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Today's CBS Hoops podcast title:

02/24/12: Seth Davis is back again and still defending the RPI

[kso_FAN]

Today's CBS Hoops podcast title:

02/24/12: Seth Davis is back again and still defending the RPI

http://podcasts.cstv.com/feeds/mensbasketball.xml

RPI talk begins at around 13:20.

Went straight to the scoring margin argument.

[ednksu]

[Berries and Cream]

Seth Davis is a clown and all, but I enjoyed this article.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/seth_davis/02/29/scouting.reports/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a1

Of note:

We are not alone in our  for those ginger jerks.

Wisconsin: I don't really respect the way they play. Jordan Taylor likes to run and grab you, and then throw his head back and try to get a call. If you set a pick, they take a dive. They cheat the game. Everybody raves about this defensive juggernaut, but that's bull. They dribble the clock out and mug you out of the building. Part of the reason they lost to Cornell and Davidson is because when you get into the tournament, refs outside the Big Ten don't fall for that. Taylor is kind of struggling, but they're always going to be in the game because they're not going to shoot until there are six seconds left on the shot clock. Then they give it to Taylor. That's their offense. They don't even run the swing as much as they used to. Taylor plays no defense because he's trying to save his energy. Jared Berggren, Josh Gasser and Mike Bruesewitz have all had fabulous seasons, and Ryan Evans has really taken his game to the next level. They're going to be in every game because of the way they play and the fact that they have a lot of weapons.

Pretty meh KSU Cats summary:

Kansas State: This is a weird team. Frank Martin does a great job and the Wildcats are a great defensive team, but they just struggle to score. They hound you like dogs and do a great job of denying the wings. You have to make jump shots against them, even though they'll be contested. Rodney McGruder is not great off the bounce, but he can score in a variety of ways. He can do everything, but he doesn't do anything great. They get offense from their rebounding, so if you can minimize their second-chance points they struggle, although it's hard because they're so physical. Will Spradling and Jamar Samuels have had some big games, but they need somebody besides McGruder who's going to consistently give them 10, 12 points a night, and they don't have that.

[MakeItRain]

On one of the CBS college basketball podcasts last week Davis did a much better job of conveying his RPI and scoring margin.  I still very much disagree with his premise but he didn't sound as dumb as he did with the 140 character limitations of twitter.

[sys]

Wisconsin: they're always going to be in the game because they're not going to shoot until there are six seconds left on the shot clock.

what an utter Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!).