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Originally Posted by Bassmanbruno  Why do people rank Vandy, and even LSU (which is a more debatable), over South Carolina at this point? |
I think it's probably because:
1) SC has been incredible from behind the arc thus far, and people tend to expect teams like that to have poor nights more often than inside teams.
2) Vandy has been a brick wall against teams that shoot inside the arc so far, and solid D play like that tends to translate positively over the course of a season.
3) Ogilvy and recent past success, which of course is a bad way to evaluate in college ball, especially when you consider that devan downey, baniulis, and archie are all juniors playing exceedingly above their expected progressions.
The key differential is probably that vandy just doesn't force turnovers, and yet they give a lot up; SC forces a lot of turnovers, and gives up very few.
I have no idea why anyone is ranking LSU ahead of SC, let alone in the top 6.