A leading computer metric predicts San Diego State will win the regular-season title, but it will be close, with six teams projected to finish within four games of the Aztecs
There are 32 Division I basketball conferences, spanning different states and time zones and academic philosophies.The numbers tell us it’s good, really good. It is currently ranked fifth among conferences in the NCAA’s NET computer metric, trailing the Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Big East, ahead of the Pac-12 and all the mid-majors.Its nonconference winning percentage of .715 is its best in a decade.
“Everyone was thinking the Mountain West would be down,” Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher said, “but everyone is putting up really good records.”, when the Selection Committee put four teams into the NCAA Tournament. They had decent metrics, but peel back the layers and there was more sizzle than steak. The conference had a combined 20 Quad 1 victories – the top quadrant of opponents that the committee values most – but 18 were against each other, creating a statistical echo chamber.
Couple that with several “bad” losses that can sink resumes – Utah State against Weber State, Colorado State against Northern Colorado, Boise State against South Dakota State, Wyoming against Southeastern Louisiana – and the conference takes on a more pedestrian sheen.The Kenpom metric is predictive, meaning it forecasts the result of every game.
That would equal the smallest spread in the Mountain West’s 23-year history, in 2011-12, when the league had only eight teams and played a 14-game schedule. Since expanding to 11 teams and 18 games in 2013-14, the first-to-worst spread in the final conference standings has bounced between 10 and 15 games.
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