The place Alabama ranks in ESPN’s Basketball Energy Index forward of matchup with Mississippi State
Nate Oats and the Alabama males’s basketball crew presently sit with a 17-2 document general and an undefeated 7-0 document in SEC play.
Subsequent up for the Tide is a reeling Mississippi State squad in determined want of a win who sits in twelfth place within the SEC.
Earlier than Alabama suggestions issues off in opposition to the Bulldogs, let’s take a look at the newest replace of ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.
Based on ESPN, the BPI is a “measure of crew energy that’s meant to be one of the best predictor of efficiency going ahead. BPI represents what number of factors above or beneath common a crew is. Energy of Report (SOR) is a measure of crew accomplishment primarily based on how troublesome a crew’s W-L document is to realize. Sport predictions account for opponent energy, tempo of play, web site, journey distance, day’s relaxation, and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 occasions to provide season projections. Numbers replace day by day.”
Here’s a breakdown of the place Alabama ranks within the BPI.
BPI: No. 3
Syndication: Tuscaloosa Information
Energy of Schedule: No. 4
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Energy of Report: No. 2
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Remaining Energy of Schedule: No. 34
Syndication: The Tennessean
Projected event seeding: 1.3
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