 0)
43  DUN       73.000  (43/63     i.e. 23 13 5 1 1 0)
43  KPI       73.000  (43/63     i.e. 23 13 5 1 1 0)
43  LMC       73.000  (42/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 0)
43  MMG       73.000  (41/63     i.e. 19 15 5 1 1 0)
43  MOR       73.000  (42/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 0)
43  TRP       73.000  (42/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 0)
43  ZAM       73.000  (42/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 1 0)
53  ESR       72.000  (43/63     i.e. 23 14 4 1 1 0)
53  SGR       72.000  (41/63     i.e. 20 14 5 1 1 0)
55  MAS       71.000  (42/63     i.e. 22 14 4 1 1 0)
55  USA       71.000  (40/63     i.e. 19 14 5 1 1 0)
57  MGS       70.000  (42/63     i.e. 23 13 4 1 1 0)
58  PIG       69.000  (42/63     i.e. 22 14 5 1 0 0)
59  SFX       68.000  (41/63     i.e. 21 14 5 1 0 0)
60  RTP       67.000  (40/63     i.e. 22 12 4 1 1 0)
61  AWS       60.000  (38/63     i.e. 22 11 4 1 0 0)
62  SPW       58.000  (36/63     i.e. 20 11 4 1 0 0)
63  7OT       53.000  (34/63     i.e. 20 10 3 1 0 0)
Scoring:
Round 1: 1 point.
Round 2: 2 points.
Round 3: 3 points.
Round 4: 4 points.
Round 5: 5 points.
Round 6: 6 points.
'Average' is Massey comparison Mean ranking.
'Median' is Massey comparison Median ranking.

But how do the top 25 of the rankings stack up? Here is a pool scoring based solely on the top 25 teams in each ranking (see explanation below).

