NCAA Which model is better? Win/Loss or NQS for conference championship seeding

[Regionals]

Some of you expressed dismay that the Big 10 used in-conference win/loss record to seed for their conference championship instead of NQS.

Now that there's some distance, I wonder what you all think?

For the Big 10, this season clearly demonstrated what happens when you prioritize win/loss for conference rankings. Nebraska and Ohio State faced the consequence of each being upset twice by a lower ranked (from average or NQS) team.

I know there are other factors, such as does win/loss really work if the teams don't all get to meet during the regular season.

We see the flip side for the SEC Championship. Does Arkansas being left out feel right to you? Or should it have been Alabama, which only beat one SEC team? Should Arkansas having more wins in-conference be more important than having a lower NQS than Alabama?

 

[irichluck21]

I think it should be NQS.

We have seen how home scoring can often benefit the home team, especially in very close competitions.

There are also upsets in which teams have a bad meet and maybe have a three beam fall night, which causes them to lose, everyone has a bad night.

NQS is a bit more reliable in that at least three road scores have to count.

 

[cuuf]

I agree, NQS is preferable to W/L. Its a closer representative of the performance of the team. I have no issues with Arkansas being left out given how they have performed throughout the season. They are the lowest performing team in the SEC. They "beat" LSU and Florida as a result of those teams errors versus their own outstanding performance, which is reflected in their NQS.

 

[david]

Maybe it could be a conference equivalent to NQS using only in-conference meets or even an average score of those meets.

 

[irichluck21]

Shows the depth of the conference.
Arkansas would be the 3rd seed in the ACC, the 2nd seed in the Big 12, 1st seed in the rest of the conferences. Other than Big 10 which by NQS they would the 4th best NQS behind UCLA, Michigan State, and Minnesota-but unsure what seed based on W-L.

 

[BB12]

NQS, especially in big10 because they dont have a dual meet against every team.

 

[Regionals]

I’m not surprised that NQS (or an in-conference average) is the unanimous selection.

It is interesting to me that two of the most prominent people tasked with expanding the audience reach for Big 10 gymnastics- like paid and cheered to do so- are both in favor of using win/loss in conference. I don’t think they’re insincere about their conviction that win/loss would be a better mechanism to draw in casual fans.

Their latest project is getting bars at each school’s city to pledge to air the Big 10 network when the particular school’s session airs.

 

[ugadawgkat]

NQS definitely!