Which conference had the best draft?
by anh_sc79 on Apr 27, 2009 1:26 PM PDT
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Watching ESPN's draft coverage, I was wondering which conference had the best draft? It appeared like the Pac-10 was doing well, since USC, OSU and Oregon each had a pretty high number of draft picks this year. So this morning I took a look and saw that many Big East fans were claiming that they had the best draft as a conference based on # of players drafted per team. I thought it was a faulty analysis since it ignores where players went (is it better to have 3 in top-10 or 15 in round 7?).
So here is the "ultimate" conference breakdown - I will use 3 metrics and rank each conference based on the outcome. Then, I will add 3 rankings and see which conference comes up on top.
Ranking #1: Players drafted per team
This seems to be the most popular measure on the Internets. Lets forget its fallacies and analyze the draft results:
| Teams | Total | Per Team | Rank | |
| BE | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 11.00 |
| P10 | 10 | 32 | 3.20 | 10.00 |
| SEC | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 9.00 |
| ACC | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 8.00 |
| B10 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 7.00 |
| B12 | 12 | 28 | 2.33 | 6.00 |
| MWC | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 5.00 |
| WAC | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 4.00 |
| CUS | 12 | 10 | 0.83 | 3.00 |
| MAC | 13 | 10 | 0.77 | 2.00 |
| SBL | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 1.00 |
Ok, no question here - Big East had the most players drafted per team. Pac-10 did well here.
Ranking #2: Draft Points per Team
Since there are 256 players drafted, I will assign a value of 256 to #1 pick and 1 to Mr. Irrelevant. Then add up all the points and divide by the number of teams in the conference.
| Teams | Total | Per Team | Rank | |
| SEC | 12 | 5181 | 431.8 | 11.0 |
| P10 | 10 | 4262 | 426.2 | 10.0 |
| B10 | 11 | 4252 | 386.5 | 9.0 |
| BE | 8 | 3002 | 375.3 | 8.0 |
| ACC | 12 | 4460 | 371.7 | 7.0 |
| B12 | 12 | 4248 | 354.0 | 6.0 |
| MWC | 9 | 1417 | 157.4 | 5.0 |
| WAC | 9 | 1055 | 117.2 | 4.0 |
| MAC | 13 | 1361 | 104.7 | 3.0 |
| CUS | 12 | 1100 | 91.7 | 2.0 |
| SBL | 9 | 214 | 23.8 | 1.0 |
No surprise here - SEC did well because they owned the first round. Pac-10 comes second again
Ranking #3: Trade Value Points per Team
Similar to #2, but instead we use draft trade value points. My only problem with this trade value chart is that the point difference is very large in earlier part of the draft.
| Total | Per Team | Rank | |
| SEC | 13602.6 | 1133.6 | 11.0 |
| B12 | 10519.8 | 876.7 | 10.0 |
| ACC | 10055.45 | 838.0 | 9.0 |
| P10 | 8255.35 | 825.5 | 8.0 |
| B10 | 7035.4 | 639.6 | 7.0 |
| BE | 4645.15 | 580.6 | 6.0 |
| MAC | 2564.5 | 197.3 | 5.0 |
| WAC | 969.9 | 107.8 | 4.0 |
| MWC | 925.9 | 102.9 | 3.0 |
| CUS | 602.85 | 50.2 | 2.0 |
| SBL | 311.3 | 34.6 | 1.0 |
Pac-10 is now #4 - SEC, Big-12 and ACC did well in round one, thus they round up the top three.
So what do we have now? Our Draft Conference Rankings are as follows:
| SEC | 31.00 |
| P10 | 28.00 |
| BE | 25.00 |
| ACC | 24.00 |
| B10 | 23.00 |
| B12 | 22.00 |
| MWC | 13.00 |
| WAC | 12.00 |
| MAC | 10.00 |
| CUS | 7.00 |
| SBL | 3.00 |
So contrary to what I saw on many Pac-10 and Big East boards, those conferences didn't have the best draft. Instead this honor goes to SEC - so more power to those clowns :)
Interesting observation, Pac-10 had the lowest representation % of BCS conferences (# of different teams with players drafted / # of team in the conference). 3 Pac-10 teams didn't have a player drafted (Stanford, UW and fucla). Basically, USC, OSU and Oregon saved the day for the Pac.
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Great Post
Thanks. How about the Beavs with 7 NFL picks? Amazing. Mike Riley is an outstanding coach. If PC ever retires….
Way to go anh_sc79!
Some joe-ster posted your excellent synopsis over at Roll Bama Roll. Even though I frequent there daily, it was not me. No way. Posting something that even remotely pertains to the PAC 10 is practically verboten.
Anyway, it’s been up for about an hour or two, and no one has disputed any of your conclusions.
I HAD to post a comment. C’mon now, we’re brahs over here.
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by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 28, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions
I actually love-hate the SEC so I don't mind
Went to school in the South (non-football institution) and used to like UF a bit. I love their fans, chicks, tailgates and gameday atmosphere. But hate some of the ignorant fools that think CFB is only played in the South.
You're analysis is spot on!
Here’s a blurb from Bruce Feldman’s article at ESPN.com
(this comes from his #8 of “Top 10 NFL Draft Weekend Surprises”) “Is the Pac-10 stronger than we thought? I’ve received a few e-mails from folks pointing out that the Pac-10 produced 32 selections in the draft, or 3.2 players per team, which is a greater average than that of the 12-team SEC, which had 37 selections but an average of just 3.1 players per team. The downside is this might also fuel the notion that the Pac-10 leans on its top team much more than any other, as evidenced by not only USC’s incredible run of league titles but also that with 11 picks, the Trojans were responsible for more than 33 percent of the league’s draft choices. That percentage ranks higher than TCU’s five picks of the MWC’s 16 or Ohio State’s seven of the Big Ten’s 28.”
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
Its time USC drop out of pac-10 and move to NFL
Paul D. Kelley
by so.cal.native1952 on May 1, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
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