We’ve reached the factor with the Poll Attacks column, where readers alert me of ridiculous things they notice on ballots as if they are spies operating on my behalf. I recognize them. They’re doing God’s work — maximum lately past due Sunday when WBAL’s Chris Dachille tweeted his AP poll. I turned to alert quickly. The issue changed into that a Virginia fan observed that Dachille had Virginia ranked sixth in his poll, which is impossible to protect with any body-of-work or computer-primarily based argument. In truth, any frame-of-work or computer-based view must lead a person to rank Virginia No. 1, thinking that the Cavaliers are 23-2 with eight top-50 RPI wins and zero sub-55 losses or nine pinnacle-50 KenPom wins and zero sub-40 losses. Virginia has three pinnacle-50 RPI Avenue wins, or four pinnacle-50 KenPom road wins.
Virginia is ranked No. 1 within the RPI. And No. 1 at KenPom. And No. 1 in KPI. And No. 1 in the Massey Ratings. And I don’t consider the Cavaliers are decrease than No. 2 in any metric each person references, so I instructed you Sunday morning that Virginia deserved to be No. 1 even after Saturday night’s loss to Virginia Tech. And it is why the NCAA Tournament selection committee did the identical Sunday afternoon. And it’s why the AP electorate did the same Monday afternoon.
Fast-forward to Monday night and I’ve spent hours searching at ballots from this week and comparing them to votes from the closing week; I spent too much time doing all the things I commonly do to find out something flawlessly ridiculous in the functions of this column. Usually, it is quite simple. But this week, for something cause, it’s not. So I would like to express regret to Chris Dachille for breaking my promise because I ought to recognize this column on him ranking Virginia 6th — at the back of Michigan State, Cincinnati, Xavier Villanova, and Texas Tech.
(I’m sorry, Chris!)
If it improves things, remember that Dachille changed into not on my own. Longtime Indiana beat author Terry Hutchens additionally ranked Virginia 6th. And, again, there’s simply no manner of rationalizing that without admitting a recency bias. And the alternative questionable factor here is that both punished Virginia extra for dropping 61-60 in OT at domestic to a Virginia Tech crew. It is No. 39 at KenPom; they punished Villanova for losing 79-75 at home to a St. John’s group that’s No. Seventy-one at KenPom.
They think losing by one point in OT at domestic to Virginia Tech is worse than it’s miles to lose by four factors at domestic to St. John’s. But that’s no longer real, in step with any metric. And Villanova became a 16.5-factor preferred over St. John’s ultimate week even as Virginia became handiest, a 12-point favor over Virginia Tech. So it’s also no longer genuine, consistent with oddsmakers.
But approximately enough that. I do not want to make this approximately Dachille’s poll and Hutchens’ ballot a great deal, as I want human beings to consider that Virginia’s body of labor is notable. Yes, the Cavaliers lost Saturday. At home. To an unranked crew. I turned into just as amazed as you. But there’s still no way to properly rank five groups beforehand of Virginia on an AP poll. A warp in a door does not broaden overnight – it occurs gradually, so the sooner you word, the less complicated it’s miles to correct. The first signal may be the door no longer the ultimate well or the lock failing to paint.
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If the warp isn’t too excessive, there are numerous approaches to forcing the door to oppose the twist. However, some of those require the door to be saved shut, and in lots of cases, this isn’t always handy. If you can preserve the door shut, wedging it shut in opposition to the warp for a few days may also be powerful. To do that, look alongside the door to check the extent of the warp. Then, with the entrance touching the doorstep, the gap between the door and forestall at the widest factor and cut a timber block barely larger than this hole.
If leaving the door close is not viable, you could try altering the hinge’s location at the door body to absorb the twist (see diagram); otherwise, modify the doorstep. How you do that relies upon whether or not you have got a forestall that’s a separate piece of wood nailed on (planted) or one reduced out of the wood of the door body itself (rebated) if you have a planted stop near the door and cut a block of wooden slightly large than the widest hole. Run the league down the edge of the gate marking the forestall with a pencil.
Prise the forestall off. Loosen with an old chisel, then shy away from your body and fingers. Plane the stop, then refit it flush with the door. A rebated forestall forms a part of the door frame and can’t be removed. Instead, you must add a shaped piece to the forestall to fill the space. To do that, measure the period of the distance between the door and the forestall. Then measure the width on the widest factor. Cut a wedge to these dimensions (see diagram) and nail it to the forestall at the proper aspect.
The remedies above are the simplest paintings if the door has warped on the top or backside nook. If it has bent in the center, you’ll reduce a curved wedge tapered at each end. Another way to address this problem is to strive to lay it flat, supported on chairs, bowed aspect up if you can remove the door. Place some heavyweights on top and depart it for a few days. Once the wedge is in the role, trim it again until you get an excellent suit.
