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Message: [QUOTE="Gamecockfan77, post: 3020754, member: 6414"] Sure, if the Golden State Warriors played UCONN's schedule they'd get no more credit for their record than UCONN would. But Golden State would (oh no, hope this goes over) certainly be a better basketball team. That's ultimately the drawback to any rating and the problem is compounded by the fact that the RPI does not take margin of victory into consideration, because the NCAA does not want to incentivize running up the score. When you remove margin of victory, you pull out an important tool for trying to compare performance versus different strengths of schedule. But ultimately, there isn't really an objective way of determining who the best team is. You can only use tools that can help you be somewhat consistent in seeding and let the results speak. [/QUOTE]