Looking ahead(RPI)

engie

Freshman
May 29, 2011
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Warren Nolan has that win taking us from RPI #51, to RPI #38. We are 2-1 vs RPI top 25. Perhaps more importantly, we are 12-0 vs RPI>100. We all thought that Akron loss would go as a "bad loss," but currently their RPI is up to #75, and the more WE win, the better their RPI goes. Ideally, they finish in the top 100, and we then don't have a "bad loss" on the season yet. The only "bad loss" possibilities left on our schedule are Georgia, @SC, and the series with Auburn.

We need A&M and Arizona to get it going. Neither one of them can be considered a "quality win" at the moment. Need Az in the top 50 and A&M to crack the top 100. Currently, we have played ZERO teams in the RPI 26-50 range. A&M has 13 of their final 14 games against RPI top 100 teams, while Arizona only has 6 top 100 teams remaining.

If things go correctly, and we just win the games that we SHOULD win, I think we could easily finish with a top 25 RPI. This would make us a 4-6 seed in the tournament, and actually set up with a pretty good shot at a sweet 16, especially IF we can get in as a 4....
 

drt7891

Redshirt
Dec 6, 2010
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Need to win that series bad, too. I think losses at LSU, Bama, UF, and Vandy are tolerable, but more importantly, we need to win at home. THAT'S what will make or break this team.