Banners on the Parkway · Nov 2, 2019
Seton Hall Preview: Is Seton Hall really a top 15 team?
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Myles Powell returns hoping for better than a first round exit.Back in the days before analytics, before KenPom and Bart Torvik and Hoop Math, before even the first rudimentary Massey Ratings came out there was only one way to know how good your college basketball team was: the polls. The Associated Press and the USA Today take the 353 teams of college ball and determine who the top 15 are. There’s no efficiency numbers, no adjusted tempo, no allowances made for elite loss percentage, just a gut feeling on who is the best. According to those polls, Seton Hall is either the 12th or 13th best team in the nation.