Some early resume comparison:
I was talking with a friend today about Marquette’s tournament chances, I haven’t been shy in saying that I don’t think Marquette will make the tournament this year after our rough non conference slate, however for fun I decided to compare Marquette’s current resume against Joe Lunardi’s Last Four In just to see how far off we are as a friend of mine argued that he doesn’t believe we are as far off as I think we are:
Last Four In:
Stanford:
RPI: 54
SOS: 39
Vs. RPI Top 50: 2-5
Vs. RPI Top 100: 3-5
Best Win: Oregon (RPI 36) and UCONN (RPI 36)
Bad Losses: None
Home Record: 8-2
Road Record: 3-2
Neutral Site: 1-2
SMU:
RPI: 43
SOS: 109
Vs. RPI Top 50: 1-3
Vs. RPI Top 100: 2-4
Best Win: UCONN (RPI 36)
Bad Losses: None
Home Record: 10-0
Road Record: 3-3
Neutral Site: 2-1
Providence:
RPI: 48
SOS: 63
Vs. RPI Top 50: 1-3
Vs. RPI Top 100: 5-4
Best Win: Creighton (RPI 10)
Bad Losses: None
Home Record: 10-1
Road Record: 2-2
Neutral Site: 2-2
Southern Miss:
RPI: 33
SOS: 125
Vs. RPI Top 50: 1-1
Vs. RPI Top 100: 4-1
Best Win: North Dakota St. (RPI 45)
Bad Losses: None
Home Record: 6-0
Road Record: 6-3
Neutral Site: 3-0
Marquette:
RPI: 85
SOS: 88
Vs. RPI Top 50: 1-6
Vs. RPI Top 100: 3-8
Best Win: George Washington (RPI 27)
Bad Losses: None
Home Record: 8-1
Road Record: 2-5
Neutral Site: 1-2