Today is going to be rough on the RPI

[PineGroveBully]

So far our opponents net effect records are 2-7 so far today.

The W's belong to MS Valley ST and SE LA

The L's belong to Rider, BethCook, UT-Pan, Depaul, Wright St, Bama, UM

Yet to be decided is Houston @ UAB, UCLA @ Wash, WKU @ Ark St, Richmond @ GWU

BTW, I didnt count Georgia or Florida as wins in the net effect because the UM and Bama losses actually count as two L's, nor the SEC West Head-to-head games as their outcome will not affect us.

Also take into count how LSU's RPI will drag us down in the SOS. Sad as it is, picking up a road win which counts as 1.4 wins in the calculation will still keep mean we lose a couple spots by the Sunday morning. That said, We just have to win games from here on out.

 

[klong17]

And you figure Houston and UCLA will lose tonight

 

[demarkcus cuzins]

Well we still control our own destiny...If we can come together as a team and focus, we can win every game we have left on the schedule. That's a big if though.

 

[patdog]

Mississippi has fallen from #49 to #62 this week. Florida only moved up to #54 with their road win yesterday.

 

[hotdigitydog]

the league and we've beaten their *** twice....I know, I know, they've played a tougher schedule and while I don't have a better answer for it, the system is somewhat flawed.......

 

[Ol Blue.sixpack]

but I think it is smart for the NCAA to bring college basketball writers in for a mock selection process.<div>
</div><div>http://www.kentucky.com/838/story/1146327.html</div>

 

[patdog]

This late in the season, it's pretty hard to move significantly up or down in just one day, no matter what happens that day. With close to 30 games played, each game only counts for about 3% of the total RPI.

 

[8dog]

I don't remember them doing that in the past.

I think one problem with the RPI is that it gets it pretty right with regard to the top teams in the country. Therefore, people think its reliable. However, those aren't the teams that the committee needs help with. Its the teams like ole miss and state where the system seems out of whack where the committee needs the most help.

 

[MedDawg]

Playing a #300 team will kill your RPI compared to a #200 team, when both are just as beatable, at least by NCAA tournament teams. There should be some sort of SOS cap/floor or diminishing SOS penalty for playing teams worse than #180 or #200. <div>
</div><div>Same thing happens in baseball, too, and it can cost you a regional host or NCAA bid. We need to stay away from the lowest (worst) RPI teams in both basketball and baseball.</div>

 

[klong17]

would be as ****** as thery are before the year started when we originallyscheduled their asses

 

[8dog]

in baseball, its never a huge problem b/c we play in the no. 1 conf in the country year in and year out.

But I agree...Beating 200 should be rewarded no more than beating no. 300.

They claim to make secret adjustments but its unclear what those actually are.

The mere fact that strictly from a win/loss perspective that beating Duke at Cameron Indoor is exactly the same as beating Jackson State at Jackson State should be a huge red flag.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

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[8dog]

I think our body of work would make us a "Really good NIT team" as he put it and those teams have a good shot to get in.

 

[Uncle Leo]

The RPI says a road win is better than 2 home wins. If we're going to schedule like we do, we should play a couple more of them on the road. If we happen to lose a game we shouldn't have (like we usually do), if it's on the road it will count against us less than half as much as if it were at home.

We should definitely throw in a couple of road games to help "game" the RPI.</p>