I have probably whined before about the lack of local television coverage for local college teams (excluding Vanderbilt, of course). Last evening's news was all about Vandy's losing streak on the road, the Preds Toootoo extension, PacMan getting a break in court, plus some predictable hype over the upcoming Super Bowl commercials. Meanwhile, Belmont and Lipscomb continue to battle things out for positioning in next month's Atlantic Sun basketball tournament (at Allen Arena), and, both had significant road wins last night...totally ignored by local TV. TSU played a double-header at home but lost both games...also ignored by local TV. That's pretty sad.
Anyway, when scouring the Atlantic Sun web site this morning to check out the standings (see below), I discovered an interesting conference ranking situation (ok, so it is really a math problem, but hang in there with me). Campbell's conference record of 3 wins and 5 losses displays as a .400% record...while Lipscomb's 3 win and 5 loss record displays as a .375% record. I have heard the 2+2=5 for really large values of 2.... but I don't recall a win (or loss) in a basketball record affecting the mathematical percentages. Perhaps one of Lipscomb's losses was a really large value loss. Yes. That makes sense (spins head wildly).
