A10 performance

[tdrink]

Heard Bilas yesterday on the radio saying he thinks RPI is a flawed metric and is inferior to ken Pom, Sagarin, etc.

RPI is too dependent on SOS..

 

[tzznandrew]

Heard Bilas yesterday on the radio saying he thinks RPI is a flawed metric and is inferior to ken Pom, Sagarin, etc.

RPI is too dependent on SOS..

It's well known as a terrible rating system. Too much on OOC. But also, there's no way to measure margin of victory. I get that you don't want teams to run up the score...but metrics like BPI have ways to make a 15 point win mean not much less than a 20 points win, and a 4o points win means the same (in essence) as a 30 point win.

 

[Uconnjohn]

The rpi is fine. The formula is simple. What was your record? Who did you play? Who did the teams you play play? Where did you play those games?

Simple and fine for tournament selection. Margin of victory, tempo, etc.., have no place in the formula. And that's a good thing. Remember, the rpi is not a gambling or prediction tool, it is used exclusively to measure results for tournament selection purposes.

Jay Bilas always needs something to complain about.

 

[kobe]

Heard Bilas yesterday on the radio saying he thinks RPI is a flawed metric and is inferior to ken Pom, Sagarin, etc.

RPI is too dependent on SOS..

2/3 of the RPI is determined by your opponents and their opponents. Which one of these numbers isn't like the other?

UMass-
RPI: 23
KenPom: 57
Sagarin: 50
BPI: 36

Does that look like a 6 seed to you?

 

[kobe]

The rpi is fine. The formula is simple. What was your record? Who did you play? Who did the teams you play play? Where did you play those games?

Simple and fine for tournament selection. Margin of victory, tempo, etc.., have no place in the formula. And that's a good thing. Remember, the rpi is not a gambling or prediction tool, it is used exclusively to measure results for tournament selection purposes.

Jay Bilas always needs something to complain about.

Maybe if it was 1970's. People who value the RPI also still own a walkman.

 

[tzznandrew]

The rpi is fine. The formula is simple. What was your record? Who did you play? Who did the teams you play play? Where did you play those games?

Simple and fine for tournament selection. Margin of victory, tempo, etc.., have no place in the formula. And that's a good thing. Remember, the rpi is not a gambling or prediction tool, it is used exclusively to measure results for tournament selection purposes.

Jay Bilas always needs something to complain about.

Sorry. The job of the RPI is to find and rank the best teams over the course of the season. The RPI does this poorly. Therefore it sucks as a measure.

 

[uconnric]

The A-10 now has met and exceeded expectations based on its teams' NCAA seedings. It actually wasn't supposed to get a team to the Sweet-16 but has done so with Dayton. The league has now knocked off two ACC teams in North Carolina State and Syracuse after Coach K publicly dissed the league.

Those were not very good teams out of a weak ACC.