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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3433485, member: 7492"] While I certainly have been arguing about RPI for those who feel their teams or teams from their conference are deserving an invite to the NCAA while feasting on the lower echelons of the D1 teams. There is an also an eye test of the teams that need to be assessed. Louisville had not been playing great and just because you win, doesn't mean you should always move up in a poll. Likewise if you play a really good team doesn't mean you should move down in a poll substantially. To me, NC State, while I am a fan, is not a top 4 team. Head to head against any of the top 8 and they will lose. They have played far too many close games against mediocre teams in the ACC. Both Louisville and NC State belong 8-9-10 range. Miss Stat is also too high based on how they are playing their games and should be behind Stanford, UCLA. Speaking of UCLA, they did well against Stanford, who really seems to be missing Haley Jones (never mind Dodson or Carrington) but yet almost lost to Cal yesterday and probably should have. As note, if there are officials who will call holding, pushing and shoving, UCLA and Onyenwere/Miller could be in trouble. Same goes for Arizona, who while on a nice little run, is still suspect a bit and has Stanford left to keep asserting itself. OSU, is still a really good team but will be stuck in this part of the poll due to the losses. Maryland for it's resurgence, still has gaps and issues I think are susceptible to a good x's and o's coach to exploit. While we all think UConn is in that mix with Stanford/UCLA and better than NC State, Louisville, MSU, Maryland, tonight would be a good time to have a really good and close game to validate our bias. Fortunately, the BigEast schedule next year will offer some reprieve on the RPI and will have the metrics to back the eye test. From a bottom half of the Top 25, Iowa and Northwestern seem underrated while once again, the SEC is overrated with Kentuck, A&M, Tenn and Arkansas getting votes that are more deserving to Missouri State, Princeton and Florida Gulf Coast. [/QUOTE]

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