http://phearthephoenix.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/43827261-comparing-2014-green-bay-to-2016-valparaiso (http://phearthephoenix.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/43827261-comparing-2014-green-bay-to-2016-valparaiso)
Fair assessment.
Green Bay also had the benefit of not playing a team that won 0 games until January :/
Quote from: oklahomamick on March 04, 2016, 12:19:29 PMhttp://phearthephoenix.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/43827261-comparing-2014-green-bay-to-2016-valparaiso
This is an interesting comparison so I took it a bit further.
VU 15-16 GB 13-14
season record pre-tourney 24-5 21-5
RPI pre-tourney #41 #50
RPI (post HL tourney split) ??? #58
Average OOC opponent RPI 126 140
True OOC road games 7 3
It appeared that Green Bay left some openings in their 13-14 schedule to help produce an at-large consideration record. We should note that #3 Wisconsin and #10 Virginia both played at Green Bay that season.. So for comparison sake lets imagine that 15-16 Coaches poll #3 Michigan St and #10 Oregon had both come to the ARC.
If we imagine a finals loss to Oakland I think we rank slightly better than they did that year. Not sure if the 13-14 season had any Louisville and SMU type situations. This is a reasonably close call so decide for yourselves.