hokiepro said in a thread below discussing Syracuse:

"As a matter of fact our resume last year was similar to theirs this year and we weren't discussed at all. We were an NIT 3 seed."

I found that to be an intriguing statement, so I decided to research VT's 2015-16 numbers (VT 2016) and Syracuse's 2016-17 numbers (Cuse 2017). Here's what I found:

All figures are from warrennolan.com Nitty Gritty Report:

VT 2016:
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2016/nitty-clear

Cuse 2017:
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2017/nitty-clear

Please post corrections if you find any errors.

RPI:
VT 2016: 80
Cuse 2017: 84

Overall SOS:
VT 2016: 44
Cuse 2017: 60

Non-conference SOS:
VT 2016: 214
Cuse 2017: 195

Record vs. RPI 1-50:
VT 2016: 3-11
Cuse 2017: 6-8

Record vs. RPI 51-100:
VT 2016: 5-2
Cuse 2017: 2-1

Bad losses (200+):
VT 2016: 1
Cuse 2017: 1

Last ten games:
VT 2016: 7-3
Cuse 2017: 5-5

Postseason seeding:
VT 2016: NIT #3 seed
Cuse 2017: NCAA #11 (Lunardi projection)

The only differentiatior there is the record against RPI Top 50: 3-11 vs. 6-8. Other than that, the two teams are almost identical.

Interesting stuff.



[Post edited by Will Stewart at 03/12/2017 3:13PM]