Originally posted by Flyer Visitor
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I don't think your volleyball comparison says what you think it does. The advanced metrics in volleyball like Massey and Pablo didn't rank Dayton very high, in spite of the gaudy record. Massey, for instance, has Dayton's final rank at #46, 1 spot behind Wichita State's 24-8 volleyball team. I don't have access to the final Pablo numbers.
In other words, the advanced metrics did their job perfectly. They were able to adjust a team's record for their level of competition and conclude that in spite of 30 wins, Dayton volleyball was a mid-40s volleyball team. That was proven correct when they lose to Pitt (which Massey ranked as #39 - meaning the advanced metrics correctly predicted the outcome).
WSU's basketball is nothing like Dayton's volleyball team and it is precisely advanced metrics that reduce unknowns and let us know that regardless of record, Dayton volleyball was just inside the top 50 in the nation, while WSU basketball is in the top 10 in the nation. It's not hard to tell precisely because we have these tools.
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