Nate Oats and the Alabama men’s basketball team wrapped up the first week of SEC play with a road victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night to move to 12-5 on the season and perfect 3-0 in SEC play.
Up next for the Tide is a home game against the Missouri Tigers. Before tip-off on Tuesday night, let’s look at the latest update of ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.
According to ESPN, the BPI is a “measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest, and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily.”
Here is a breakdown of where Alabama ranks in the BPI.