We are a little bit past the halfway point of the SEC schedule and Nate Oats and the Alabama men’s basketball team find themselves sitting atop the conference standings with a 9-2 record in league play.
The Tide will enjoy a break from the mid-week game this week and will not be back in action until Saturday when they welcome Texas A&M into Coleman Coliseum. Before tip-off against the Aggies, 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.