highest-rated team to miss the NT? Topic

wronoj
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i know, i know, overall ratings mean nothing. But i'm about to miss the NT in Naismith with my NC State team, overall rating right now 784 (CT semis tonight).

Anyone ever missed with a higher-rated team, or am i officially on the short list for worst coach ever? Not that i don't deserve to be there anyway, but...
12/30/2009 12:59 PM
thewizard2
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I remember having a Rutgers team that was high in the 700s with mostly seniors, however can't recall exactly what number it was.
12/30/2009 1:23 PM
jetsons
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short list......
12/30/2009 5:06 PM
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I'm about the miss the NT in Naismith with an 819 team (Syracuse). I've seen a couple 800+ teams miss it.
12/30/2009 6:58 PM
jeffdrayer
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I had a 791 squad before potential, which is to say when it was much harder to have a 791 squad. Granted, I ran everyone at 0 dist. because I was too frustrated with the engine to care anymore. But I think a random sampling of Smith SEC coaches will tell you that without a doubt, if you're looking at successful outcomes in relation to baseline player talent -- on a game by game basis I'm the worst coach in HD.
12/30/2009 7:23 PM
tracyr
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i have had an 815 UCLA team miss in IBA
12/30/2009 7:27 PM
furry_nipps
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I had a 545ish div III team miss it. We only lost 3 games, but with a 300+ SOS even running the table it was likely the CT was the only way in.
12/30/2009 9:14 PM
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Ya Furry it seems to happen more in D3 that you have a good team in the mid 500's + that miss it since everyone is more bunched together it seems. I will probably have a team like yours in Phelan this year.
12/30/2009 11:27 PM
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That's actually why it doesn't happen more in DIII, but rather DI. In DI you have have a human coached team that's 815 or 650. There's a much bigger discrepancy, so if there are several dozen teams in the same stratosphere, it's not terribly significant if you don't make it, at least in comparison to DI.
12/30/2009 11:33 PM
wronoj
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i felt better about pottle missing it, until i looked at his team, and it is 9 fr/sophs, 2 jrs, 1 sr. at least that can be blamed on inexperienced players/bad IQs, whereas my team has 5 SRs...

damn it, still on the short list.
12/31/2009 12:47 AM
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Here are some from this season in Smith. These are the highest I've seen.

Connecticut (789) - missed all post season - http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=5257

Oklahoma (795) - missed all post season - http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=5403
1/23/2010 1:56 PM
jeffdrayer
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M2M is definitely not magic...
1/23/2010 4:51 PM
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Syracuse - Knight this season was 803 and missed NT and PI.
1/23/2010 9:59 PM
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