Sagarin Ratings: Michigan - #15

Submitted by ChalmersE on
Sagarin's latest ratings has Michigan at 15. There are four B1G teams ahead of Michigan. The others: Iowa - 4! Ohio - 5 Wisconsin -9 Sparty -10 His predictor has Michigan finishing at 13. One cautionary note: Sagarin has Michigan at 65 in Pure Elo, which uses only wins and losses.
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mackbru

December 22nd, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^

This is more than fair and accurate; by season's end, it just seems as if M will end up ranked somewhere in the teens. Which would be just fine heading into the tournament. 

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Perkis-Size Me

December 22nd, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^

That sounds around where we would be at if we didn't lose to Charlotte. Every other loss comes against top-15 teams, including at Duke, where nobody out of conference has won since Nam.

Beilein will have this team humming along by the time March rolls around. There's a lot of talent to play with. Just need to get guys like Walton up to speed. We will be just fine.

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LSAClassOf2000

December 22nd, 2013 at 7:29 PM ^

I wandered over to Massey, and it looks like we're 37th overall and 6th in the conference, which seems about right to me based on what I know of the method. Actually, their estimate right now (they traditionally update on Mondays, I think) is an 11-8 record for the remaining games, but keeping in mind that this is based partially on our non-conference performance and that things could pick up during conference play, take an early prediction for what it is worth. Here is the prediction for the remaining schedule over there as it stands now - 

http://masseyratings.com/team.php?t=4741&s=203290

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Yeoman

December 23rd, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^

25th in Power though, which is the equivalent of Sagarin Predictor.

  • 3. Ohio State
  • 7. Wisconsin
  • 13. Iowa
  • 14. Michigan State
  • 25. Michigan
  • 27. Minnesota
  • 45. Indiana
  • 54. Illinois
  • 77. Penn State
  • 86. Nebraska
  • 101. Purdue
  • 120. Northwestern

Minnesota didn't pass the eyeball test when I saw them but I missed the Florida State game and that's a big chunk of their resume to date. Otherwise this seems about right.

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MJ14

December 22nd, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^

You have to remember the team has not had a healthy McGary for a while. I think Michigan will finish in the 3-5 range in conference. With a healthy McGary it'll be closer they'll be closer to the top, rather than middle. 

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ChalmersE

December 23rd, 2013 at 10:16 AM ^

The B1G appears to have done Michigan a favor with its early season schedule. Michigan's first four conference games are at Minnesota, N'Western, at Nebraska, and PSU,  Michigan should be significant favorites in all but the Minnesota game.  Minnesota's only losses were at Syracuse and at home to an 8-2 Arkansas team. Among the wins is a 10-point vicotry over FSU.  Assuming a semi-healthy McGary and a victory over Holy Cross, Michigan could be 12-4 with a six-game winning streak by the time, Michigan heads to Madison (followed by a home game against Iowa and a trip to East Lansing). 

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