The Real Prestige Rankings: Part VI

by Brett Lissenden (Columnist)

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August 23, 2008

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Table of Contents:

Introduction and Outline

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

Part VIII

Part IX

Part X

Part XI

This is the sixth part in my series of Prestige Rankings for NCAA Basketball over the past 24 years. My rankings are a more accurate and simplistic approach to the Prestige Rankings released by ESPN several weeks ago. Please refer to the table of contents to view other articles in the series.

Here, I will unveil all of the teams in conferences rated No. 13-15, and all of the teams rated No. 21-25. 

Conferences:  (Conference Rank, Team, Points, Overall Rank, ESPN’s Overall Rank)

• Move Up Move Down Move Box College Basketball Articles Top Rated Latest
• Michigan Basketball: Shooting Their Way up the Big 10 Standings
• Breaking Down the Big East Basketball Schedule
• Why The 2009-2010 Big East Schedule Makes Syracuse a Contender
• If He Could, Gary Williams Would Cheat, Too
• Why Lester Hudson Is the Steal of the Draft for the Boston Celtics
• Michigan Basketball: Shooting Their Way up the Big 10 Standings
• Breaking Down the Big East Basketball Schedule
• Why The 2009-2010 Big East Schedule Makes Syracuse a Contender
• If He Could, Gary Williams Would Cheat, Too
• Why Lester Hudson Is the Steal of the Draft for the Boston Celtics

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• Move Up Move Down Move Box NCAA Articles Top Rated Latest
• Reminded Once Again That Great Players Can Come from Small Schools
• Little Rule Change, Big Impact: BCS Rankings Reconsidered
• Why America Loves to Hate Jim Tressel and Ohio State
• Laying the Foundation: USC Football Recruiting in 2009 (Part Two)
• The Case For The Mythical National Championship
• Reminded Once Again That Great Players Can Come from Small Schools
• Little Rule Change, Big Impact: BCS Rankings Reconsidered
• Why America Loves to Hate Jim Tressel and Ohio State
• Laying the Foundation: USC Football Recruiting in 2009 (Part Two)
• The Case For The Mythical National Championship

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   Matt Smith 10 months ago

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   I don't agree with the Michigan assesment. They wouldn't have won those games on the court if those players had never been at Michigan getting paid. It's not just them, I believe any school with sanctions whether it be Kentucky, Michigan, etc shouldn't have their wins and championships counted in a cheating case, its not a fair playing field. Many great school have won without major sanctions.

   I don't agree with the Michigan assesment. They wouldn't have won those games on the court if those players had never been at Michigan getting paid. It's not just them, I believe any school with sanctions whether it be Kentucky, Michigan, etc shouldn't have their wins and championships counted in a cheating case, its not a fair playing field. Many great school have won without major sanctions. Edit Comment Cancel

   

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     Brett Lissenden 10 months ago

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     A valid point but I still disagree. You can't really go back in time and say what could have happened. How do you know those players wouldn't have still played at Michigan. The point is that those wins still happened, and you can't go back in time. The Michigan program has been successfully penalized and it has hurt their ranking tremendously that they have been out of the tournament for so many years now -- i think that is a sufficient punishment. It's the same type of deal with steroids and the asterisk next to records. I personally believe its ridiculous to discount Barry Bonds records. Not only is there really no proof of if and how often he used steroids, but theres also no proof of how steroids makes baseball players hit home runs. And even if there was --- it still happened, theres no going back in time. You just have to prevent it from happening again in the future -- which is what MLB is trying to do and what the University of Michigan did when they found out about the payment to players.

     A valid point but I still disagree. You can't really go back in time and say what could have happened. How do you know those players wouldn't have still played at Michigan. The point is that those wins still happened, and you can't go back in time. The Michigan program has been successfully penalized and it has hurt their ranking tremendously that they have been out of the tournament for so many years now -- i think that is a sufficient punishment. It's the same type of deal with steroids and the asterisk next to records. I personally believe its ridiculous to discount Barry Bonds records. Not only is there really no proof of if and how often he used steroids, but theres also no proof of how steroids makes baseball players hit home runs. And even if there was --- it still happened, theres no going back in time. You just have to prevent it from happening again in the future -- which is what MLB is trying to do and what the University of Michigan did when they found out about the payment to players. Edit Comment Cancel

     

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