1   HAS       85.890  (44.890/63 i.e. 20.890 14 6 2 1 1)
2   STM       84.593  (45.593/63 i.e. 22.593 14 5 2 1 1)
3   FMG       83.703  (44.703/63 i.e. 21.703 14 5 2 1 1)
4   LAW       82.499  (44.499/63 i.e. 21.499 14 6 1 1 1)
5   WLK       81.890  (44.890/63 i.e. 21.890 15 5 1 1 1)
6   BUR       81.780  (44.780/63 i.e. 21.780 15 5 1 1 1)
7   EBP       81.732  (44.732/63 i.e. 21.732 15 5 1 1 1)
7   LOG       81.732  (44.732/63 i.e. 21.732 15 5 1 1 1)
9   Average   81.718  (44.718/63 i.e. 21.718 15 5 1 1 1)
10  Median    81.685  (44.724/63 i.e. 21.732 15 5 1 1 0.992)
11  DES       81.671  (44.671/63 i.e. 21.671 15 5 1 1 1)
12  POM       81.656  (44.656/63 i.e. 21.656 15 5 1 1 1)
13  DCI       80.757  (44.757/63 i.e. 22.757 14 5 1 1 1)
14  DOL       80.650  (44.650/63 i.e. 22.650 14 5 1 1 1)
15  WOB       79.828  (43.828/63 i.e. 21.828 14 5 1 1 1)
16  REW       79.800  (43.800/63 i.e. 21.800 14 5 1 1 1)
17  DII       79.794  (43.794/63 i.e. 21.794 14 5 1 1 1)
18  RTH       79.780  (43.780/63 i.e. 21.780 14 5 1 1 1)
19  FAS       79.718  (43.718/63 i.e. 21.718 14 5 1 1 1)
19  TPR       79.718  (43.718/63 i.e. 21.718 14 5 1 1 1)
21  BIH       79.594  (43.594/63 i.e. 21.594 14 5 1 1 1)
22  BBT       79.479  (43.479/63 i.e. 21.479 14 5 1 1 1)
23  NET       78.560  (43.560/63 i.e. 21.560 15 4 1 1 1)
24  Allsame   78.552  (43.356/63 i.e. 21.633 14.076 4.693 1.039 0.962 0.954)
25  KRA       76.828  (42.828/63 i.e. 21.828 14 4 1 1 1)
26  WIL       76.813  (42.813/63 i.e. 21.813 14 4 1 1 1)
27  JJK       76.670  (42.670/63 i.e. 21.670 14 4 1 1 1)
28  SFX       76.669  (44.708/63 i.e. 22.724 14.992 5 1 0.992 0)
29  LEF       75.718  (43.718/63 i.e. 21.718 15 5 1 1 0)
30  PIR       75.656  (43.656/63 i.e. 21.656 15 5 1 1 0)
30  YAG       75.656  (43.656/63 i.e. 21.656 15 5 1 1 0)
32  DOK       75.622  (43.622/63 i.e. 21.622 15 5 1 1 0)
33  AP        75.433  (43.433/63 i.e. 21.433 15 5 1 1 0)
34  BNT       75.100  (43.100/63 i.e. 21.100 15 5 1 1 0)
35  PGH       74.876  (41.876/63 i.e. 21.876 13 4 1 1 1)
36  WOL       74.726  (41.726/63 i.e. 21.726 13 4 1 1 1)
37  RT        74.575  (42.575/63 i.e. 20.575 15 5 1 1 0)
38  SPR       73.747  (42.747/63 i.e. 21.747 14 5 1 1 0)
39  LMC       73.732  (42.732/63 i.e. 21.732 14 5 1 1 0)
40  MMG       73.730  (41.824/63 i.e. 19.917 14.907 5 1 1 0)
41  KPK       73.718  (42.718/63 i.e. 21.718 14 5 1 1 0)
42  SMN       73.717  (42.717/63 i.e. 22.717 13 4 2 1 0)
43  WMV       73.704  (42.704/63 i.e. 21.704 14 5 1 1 0)
44  STH       73.663  (42.663/63 i.e. 21.663 14 5 1 1 0)
45  MOR       73.622  (42.622/63 i.e. 21.622 14 5 1 1 0)
45  TRP       73.622  (42.622/63 i.e. 21.622 14 5 1 1 0)
47  FSH       73.614  (42.614/63 i.e. 21.614 14 5 1 1 0)
47  SAG       73.614  (42.614/63 i.e. 21.614 14 5 1 1 0)
47  SP        73.614  (42.614/63 i.e. 21.614 14 5 1 1 0)
50  CNG       73.601  (42.601/63 i.e. 21.601 14 5 1 1 0)
51  ZAM       73.538  (42.631/63 i.e. 21.724 13.907 5 1 1 0)
52  USA       73.433  (42.433/63 i.e. 21.433 14 5 1 1 0)
53  SGR       71.877  (40.877/63 i.e. 19.877 14 5 1 1 0)
54  KPI       71.766  (41.766/63 i.e. 21.766 13 5 1 1 0)
55  COL       71.670  (41.670/63 i.e. 21.670 13 5 1 1 0)
56  DUN       71.616  (41.616/63 i.e. 21.616 13 5 1 1 0)
57  ESR       70.876  (41.876/63 i.e. 21.876 14 4 1 1 0)
58  MAS       70.794  (41.794/63 i.e. 21.794 14 4 1 1 0)
59  PIG       69.724  (42.724/63 i.e. 22.724 14 5 1 0 0)
60  MGS       68.957  (40.957/63 i.e. 21.957 13 4 1 1 0)
61  RTP       66.004  (39.004/63 i.e. 21.004 12 4 1 1 0)
62  AWS       61.910  (38.926/63 i.e. 21.941 11.984 4 1 0 0)
63  SPW       59.718  (36.795/63 i.e. 19.873 11.922 4 1 0 0)
64  7OT       53.011  (33.980/63 i.e. 19.949 10.031 3 1 0 0)
Scoring:
Round 1: 1 point.
Round 2: 2 points.
Round 3: 3 points.
Round 4: 4 points.
Round 5: 5 points.
Round 6: 6 points.
Top 25 of rankings only.
Games with both teams beyond 25 or teams of same rank
 given a calculated partial credit.
'Average' is Massey comparison Mean ranking.
'Median' is Massey comparison Median ranking.
'Allsame' is ranking with all teams ranked equally.

Explanation of the "top 25" pool scoring

(This scoring is only reasonable for comparing with a ranking that only ranks the top 25, i.e., AP, USA, and DES.) If at least one team in the game is ranked in the ranking's top 25, it is clear which team the ranking chooses to win. For all the games which a ranking's top 25 does not call in such manner, a "most likely number of correct choices" is used, based upon how many full rankings ranked the winner higher for each of those games.

 


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